You don't need a lot of oil in a dressing. There is no need for them to be fat. I believe that if you dressing is incompatible with a healthy diet, it is hiding a deficency in taste until all that fat.
NO ! I will die on this hill ! Vinaigrette is made of mostly vinaigre (T_T) That's not oilgrette or huilegrette.
The basic recipe is 1/4 oil, 3/4 vinaigre and plenty of salt.
Texture is obtain by emulsioning and the final product should be use right away.
By reducing vinaigre quantity to 2/3 (and no less) or even reducing further the oil, you get room for many extra flavoring or emulsifier that make the texture easier to obtain or more stable.
The adding of spice, or herbs (fresh or dried, grounded or not) doesn't change anything in oil/vinaigre ratio.
It is about challenging yourself to use a broader vocabulary and not to stuck with black filler or the broadest term that come to mind. These day I try to learn how to recognised tree. So I challenge myself not to use this word any more: I'm seeing an oak or an fir, a coniferious, a blackthorn but not a tree.
Thank you for the context. I would never have figure out without being told that the doctor never offered this before. It was so obvious to me: You got anesthetic at the dentist, before surgery of any sort, before being stitch up, when you gave birth. I assumed she had to refuse it at some point for some mysterious reason I couldn't figure out. I mean for what other reason would she go trough that much pain purposefully. Now I mad at the doctor with her.
Well at least on the internet, you can write.