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Prairie Road: It’s easy to make your own salad dressing

Sheri Poore
Mar 6, 2020
Mar 6, 2020 Updated Mar 11, 2020

A sample of avocado dressing.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Sheri Poore

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My friend from Switzerland who lived in the United States for a few years was surprised to see rows of bottled salad dressing on our store shelves.

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Sheri Poore grew up on a Day County dairy farm and is a former Tri-State Neighbor editor now living in Sioux Falls.