— Lawrence Wraith

We'll provide a couple of answers, okay. So number one, if you want to create a vinaigrette style dressing, but without oil, then one idea is to use apple juice in place of the oil in that quantity, but lightly thicken the apple juice with a slurry such as an arrowroot slurry, or a corn starch slurry. And in fact, I would probably, let's see, start with a cornstarch slurry in terms of stability, I believe. And that's gonna require a little bit of extra time because you need to bring it to a simmer in order to activate the thickening power of the cornstarch. And then you have to chill it, and then adjust the viscosity so it more closely matches the oil that you're replacing, okay? And then you can make the dressing. Now, you don't have to use apple juice. You can use some other flavorful liquid. Ideally it's gonna be a flavorful liquid. It could be stock as well. I should always mention stock, but a flavorful liquid is preferred. And then, try to, again, mimic the viscosity of the oil that you're replacing. And then that'll get you to something that is in the vinaigrette category, all right? And if you're interested in other sort of creamy based, or textures of dressings, then you can use things like avocado, or tofu, and perhaps even other ingredients. But those two are pretty common as bases for creamy style dressings. And in our courses, as well as in our library of recipes, we offer a handful of ideas to get you started in this area of no oil dressings.