Blackberry Balsamic Dijon Vinaigrette

I originally wasn't planning on posting today since I made a recipe I've posted about before. I made my chicken almond salad (full post here: https://qsnoms.blogspot.com/2024/05/apple-celery-cranberry-chicken-salad.html), adding some cashews I had in the pantry just because they sounded good. I whipped together a dressing for my salad, making up my own, however apparently the god of salad dressings smiled upon me today because it was the best vinaigrette I've ever made. I'm making this post not only to share what I did, but to remember it in the future. 
One problem with this recipe is that I use a special blackberry infused dark balsamic. We have a local italian restaurant here that makes their own flavored balsamic vinegars, so that's where my vinegar came from. Blackberry balsamic is hard to get, I see some bottles on Amazon, but it would be silly to buy a 20 dollar bottle of balsamic to make a salad dressing lol. What I would do to make this recipe with regular dark balsamic, muddle some fresh blackberries in there to get the flavor (maybe 1/4 cup of them?) And then reduce the amount of maple syrup to account for the sweetness of the berries. 

Ingredients:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp dark blackberry balsamic (or regular dark balsamic)
1 tbsp maple syrup
2 tbsp coarse ground dijon mustard
1/2 tsp of your favorite seasoning salt
1/2 tsp pepper

This preparation is easy lol, just stir everything together. You can use this all at once or save some for later. 

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