Engineering no-oil salad dressings

[Darienne]

Omitting the olive oil or not, my acid of choice is fresh lemon juice.

[ruthcooks]

Liquid Pectin thickens any no-oil dressing nicely, but I've never used it straight 1 for 1. I substitute half oil, one quarter water and one quarter pectin to lighten the fat load, not eliminate it entirely.

Can you give a bit more detail on how the pectin would be incorporated; heat, when to add?

I have heard of using soaked chia seeds to give body to no oil dressings.

Really a no brainer: dump all ingredients in a Mason jar, shake well. No heating, but it's really important to close the jar lid well.

I used this mainly when making a Salade Nicoise which called for a quart of dressing. Never used it for small quantities, so more than likely just used one "sleeve" of pectin and filled in the rest with water.