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6 Healthy Homemade Salad Dressings

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These six healthy salad dressing recipes are easy to make and store in your fridge. Try them all or choose your favorites – balsamic, peanut ginger, apple cider vinegar, avocado, raspberry vinaigrette, and honey mustard salad dressing.

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6 Healthy Salad Dressings Overview

Have you ever wondered how you could make your favorite salad dressings in a healthy, more affordable version? This post shares 6 healthy salad dressing recipes that are packed full of nutrition and easy to make! 

These salad dressing recipes are so simple and easy to make. Once you try a few of these recipes you’ll quickly learn which ones are your favorites and what dishes you’d like to pair them with.

These recipes aren’t just great for salads! You can use them in quinoa bowls, on top of roasted veggies, pasta dishes, or even as a marinade on fish or chicken!

All of these dressings are made with whole natural ingredients that you’ll feel good about sharing with your family. Each recipe makes about 1 ½ cups, which is the perfect size to store in 8 oz mason jars (you can grab some here).

A jar of apple cider vinegar dressing with ingredients including olive oil, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard, garlic, salt and pepper.

1. Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS: Combine 1 cup olive oil, ½ cup apple cider vinegar, ½ Tbsp dijon mustard, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. This dressing can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks. Reshake before using again.

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A jar of balsamic dressing with ingredients listed including balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, dijon mustard, garlic, salt, pepper.

2. Balsamic Salad Dressing Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS: Combine ¾ cup balsamic vinegar, ½ cup olive oil, 1 Tbsp honey, 1 tsp dijon mustard, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

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A mason jar of peanut butter dressing with ingredients listed beside including peanut butter, soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, ginger, and garlic.

3. Peanut Butter Salad Dressing

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS: Combine ½ cup peanut butter, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 Tbsp honey, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, ½ Tbsp freshly grated ginger, and 1 minced garlic clove together in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

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A jar of creamy avocado dressing with a sliced avocado beside it. Ingredients are listed beside include avocado, cilantro, olive oil, lime juice, water, garlic, salt and pepper.

4. Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing

INGREDIENTS:

The instructions for this dressing are below…

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DIRECTIONS: Add 1 ripe avocado, ½ cup water, ½ cup chopped cilantro, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lime juice, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp ground black pepper all to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour into a container or mason jar. Store in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

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A jar of honey mustard salad dressing and ingredients listed including olive oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, honey salt and pepper.

5. Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

INGREDIENTS:

DIRECTIONS: Combine 1 cup olive oil, ½ cup lemon juice, 2 Tbsp dijon mustard, 2 Tbsp honey, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

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A mason jar of raspberry vinaigrette with a bowl of fresh raspberries and a list of ingredients including raspberries, olive oil, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, honey and salt.

6. Raspberry Vinaigrette

INGREDIENTS:

The instructions for this dressing are below…

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DIRECTIONS: Add 1 cup fresh raspberries, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lemon juice, 3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 Tbsp honey and ¼ tsp salt to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour over salad. This dressing is best when served fresh.

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Six Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes

Salads just got easier with this collection of 6 simple, delicious and healthy salad dressing recipes! Perfect for on-the-go, these recipes won't disappoint!
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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing

Balsamic Salad Dressing:

Peanut Ginger Salad Dressing

Creamy Avocado Salad Dressing

Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

Raspberry Vinaigrette

Instructions

Apple Cider Vinegar Dressing

  • Combine 1 cup olive oil, ½ cup apple cider vinegar, ½ Tbsp dijon mustard, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. This dressing can be stored in the fridge for up to two weeks. Reshake before using again.

Balsamic Vinegar Dressing

  • Combine ¾ cup balsamic vinegar, ½ cup olive oil, 1 Tbsp honey, 1 tsp dijon mustard, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

Peanut Ginger Dressing

  • Combine ½ cup peanut butter, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 Tbsp honey, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, ½ Tbsp freshly grated ginger, and 1 minced garlic clove together in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

Creamy Avocado Dressing

  • Add 1 ripe avocado, ½ cup water, ½ cup chopped cilantro, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lime juice, 1 minced garlic clove, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp ground black pepper all to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour into a container or mason jar. Store in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

Honey Mustard Dressing

  • Combine 1 cup olive oil, ½ cup lemon juice, 2 Tbsp dijon mustard, 2 Tbsp honey, ½ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp ground black pepper in a container or mason jar. Seal the lid and shake up to mix. Store in the fridge for up to two weeks. Re-shake the jar before using it again.

Raspberry Vinaigrette

  • Add 1 cup fresh raspberries, ¼ cup olive oil, ¼ cup lemon juice, 3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 Tbsp honey and ¼ tsp salt to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour over salad. This dressing is best when served fresh.

The nutritional information provided is an estimate and is per serving.

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