The best homemade salad dressings are easy, delicious, and healthy (most of the time!) Here are 10 of our faves.
Everyone loves a good salad dressing, especially when it is easy to make at home. And honestly, most of them are! It's not tricky to make a good dressing. Homemade salad dressing is perfect for salads, marinating, and as a sauce for chicken or pasta. Sometimes they make for tasty dips while providing some variety and healthy fats in your diet. We have put together a list of super easy, delicious, 10 do-it-yourself (DIY) homemade salad dressing recipes for you and your family to enjoy! Prep them and keep them on hand.
Ranch Dressing
DIY Healthy Homemade Ranch Dressing that you can make ahead and store in your fridge. We love it with chicken (and bacon), and on this Chicken Bacon Ranch Meal Prep!
(Carbs: 4g - Protein: 6g - Fat: 1g)
Balsamic Vinaigrette
This recipe for the Best Balsamic Vinaigrette is one that's been tweaked over the years to be perfectly tangy-sweet and silky in texture.
The tantalizing flavor is based on good quality aged balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, honey, a touch of dijon mustard, and herbs. It is fabulous over robust spinach and kale salads, romaine salads, and even over roasted vegetables!
And you can easily make larger batches of this balsamic vinaigrette dressing, and keep it in the refrigerator for several weeks.
(Carbs: 5g - Protein: 0g - Fat: 6g)
Blue Cheese
This better-than-store-bought blue cheese dressing (bleu cheese dressing) is incredibly simple to make and you probably already have most of the ingredients you need to make it in your kitchen. This creamy dressing is easy to make!
(Carbs: 1g - Protein: 2g - Fat: 8g)
Caesar Salad Dressing
Not overly garlicky or fishy, this tasty Caesar salad dressing is perfectly balanced. The dressing will keep well in the fridge for about a week.
(Carbs: 1g - Protein: 2g - Fat: 19g)
Vegetarian Caesar Salad Dressing
This vegetarian Caesar Salad recipe is quick to make and perfect for serving as a delicious and healthy side dish. Perfect for those who are squeamish about anchovies, yet still just as flavorful, creamy, and tangy.
(Carbs: 17g - Protein: 9g - Fat: 36g)
Red Wine Vinaigrette
This Red Wine Vinaigrette is easy and fabulous. 5 pantry ingredients (including salt!) are all it takes for the easiest vinaigrette.
(Carbs: 1g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 18g)
Greek Salad Dressing
This Greek salad dressing is fresh, flavorful, easy to make, and tastes better than anything you can buy in the store. Whip up a fresh batch and store it in your fridge!
(Carbs: 1g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 14g)
Honey Lemon Vinaigrette
This easy and healthy Honey Lemon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing is perfect for all your favorite salads, and it's simple to make with only a few basic ingredients!
(Carbs: 6g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 9g)
Honey Mustard Dressing
Slightly sweetened, creamy, tasty, tangy, vibrant, mustard dressing. Quick and easy to make, using only 4 ingredients.
(Carbs: 7g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 15g)
Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing
This Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing only takes a few minutes to make and is so much better than a store-bought salad dressing! It is great for salads, chicken, fish, steak, vegetables, tacos, and more!
(Carbs: 2g - Protein: 1g - Fat: 10g)
