This Salad Dressing Shaker Is My Key to Better Salads

I’ll let you in on a little secret: Salad doesn’t have to be boring. My earliest introduction to salads involved flavorless iceberg lettuce and bottled Thousand Island dressing, leading me to believe that salad just wasn’t for me. Little did I know the difference that fresh ingredients and homemade dressing could make. When I was in high school, my mom taught me her blueprint for simple, delicious vinaigrette, and it sparked my passion for making crisp, flavorful salads that have me going back for seconds. 

As a food editor, I’m constantly tinkering in my kitchen, but it’s my salads that my friends and family ask for time and time again. I make them for family dinners, Friendsgivings, and summer potlucks. While this may sound time-consuming, I whip my salads up in minutes thanks to this all-in-one salad dressing shaker.

Kitchendao Salad Dressing Shaker

This compact gadget delivers impressive functionality without taking up too much shelf space in my tiny kitchen. As one Amazon shopper put it, it’s “very handy for measuring, making, serving, [and] storing salad dressing.”

The shaker comes with two interchangeable heads — a juicer for citrus and a dripless spout for mess-free pouring. The citrus juicer attachment delivers lemon, lime, or orange juice directly into the container while straining out pulp and seeds. This saves me time by not only removing a step but also eliminating an item to clean after the fact. 

I also love that it has measurement markers in milliliters and ounces, so I never have to dirty extra cups or spoons when I’m measuring out ingredients. It also helps me nail my ratio when eyeballing a simple vinaigrette. It has an 8-ounce capacity, which is plenty of space for an oversized batch, according to a happy shopper: “I doubled a recipe, and it was still big enough to shake up well.”

The cap is airtight and leakproof, creating minimal mess when I’m shaking and storing my dressing, so say goodbye to greasy countertops and oily hands. The spout helps me control the amount of dressing I’m pouring, so I’m never left with wilted, overdressed lettuce.

Another smart feature is the silicone ring around the base, which stops it from slipping through your fingers as you shake and pour. There’s also a non-slip base to prevent it from wobbling or falling over as you juice citrus or add ingredients. Cleanup is refreshingly simple, as the pieces come apart and can go in the dishwasher. 

“When it's this easy, there is no reason not to make dressings,” a second customer wrote. I couldn’t agree more. Grab the Kitchendao salad dressing shaker for just $14 at Amazon.

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At the time of publishing, the price was $14.