Make your salads stand out with delicious dressing recipes containing no animal products. With a handful of vegan options for salad dressings on tap, you can jazz up your greens and enjoy new flavors.
Asian Pear Vinaigrette
This vinaigrette is mildly sweet with lots of tasty Asian flavors and spice. Yields about 1 1/2 cups, which is 24 tablespoons, or about 12, two-tablespoon servings. Feel free to halve the recipe. This will keep tightly sealed in the fridge for up to a week. Try it drizzled over a kale and walnut salad or served as a dressing for coleslaw.
1/2 cup plain, unsweetened nondairy milk, such as soy milk or almond milk
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh dill
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh thyme
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
In a blender or food processor, squeeze the lemon juice over the chopped avocado.
Add the lemon zest, milk, dill, chives, thyme, parsley, garlic, salt and pepper.
Blend or process until smooth.
Russian Dressing
This creamy red dressing is delicious on chopped salads. It has a slight kick, so if you like a little heat, you'll definitely enjoy this dressing. The recipe yields about 3/4 cup, or about six, 2-tablespoon servings. This dressing will store, tightly sealed, in the fridge for up to one week.
Ingredients
1/2 cup vegan mayonnaise
1 tablespoon horseradish (or to taste)
2 tablespoons ketchup
1/2 shallot, finely minced
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon garlic chili sauce
1 teaspoon vegan Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth.
Other Vegan Dressing Recipes
You will find many other sources for vegan dressings, or you can easily modify recipes to make them vegan.
This vinaigrette recipe contains no animal ingredients. You can change it by substituting other herbs for the oregano or adding a pinch of red pepper flakes for heat.
Balsamic vinaigrette has no animal ingredients, and the dressing has a lovely sweetness and rich flavor from the balsamic vinegar.
Two of these three healthy salad dressing recipes are vegan. In the Greek yogurt ranch dressing recipe, replace the Greek yogurt with plain vegan yogurt, such as soy yogurt, and replace the buttermilk with an equal amount of nondairy milk plus 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
This Japanese ginger salad dressing recipe has a lovely tang and is completely free of animal products.
Not Just for Salad
These dressings are delicious on salads, sure. However, they are equally good drizzled on roasted vegetables or as a dip for your favorite snacks. So whip up a batch of dressing to add extra flair to your vegan diet.
