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May 20

Creamy Avocado Dressing

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Paleo
Vegan
Gluten Free

Creamy Avocado Dressing

Dressing, sauce, dip, whatever you want to call it……It’s delicious! This creamy avocado concoction contains all the good green things in life: avocado, pepitas (pumpkin seeds), limes, and cilantro. I suppose you could throw in a jalapeño for some heat; I’ll have to try that next time.

As a kid, my favorite Mexican chain restaurant was El Torito. I have not been in years, like probably at least 15 years. But I give credit to El Torito for being the restaurant that introduced me to salad. They had what the called a “Mexican Cesar Salad”. It had this yummy green dressing tossed with romaine, cotija cheese, tomatoes, tortilla strips, and pepitas. I used to order this and nothing else, often getting seconds or thirds! Just for fun, I looked it up online and they still feature it on their menu. So flash forward many many years. I still think about that dressing. ALOT. I have also been eyeballing my avocados and dreaming of a way to create this dressing by adding avocado.

So here it is my friends; a recreation of my one of my childhood favorites. I am pretty sure their version does not contain avocado, but instead uses some other base to make it creamy. The avocado is going to be make this dressing much healthier and also friendly to my Vegan and Paleo friends. Lots of monounsaturated healthy fats in this one. Throw this together with some greens, tomatoes, pepitas, black beans, and tortilla strips for a simple and sophisticated salad to any Mexican themed dinner. I like it as a dip, as a dressing, as a sauce on my mexican food, ummm maybe I’ll even try it on my chocolate.

Kidding. 

But seriously, try it out. My kids did love this dipped with some cucumbers.

I made it easy for you by throwing everything together in a blender or food processor:

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I just love all the shades of green. This will take you a whopping 3-4 minutes to make. Definitely the best 3-4 minutes of your day that you’ll spend today! Just be aware, that after a day the avocado starts to change the shade of this dressing to a brownish color. It will probably only be good for 2 days in the fridge. I don’t think it will really matter though, this will definitely disappear quickly!!

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Creamy Avocado Dressing

Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1 .5 cups
Author Amy Rains
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients

  • 1 avocado
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup pepitas pumpkin seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Place all ingredients into a food processor or blender, and pulse until smooth (about 30 seconds).
  2. This dressing will be thick and can be used as a dip. Add more water for a runnier consistency (another 1/4- 1/2 cup).

Recipe Notes

This dressing will only keep fresh for about 2 days in the fridge.

 

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  1. Heather - Butter & Burlap says

    May 21, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    I love recipe where all you have to do is throw the ingredients in a blender! I’ll be making this for my salads all week! (especially to detox after the holiday weekend) 🙂

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  2. Louise says

    May 25, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    Love it – looks so easy and tasty 🙂 I’ve got quite a few ripe avocados in the kitchen…

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  3. Sarah | Well and Full says

    June 17, 2015 at 4:01 am

    Simple, one-step blender recipes are the best. I love this version you’ve made! 🙂

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    • [email protected] says

      June 17, 2015 at 8:37 am

      Thanks Sarah! I am a little salad dressing obsessed 😉

      Reply
  4. MICHELLE Lesher says

    August 5, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    5 stars
    Thank you for this recipe! My husband and I are eating whole thirty and I have been struggling without dips and dressing. This is delicious! I made sure to lick the blender clean so none of it was wasted, I could probably eat Paleo with this kind of yumminess!

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    • [email protected] says

      August 6, 2016 at 3:12 am

      So glad you loved it Michelle!! We are obsessed with this too 🙂

      Reply
  5. Lorena says

    March 7, 2017 at 5:30 am

    Could I sub the apple cider vinegar w/ a dif. one I already have in my kitchen (red wine, balsamic, white wine) (probably not the white lol) ? 😀

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    • [email protected] says

      March 7, 2017 at 3:43 pm

      I would use red wine vinegar or plain white. The balsamic vinegar will have a strong taste!

      Reply
  6. Marty M says

    April 14, 2018 at 12:53 am

    5 stars
    I made this tonight and my friends and I loved it! We put it on our salads and I also used it to dip my grilled chicken in. Everyone kept reaching for more!

    So easy to make right in my mini chopper/blender. (I didn’t have any cumin and my friends don’t like cilantro so I didn’t add those but still loved it).

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  7. Harold says

    September 18, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    5 stars
    This dressing was bangin’! I did add half a peno and it gave it a nice bite on the back end. Better yet, was that I used the remainder, the next day on fish tacos. I just added some minced habanero for extra kick. Solid recipe. Thanks.

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    • Amy says

      January 6, 2020 at 12:27 pm

      5 stars
      LOVE IT!!

      Reply
  8. Imke says

    January 29, 2020 at 1:37 am

    Hi, I’ve made your dressing but it turned out really bitter. Do you have any suggestions to fix or did I do something wrong? Cheers.

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    • Amy says

      January 29, 2020 at 1:17 pm

      Hi there! It definitely should not be bitter. Tangy, yes. It sounds like it might be a problem with the avocados or pumpkin seeds? They avocados could be bitter, making the dressing taste that way. Or the pumpkin seeds could be rancid. Hard for me to tell if I’m not in the kitchen with you!

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