Making Your Very Own Vegan French Dressing

Vegan French dressing is perfect for salads! You will not believe how easy it is to make this healthy salad dressing. Made with simple ingredients this homemade French dressing is gluten free, dairy free, paleo and Whole30 friendly!

Why You Will Love This Recipe

Homemade French dressing is thick and creamy and has the same bold, sweet, tangy flavor you love from store bought dressing.

Unlike store bought dressing, this homemade French dressing is naturally sweetened and made with healthy oils homemade dressing is a much healthier choice and is ready in just 3 minutes.

This healthy salad dressing is perfect to make on the weekends for meal prep to enjoy all week!

You will need the following Ingredients:

Medjool Dates (or maple syrup)

Extra virgin olive oil

Apple Cider Vinegar

Water

Tomato paste

Dried chopped onions (or Garlic)

Paprika

Garlic powder

Salt

Coconut Aminos

Preparation

Remove the pits from the dates. Add the dates and the rest of the ingredients to the blender and blend on high until smooth.

You can Store in the fridge for up to 7 days.

Tips:

This salad dressing is naturally sweetened with dates or maple syrup. You may decide that the dressing needs to be sweeter or less sweet. The recipe calls for 2 dates but you may want to increase it up to 4 dates if needed.

How To Use:

Serve with your favorite salad greens, veggies and toppings.

Serve a creamy dip with your favorite raw or roasted veggies.

Serve as a dressing for taco salad

What Is French Dressing?

French dressing is sweet and tangy with a bold flavor that is unlike any other dressing. Typically it is made with a combination of ketchup, olive oil and vinegar. Often times fresh onion is used in the dressing to make bold and tangy flavors.

Why You Should Make Your Own Dressing:

Often times store bought dressing is full of unhealthy ingredients including additives, preservatives, high fructose corn syrup and rancid oils (like canola oil or soybean oil).

When you make your own dressing, you get to control the ingredients and the quality of the ingredients. This recipe is naturally sweetened with medjool dates and uses healthy extra virgin olive oil.

Storage:

This salad dressing can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

Substitutions:

Medjool Dates: If you do not have dates, you can use maple syrup instead.

Apple Cider Vinegar: You could also use white wine vinegar or red wine vinegar in place of apple cider vinegar.

Coconut Aminos: You can use soy sauce, liquid aminos or tamari

Dried minced onion: You can also use dried minced garlic or 1 teaspoon of onion powder.

Vegan French Dressing

Healthy French dressing recipe is so easy to make and is naturally sugar free and so simple! This creamy, bold dressing is naturally gluten free, dairy free, vegan, paleo and Whole30 friendly! Perfect on salads or pasta salad, as a creamy dip or even on taco salad! Enjoy!