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Sweet Basil Vinaigrette is the most delicious way to dress any salad! Made with simple ingredients, easy instructions, and only 5 minutes with a food processor. This amazing flavorful dressing pairs well with so many salads. This will be your new “go-to” dressing!
Your new favorite salad dressing!
A healthy and homemade salad dressing is one of my absolute favorite recipes to create!! As a nutritionist, I eat salad just about every day. In order to keep things from getting boring, I love coming up with fun new combinations!! This Sweet Basil Vinaigrette is no exception.
From a nutritional standpoint, It’s loaded with fresh basil, giving us our daily dose of greens. It’s loaded with Vitamin K, Manganese, calcium, magnesium and more!
When blended up with garlic, vinegar, oil, sweetener, black pepper, and a dash of sea salt– It’s crazy delicious! It’s one that everyone goes absolutely crazy for! People do not leave my house before asking for this recipe.
The Inspiration
I’ll never forget the first time I tried a version of this salad. My friend Desiree made this delicious fall salad for a Thanksgiving dinner with pears, cranberries, pecans, and spinach. This dressing made the entire dish come together, and I wanted to skip every other dish and only eat this. But, it was Thanksgiving, so obviously I enjoyed the rest of my meal. But after it was all finished, this was my favorite part! I knew I had to have the recipe.
I’ve been making this over the years for all seasons, not just the fall. I absolutely LOVE it during the first hints of spring because of the fresh taste, and I love to eat it with strawberries and avocado. It’s also one of my favorite dressings to make when I am hosting company, or bringing a dish to a social gathering.
Ingredients for Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
This recipe comes together so easily with the following:
- Fresh Basil leaves
- Minced garlic
- Olive oil or avocado oil
- Apple cider vinegar
- Honey or coconut sugar
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
All you do is blend up in your food processor or blender!!
Serving and storing:
- Serving: I have adapted it over the years, making this refined sugar-free and using honey as the sweetener. I enjoyed it over the weekend with arugula, strawberries, feta, pecans, and red onion. So many great possibilities with this salad dressing; feel free to dress with anything and you won’t be disappointed!
- Storing: Something else I love is that this recipe will make plenty for you to enjoy salads for an entire week. It keeps well in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Serving
Try this Sweet Basil Vinaigrette drizzled over fresh summer favorites like my Strawberry Avocado Salad or Blueberry Mango Salad It’s also a delicious way to elevate a hearty Superfood Salad, adding brightness and flavor to every bite.
Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves, loose
- 2/3 cup Avocado oil or olive oil
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender, and blend until smooth.
- Serve over your favorite salad!
This recipe is a keeper! It’s delicious and I wouldn’t change a thing!
Delicious, healthy and super easy
This is honestly the BEST dressing I have ever made!!! It’s simple yet so fancy. My husband drank the little that was left out of the bowl lol I used a scale to weigh everything and the result was perfect. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Love this!! Thank you for sharing
WOW! First time making this,but not the last time! My hubby actually licked the bowl!! Awesome! Thanks!
Can this vinaigrette be frozen?
I have not tried to freeze it, but I think it would work. The only thing is the consistency may change when it’s thawed and you would have to whisk it well after it gets thawed to room temperature.
You said it when you wrote this will be your favorite new salad dressing – wow! I spooned it on a plate, put a piece of fresh burrata cheese on top, sliced some ripe figs and served it on on some pieces of grilled baguette – heaven! Also used it on a salad with fruit in it – perfect! It really is an amazing salad dressing – so fresh tasting – thanks!
So glad you love it!
You are welcome! Definitely a favorite!
This is so good!!! I love it with romaine, avocado, sliced almonds and grilled chicken! I’ve been using a couple of dates instead of honey to make it Whole30 compliant.
Delicious! Have a cilantro lime dressing I regularly make. This is lovely too! Love basil and this is light and tasty.