Name: Sweet Basil Vinaigrette
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 3 min
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

Sweet Basil Vinaigrette

By Amy Rains

5 from 15 votes

Mar 16, 2016, Updated Sep 15, 2025

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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!

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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.

Plate of chicken and salad with basil vinaigrette being poured on top.

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.

Jar of basil vinaigrette on a white background with basil leaves in the background

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.

5 from 15 votes