No more boring salads… ever! These easy homemade salad dressing recipes will make you want to scarf a salad every day!
So as I’m sure you can already tell, I’m a bit of a topping fanatic.
I love cheese, nuts, seeds, herbs and sauces with a fiery passion. It’s rare you’ll find a recipe on this blog that isn’t garnished with a pile of my favorites because, in my opinion, life is way too short to eat boring food.
Ice cream is always more fun with sprinkles and salads are WAYA tastier with a pile of mix-ins and a finger-licking dressing!
Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes
Dressings hold a special place in my heart because they taste good on just about everything! Whether it’s a jumbo bowl-o-veggies, a entree-turned-salad, a plate of tacos, or even as a dip… I’ll eat it any and every way. I won’t even pretend I don’t lick the mixing bowl when I make them, I totally do!
Before this post turns into another love letter to my food, let’s get our dressing on! I know I’ve already done a round-up of my favorites from the blog, but it wasn’t enough. I needed MORE dressing! [cue mad scientist laugh]
Ready to rock your salads? Let’s kick things off with some tasty dressing recipes!
Homemade Italian Dressing
This is my favorite dressing to add to veggie packed garden salads and Summery pasta salads! It’s super flavorful and only requires a few pantry staples to make.
★★★★★ “Wow I love this dressing. It is so fresh and light! This is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing this great recipe!” – Veena
Homemade Greek Dressing
This easy homemade mediterranean dressing is another favorite around here! We love it on my Greek Kale Salad and Greek Tortellini Salad.
★★★★★ “This dressing is so delicious; I’ve been making it twice a week for the last 6 months.” – Deneen
Lemon Dressing
Lemon dressing is one of my go-to dressing recipes for pasta salad, kale salad, and quinoa salad. It’s so fresh and flavorful!
★★★★★ “So incredibly fresh tasting. A great way to “show up” traditional store dressings. A new favorite.” – Kevin
Creamy Feta Dressing
This creamy, dreamy dressing is great on salads as well as wraps, pitas, gyros, and more. It also doubles as a dip!
★★★★★ “Delicious! Simple, fresh, and soooo tasty. I do want to put it on everything!” – Heather
Creamy Vegan Avocado Dill Dressing
This scrumptious salad dressing is dreamy, creamy, and gloriously vegan too!
Homemade Balsamic Dressing
Homemade Balsamic Dressing is quick and easy to make with a few simple pantry staples! It’s healthy, dairy-free, and tastier than store bought salad dressing!
★★★★★ “It’s thicker than other balsamic dressings I’ve tried. Great flavour too!” – Jocelyn
Chili Lime Dressing
I pair this chili lime dressing with my Mexican Quinoa Salad and it’s nothing short of magical together! A total must-try!
★★★★★ “We really enjoyed this. I especially love the dressing. I only had Chipotle chili pepper, and it gave the dressing a delicious smokey flavor. I’ve made some extra dressing and will add some chicken thighs to this for supper tonight. I also plan to add avocado for a little creaminess. Thanks for the great recipe!” -Kaycee
Blood Orange Dressing
Jazz up your cool-weather salad game with this deliciously easy Blood Orange Dressing made with fresh squeezed orange juice and a few tasty extras!
Maple Citrus Dressing
LOVE this tasty salad dressing recipe! It’s great way to liven up Fall and Winter salads and I love it paired with a leafy green kale salad or veggie loaded quinoa salad.
★★★★★ “I didn’t make it. But I sure did enjoy it at my daughter’s house for dinner the other night. And I for sure will be making it in the future. Delicious.” – Kathie
Balsamic Blueberry Salad Dressing
This Balsamic Blueberry Salad Dressing is ready to shake up your Spring and Summer salad game! You’ll want to pour this fruity blueberry dressing on salads all season long!
★★★★★ “So good! I love the salad dressing and have made a second batch just for me!” – Martha
Sriracha Lime Dressing
This flavorful dressing is quick, easy, and oh so tasty! I love the little zing the sriracha gives it and it’s amazing on fresh spiraled salads and taco salads too!
★★★★★ “This is the best salad dressing EVER!! Even my husband, who hates salad, loves it!” -Karen
Homemade Honey Dijon Vinaigrette
Honey Dijon Vinaigrette. Pair this delicious homemade honey mustard dressing with your favorite salad! We love ours over baby spinach with dried cranberries, sliced almonds, and crumbled feta. It’s also amazing over pasta salads!
Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
My fresh and fruity Blueberry Spinach Salad is tossed with a homemade lemon poppy seed dressing (recipe included!) that is crazy easy to make with just a few tasty ingredients.
Homemade Poppy Seed Ranch Dressing
I whipped up this poppy seed spiked ranch dressing for my famous Broccoli Spinach Salad (recipe along with dressing) and instantly fell in love! It’s super easy to make and tastes great.
More DELICIOUS DRESSING RECIPES
Recipes from Food Blog Friends
Here are some delish dressing options from my friend’s food blogs — I can’t wait to try them all!
Creamy Herb Dressing
Rich, creamy yogurt pairs with fragrant basil and mint to give this salad dressing a major flavor boost. It’s great on tomato cucumber salad and comes from my friend Liz’s blog – The Lemon Bowl.
Hummus Salsa Dressing
This tasty dressing is from The Roasted Root and has a bonus salad recipe along with it!
Japanese Carrot Ginger Dressing
This tasty restaurant copycat is via Jeanette’s Healthy Living.
Meyer Lemon and Sweet Basil Dressing
Via my friend’s blog, Slim Pickin’s Kitchen – this colorful dressing looks SO TASTY!
Coconut Milk Ranch Dressing
Drizzle this Healthy Ranch Dressing on your favorite salad or use it for dipping. You can’t go wrong with this dairy-free version of a classic! Recipe via Wholefully.
Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing
Via Healthy Seasonal Recipes. This is a super simple 5 minute recipe for salad dressing using apple cider vinegar from scratch.
Copycat Cafe Rio Creamy Cilantro Dressing
This tasty Cafe Rio copycat is from my friend Ari at The Diva Dish. I can’t wait to try it!
Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix
Forget those sketchy envelopes of dressing mix. Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix is a snap to make and tastes so much better! Via Stephie Cooks.
Copycat Panera Fuji Apple Chicken Salad Dressing
This Fuji Apple Chicken Salad Dressing recipe is inspired by Panera Bread, but is simple and delicious to make at home! By Gimme Some Oven.
Tasty Salad Recipes to try:
- Buffalo Chicken Taco Salad — recent reader favorite
- Chickpea Chopped Salad with Homemade Basil Dressing
- Almond Crusted Goat Cheese Salad with Strawberries and Kiwi
- Greek Freekeh Salad
- Greek Quinoa Salad Bowls
- Crispy Chickpea Taco Salad
If you get a chance to try any of these speedy homemade salad dressing recipes, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation! I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
Questions & Reviews
Jen- this is an awesome post! Thanks for sharing all of these links. I usually stick with the same old boring vinegar + oil + cracked pepper dressing. Obviously I need to branch out a little bit!
This is such a brilliant round up! I’m always looking for homemade salad dressing ideas and now I have a bounty of them! Can’t wait to try ’em all!! Thanks for including my hummus action in the mix 😀
this is like salad on crack. GIMME! LOVE dressings, and love YOU!
Dressings are the icing on my greens, and since I plan to eat my body weight in lettuce this summer, this post is perfect.
Love it! So many fabulous dressings…my summer salad season has officially kicked off. Thanks for putting this awesome collection together. 🙂
So many tasty dressings! Thanks for the great round up!
Dressings are healthy cocktails, right?
lol duh!
Thanks so much for sharing my dressing, dear! You’ve officially motivated me to get my salad on 🙂
Any time love! Salad it up!
These all sound awesome! I love making our own dressings because the store bought ones usually have so many preservatives in them.
They’re so much tastier homemade too! <3 Love ya lady!
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuum! Thanks for the link love , lady! I’m eyeballing those hummus dressings the most. They look amazing!
Dooooo it! <3
Ohhhh I’m such a sucker for salads. And of course it’s a requirement that they’re doused with a rockstar dressing 😉 These look AMAZE! Thanks for sharing one of mine!! xoxo
You’re super welcome!