By dressing a salad you can make it delicious, meaning you want to eat it rather than you feel you have to. I like to make my dressings in jam jars because it’s so easy to see what’s going on – you can shake them up easily and any leftovers can be kept in the jars in the fridge.

Ingredients

• • Ό of a clove of garlic
• • 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard
• • 2 tablespoons white or red wine vinegar
• • 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To make your salad dressing

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• Peel and finely chop the garlic
• Put the garlic into a clean jam jar

To make your salad dressing

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• Add the Dijon mustard, white or red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil

To make your salad dressing

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• Add a pinch of salt and black pepper
• Put the lid on the jar and shake well

To dress your salad leaves

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• Pour a little of the dressing over the leaves from a height and gently toss the leaves, using the tips of your fingers, until every single leaf is coated
• Have a taste, and add more dressing if you need to – remember you can always add more but you can’t take it away
• Pop any leftover dressing in the fridge for another day