Thousand Island Dressing

At least three mornings a week, I stir up a little batch of Thousand Island Dressing.. There are all kinds of variations but my basic “recipe” is this:

• Boiled egg, chopped (which I place in the bowl and mash with a fork instead of taking the time to chop)
• Chopped red onion
• Sweet pickle relish
• Greek yogurt (plain)
• Mayo
• Ketchup
• Apple cider vinegar
• Sugar
• Salt
• Cheddar cheese (chopped into tiny little bits)

You can leave out the sugar, add chopped bell pepper or jalapeno pepper, parsley, green onions .. whatever you want.  

I never measure ingredients but here are my guesses .. and please use these only as a suggestion. These are roughly the amounts I used this morning and I ended up with almost 1-1/2 pints of dressing.

• 2 boiled eggs
• 2 T. chopped red onion
• 4 T. sweet pickle relish
• 3/4 cup Greek yogurt (plain) 
• 3/4 cup mayo
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 3 T. apple cider vinegar
• 1 T. sugar
• salt to taste
• 1/4 cup cheddar cheese bits

Thousand Island Dressing

We use a lot (obviously) of Thousand Island dressing. 

• When making deviled eggs, I use just the dressing mixed with the yolks and a few celery seeds.
• For sandwiches and burgers, we almost always use Thousand Island dressing instead of plain mayo.
• Reuben – absolutely necessary for reubens!
• Salads, of course!

If you’ve never made your own Thousand Island dressing and you like it, you probably have all the ingredients and can whip up a batch. I think you’ll be surprised how easy it is and how delicious it is.