Gift Baskets with Salad Dressings

Salad dressing gift baskets can be a wonderful choice. Gourmet cooks love to receive a variety of salad dressings to spice up their dinners. Dieters will appreciate salad dressings that add zest to otherwise bland salad greens.

Salad dressing gift baskets are not as common as those offering fruit, candy, or wine. Some gift baskets include salad dressing with other things. You might, for example, order an Italian dinner gift basket. Among pasta, marinara, and bread, you might find a nice Italian salad dressing. Gift baskets that are exclusively salad dressings, though, are unique.

That is precisely why you want one!

You can create your own salad dressing gift baskets with little trouble. Here are a few ideas to consider.

Salad Dressing Gift Basket #1

This Salad dressing gift basket is for a salad lover. Begin with a large salad bowl. It might be a shiny red bamboo bowl or a plain brown wooden bowl. Add a salad dressing cruet, salad tongs, a book of salad recipes, and several packages of gourmet salad dressing mixes.

Salad Dressing Gift Basket #2

For this “French” salad dressing gift basket, choose a basket with a handle. Line the basket with a woven tea towel. Fill it with gourmet items such as Hot Pepper Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Chili de Arbol White Wine Vinegar, bread sticks, pine nuts, and pumpkin seeds. Add a package of garlic croutons and a glass cruet.

Salad Dressing Gift Basket #3

The true gourmet salad lover would enjoy a “French-Italian” salad dressing gift basket Line with 2 tea towels, one featuring French words and the other featuring Italian words. Add a pepper grinder filled with peppercorns, and a container of French sea salt. Include imported French products such as tarragon or raspberry vinegar, Dijon mustard, and French Provence olives. From the Tuscany area of Italy, add Tuscan Extra Virgin Olive oil, goat cheese, and traditional Tuscan bread sticks.

Salad Dressing Gift Basket #4

For the chef, order a gourmet salad kit from the Gourmet Food Store. Their wonderful salad kit includes white asparagus from Spain to give salads an exotic touch – and “Piquillo” Peppers! The Spanish Extra Virgin Olive Oil and a Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena infuses a salad with flavorful Mediterranean taste. Then there is Herbs de Provence, an awesome flavor blend of dried French herbs like basil, bay, rosemary, savory, and thyme.

Salad Dressing Gift Basket #5

The Gourmet Food Store has 3 pages of wonderful salad dressings and other salad ingredients. To visit the Gourmet Food Store now, click here.

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Helpful Tip

Salad dressing gift baskets that are less than absolute gourmet in nature can be put together quickly. Visit your local craft or florist store and select a basket. Take your basket to the grocery store and select several unusual salad dressings. If you know what salad dressings the recipient likes best, include one or two of those. Add croutons, cheese, and a pretty tea towel. Find a large bow in the gift wrap section, and add it to the basket. Don’t forget to include a card with a thoughtful note.