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 everyday. 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.
Try this Sweet Basil Vinaigrette over these salads!
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Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
Sweet Basil Vinaigrette makes the perfect pairing with any salad! You'll love the zing, slight kick, and ease of making this dressing so simply in a food processor.
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
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Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender, and blend until smooth.
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Serve over your favorite salad!
Recipe Notes
This dressing will hold in the fridge for at least 1 week.
Making this for the second time! We love the simple flavors and it’s been another great way to use up our basil that’s going wild.
Making this for the second time! We love the simple flavors and it’s been another great way to use up our basil that’s going wild.
Great Lydia!! So glad you enjoy it 🙂
We have definitly found our new favorite dressing! This is delicious. Thank you so much:)
So glad to hear, Bonnie!! We make it all the time too. It’s great for Thanksgiving with pecans, pears, cranberries, and feta. Just an idea ????
Love this recipe. Do you have the calorie count?
Hi Jennifer, about 70 calories per tbsp.
I made this tonight after pruning my basil plants. Added plain Greek yogurt to go creamy and red pepper flakes to go spicy. Fabulous!!!
Love those additions!! YUM!
Can you can this in a hot water bath to save for later?
Hi Pam, I have never done that before so I’m not sure! It will last up to 10 days in the fridge.
I just whipped this up for a quick dressing. Used the last of my garden basil ( I let it go to seed). With a quick taste immedibabsately after, I am in love…. Can’t wait for the flavors to settle in over night.
Wow. Big hit. We’re going to put it on everything. It will keep that big basil bush at bay! Thanks.
Love hearing that!! Thank you!
Great dressing, what wine would you pair it with.
I love something light like a Sauvignon Blanc!
Easy to make and great tasting. Verried mine with a little Dijon mustard and left out the honey.
Delicious! Have a cilantro lime dressing I regularly make. This is lovely too! Love basil and this is light and tasty.
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.
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!