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Home » Salads

Healthy Salad Dressings

February 17, 2022 By Lorena Grater

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6 glass jars with salad dressings with title reading "6 healthy homemade salad dressings".

Six simple homemade Healthy Salad Dressing recipes to make your salads not only delicious but EPIC! From sweet to tangy to creamy, there’s a flavor for everyone. All made with 100% clean ingredients.

6 glass jars with salad dressings with title reading "6 healthy homemade salad dressings".

Most store-bought salad dressings are made with cheap low-quality oils and usually, they’re filled with processed white sugar. They basically transform the salad that you made with so much love to nourish your body into an unhealthy meal. On the other hand, if you find a salad dressing made with all-clean ingredients, it tends to be on the pricey side. 

If you have been following Green Healthy Cooking for a while, you know I absolutely love salads! They are so incredibly versatile and flavorful. Combining flavors and textures is what makes a salad special. 

Take this Mexican Quinoa Salad, for example, it is full of colors, textures and flavors in one bowl. It doesn’t need much else. But, if you make something more simple, like a carrot salad or a cucumber salad, it is ALL about the dressing. They both have very special and unique dressings. Anybody who’s tried them has told me they love them! 

Let me show you how to make your own healthy salad dressings at home with high-quality ingredients in under 5 minutes, without breaking the bank. 

Cilantro Lime Dressing

Glass jar with green salad dressing with title reading: Cilantro Lime Salad Dressing.
Cilantro, Avocado, Lime, Sea Salt.

This Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing is a super thick dressing that sticks nicely to the salad ingredients. It is great for salads that have ingredients cut into little pieces. I recommend making it if you know you’ll finish it all at once, because it has avocado. Avocado browns and it can’t be stored.

Maple Mustard Dressing

Glass jar with brown salad dressing with title reading: Maple Mustard Salad Dressing.
Maple Syrup, Balsamic, Mustard, Oil.

Maple Mustard Balsamic Dressing is my number one go-to when I’m in a hurry. It takes less than 2 minutes to prep. Super creamy dressing, great for simple salads based on mostly leaves.

Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Glass jar with yellow salad dressing with title reading: Lemon Poppy Seed Salad Dressing.
Lemon, Poppy Seeds, Mustard, Honey, Oil.

This Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is vibrant and flavorful. A super quick and easy healthy dressing that will make you eat salads all day every day.

Greek Yogurt Herb Dressing

Glass jar with white salad dressing with title reading: Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing.
Greek Yogurt, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Sea Salt, Pepper, Fresh Herbs.

This Greek Yogurt Herb Dressing is a super versatile dressing when you have some herbs going sad in the fridge. A nice tangy-flavored dressing made for all the yogurt lovers out there. 

Citrus Basil Dressing

Glass jar with green salad dressing with title reading: Citrus Basil Salad Dressing.
Basil, Orange, Mustard, Lime, Sea Salt, Pepper.

An incredibly fragrant and flavorful dressing that is very low in fat. This Citrus Basil Dressing tastes amazing in loaded summer salads with plenty of ingredients.

Peanut Salad Dressing

Glass jar with light brown salad dressing with title reading: Peanut Ginger Salad Dressing.
Peanut Butter, Ginger, Garlic, Soy Sauce, Oil, Lime.

This healthy Peanut Ginger Dressing tastes incredible with any cabbage-based salad. I absolutely love the smooth creamy peanut flavor on a crunchy cabagge leaf.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to store homemade salad dressing?

Store your homemade dressing in an airtight sealable container in the refrigerator. Shake every time before using.

How long can I store homemade salad dressings?

It depends on the ingredients: containing avocado no more than 24 hours. If containing fresh herbs up to 4 days. Without easily perishable ingredients for up to 2 weeks.

What are the healthiest salad dressings?

Any salad dressing made with real wholesome ingredients is healthy. Of course, enjoy in moderation and pay attention to your overall diet to ensure you do not overindulge in fat because of your dressing.

6 glass jars with salad dressings with title reading "6 healthy homemade salad dressings".

6 Healthy Salad Dressings

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 6 dressings
Six simple homemade Healthy Salad Dressing recipes to make your salads not only delicious but EPIC! From sweet to tangy to creamy, there’s a flavor for everyone. All made with 100% clean ingredients.
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Ingredients

  • FOR CILANTRO LIME DRESSING
  • 1 small avocado
  • 1 handful cilantro
  • 1 lime
  • 1-2 Tbsp water
  • FOR MAPLE MUSTARD DRESSING
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
  • 6 Tbsp flavorless oil - avocado oil is my favorite
  • FOR LEMON POPPY SEED DRESSING
  • 6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 Tbsp poppy seeds
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 lemon
  • sea salt
  • FOR GREEK YOGURT DRESSING
  • 2 Tbsp mayonnaise - preferably homemade
  • 2 Tbsp plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tbsp water
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh herbs - basil parsley cilantro dill – or a mix of them
  • FOR CITRUS BASIL DRESSING
  • 1 cup basil leaves
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 3 Tbsp flavorless oil - avocado oil is my favorite
  • 1 orange
  • 1 lime
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • FOR PEANUT SALAD DRESSING
  • 2 Tbsp unsweetened smooth peanut butter
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 tsp grated garlic
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 lime
  • 1-2 Tbsp water
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Instructions

  • Maple Mustard, Greek Yogurt, Lemon Poppy Seed, and Peanut salad dressings simply add ingredients to a sealable jar and shake to combine.
  • Cilantro Lime and Citrus Basil Dressings add ingredients to a jar wide enough to fit your immersion blender and blend until smooth.

Notes

Nutritional information of each dressing in the individual blog posts. The titles on top of the images are all clickable and take you to the individual recipe posts with substitution ideas for the different ingredients and full nutritional information.
Course Salad
Cuisine International
Keyword healthy salad dressings, salad dressings
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Comments

  1. Patty says

    June 8, 2022 at 11:38 am

    How long can these stay refrigerated?

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      June 20, 2022 at 3:00 pm

      The ones with dairy/herbs up to 4 days. The ones without “fresh” ingredients last several weeks.

      Reply
  2. Betty-Anne says

    May 29, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    5 stars
    Fabulous flavours and comes at a time when I am starting anti inflammatory diet which means no sugar, no dairy, and no gluten. Thank you

    Reply
  3. Toni says

    May 20, 2022 at 3:59 pm

    I can’t wait to try these dressings! I looked for the small glass jars shown here but couldn’t find them. Thank you very much for sharing these great dressing recipes. My usual favorite has always been Italian but due to gallstones am not able to use oil based dressings. I’ll be looking for small jars. Size seems perfect for smaller quantities made fresh without added preservatives.

    Reply
  4. Geenva gutierrez says

    October 10, 2021 at 10:37 pm

    Thank you you for sharing this ideas.it really a big help for us as working moms. Thank you and GOD bless you more

    Reply

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