i have this awesome new (in the last year) friend named lindsey. there's a wonderful lindsAy in my life, and now a wonderful lindsEy. anywho ~ she gave me a jar of, get this y'all, homemade raspberry jalapeno preserves. OMG. are there two words more beautiful than raspberry and jalapeno? i like those words better than peanut butter and chocolate!!!

so last night, i made salad dressing with it. and here's what i did:

in a blender (because i don't believe in whisking on saturdays)
dijon or stone ground mustard. or both!
one clove garlic
a little shallot (if you've got it)
juice of one lemon or lime, but i used lemon
salt and LOTS of pepper
a couple tablespoons of vinegar (white wine or champagne. apple cider would be good too)
a few tablespoons of delish raspberry jalapeno preserves. (i'm so sorry you have to buy yours at a grocery store. and i'm not sharing mine with you!)
blend all that together and stream in some olive oil. that's it!

this is always how i make my salad dressing. give or take a few ingredients. but it is to die for!! my salad had red onion, watermelon, basil and spring lettuce mix. it was so light and wonderful, and went really well with the whiskey and peach bbq chicken i made.

thought i'd mention that, just in case you were thinking i'm a health nut and only had salad for dinner.