Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing
Servings: 1 1/4 cups - enough for a side salad for 6 to 8 (depending on how much you use)

CREAMY AVOCADO DRESSING:
1/2 cup ripe avocado (smush into cup to measure, or estimate - 1/2 medium avo)
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 tbsp sour cream or yogurt (Greek or plain, unsweetened) - OPTIONAL (Note 1)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 garlic clove, small , minced using garlic crusher (Note 2)
4 tbsp water (to thin out, it's very rich!)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

EXTRA FLAVOURING OPTIONS:
See Note 3

Place all ingredients into a Nutribullet or small food processor and blitz until smooth.

Use water to thin to just pourable consistency (so it's not super gloopy and thick).

Taste and add the following to taste: salt, pepper, lemon, oil. Use as salad dressing!

Keeps 3 days in the fridge without going brown. See Note 3 for how to keep even longer!

Notes
Sour cream or yogurt - adds bit of fresh creaminess to this dressing. Still very tasty without.

Garlic - best to use a garlic crusher because it makes the minced garlic "juicy" which is perfect for dressings (rather than minced using a knife - garlic pieces are dry - this is perfect for high heat cooking like stir fries).

Flavouring options:
Mexican / South Western - use lime instead of lemon, add 1/4 cup coriander/cilantro leaves, 1.5 tbsp chopped red onion, 1/4 tsp cumin powder

Fresh herbs - 1/4 cup chopped parsley, dill, coriander/cilantro, chives (any combo you choose)
Coriander/dill - 1.5 tbsp each coriander and cilantro (wonderful flavour combo)

Ranch - add 1/4 tsp EACH dried dill, parsley, chives, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, plus 1/2 tsp white sugar

Extra lemony - add the zest of 1 lemon

Greek - add 2 tsp dried oregano and a squeeze of extra lemon (use for Greek Salad!)

Italian - add 1.5 tsp mixed dried Italian herbs (or use a combo of parsley, oregano, red pepper, basil)

Dried herbs - use 1.5 tsp dried herb mix of choice

Storage - keeps for 3 days in the fridge, won't go brown. (Only reason I wouldn't keep for longer is the fresh garlic in the dressing - if you exclude or sub with 1/4 tsp dried garlic powder, it should be good for up to 5 days).