When Life Gives You Wilson's Lemonade...Make a Salad Vinaigrette

I am in mad scientist mode again. LOL

I like to play around with making my own salad dressings. They are so easy to make and once you get the hang of it, you will never look at store bought dressings the same way again. I should do a whole series on salad dressings shouldn't I?

Anyway, after this Sallah break, I had a big bowl of vegetable salad - carrots, pasta, cabbage, spring onions, tomatoes, boiled egg and some lettuce in the fridge courtesy of my friend Amina. I decided to play around with making a light vinaigrette using Wilson's Old Fashioned Lemonade. The way I saw it, that could add just a hint of sweetness and oomph to my dressing. After a few tries, I finally got this super easy and delicious vinaigrette right. It was so good that hubby used it as a dipping sauce with some pieces of warmed up French baguette.

This recipe can be multiplied in and you will need:

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons Wilson's Old Fashioned Lemonade
• 1 teaspoon Sriacha hot chilli sauce
• Salt to taste

Directions:

• Pour the olive oil, lemonade and hot chilli sauce into a bowl and whisk furiously until well combined
• Taste dressing and add salt as needed
• Serve immediately.
• You can put this dressing in the fridge but remember to whisk again before serving to make sure all ingredients are combined.

Unexpected and totally delicious.

Enjoy!!!!

 

Uzo's Food Labs and Wilson's Lemonade Presents......

 

"When life gives you Wilson's Lemonade make...."

 

This series will be all about using Nigeria's first and only all natural lemonade in different ways with surprising yet totally delicious results. 

 

To kick off the series: When life gives you Wilson's Lemonade make Pink Lemonade Sangria.

 

Sangrias are great drinks to make that use extra bottles of wine you have lying around. Perfect to go with all kinds of meals and you can make pitchers in advance and keep in your fridge and relax with your guests rather than mixing cocktails to order. The addition of different kinds of fruits in whatever quantities and combinations that you like creates a different taste every time. What's not to love?

 

This sangria is made using Wilson's Pink Lemonade which has hibiscus flowers added to the original version. What you get is a pretty pink lemonade that is not as tart as the original.

 

To make enough sangria for 2 tall glasses, you will need:

• 2 cups Chardonnay
• 1 300ml bottle of Wilson's Pink Lemonade
• 1 large apple - cored and sliced
• 6 large strawberries - sliced

Directions:

• In a jug or pitcher, add all the ingredients. Stir well and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.
• Serve in tall glasses.
• I like to make sure some of the fruit gets into each glass so there is a bonus at the bottom of the glass.

 



 

 

 

Double or triple this recipe to make more Sangria.

 

If you would like to get your hands on some Wilson's Lemonade, send an email to seun@wilsonsjuiceco.com and tell him Uzo sent you :-)

 

Enjoy!!!