6 Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes To Spice Up Your Salads/Healthy And Beautiful

Today I'm sharing six healthy salad dressing recipes with you to make your salad not only delicious but epic. Most store-bought salad dressings are made with cheap low quality oils and they are filled with processed white sugar and they basically transform the salad that you made with so much love to nourish your body into an unhealthy meal. If you do find a salad dressing with all clean ingredients it tends to be on the pricey side. So today I want to show you how you can make your own healthy salad dressing at home with high quality ingredients in under five minutes without breaking the bank. So let's get right into it. We will start with a delicious lemon poppy seed dressing. All you need for this is a sealable jar into which you add six tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, one tablespoon of Dijon mustard, sea salt to taste, one tablespoon of poppy seeds, one tablespoon honey and the juice of one lemon. Now seal your jar and shake, shake, shake, shake, shake until well combined. It's a pretty runny dressing because of the large amount of lemon juice but so lemony and delicious. If you want it creamier add the juice of just half a lemon but then it won't be as lemony. Next we have a maple mustard balsamic dressing. This is our number one go-to when in a hurry. It takes less than two minutes to prep. Add six tablespoons of avocado oil, one tablespoon balsamic vinegar, one tablespoon Dijon mustard and one tablespoon maple syrup to a sealable jar. Seal it and shake, shake, shake, shake, until well combined. This is a super creamy dressing and great for very simple salads based on mostly leaves. Next up I've got this citrus basil dressing. It's incredibly fragrant and flavorful and it's fairly low in fat. It does take a little extra work, maybe four minutes of your time. All you need is a large jar wide enough to fit your immersion blender into which you add one large handful of basil leaves, sea salt and pepper to taste, one tablespoon Dijon mustard, three tablespoons avocado oil, the juice of one sweet orange and the juice of one lime. Now use your immersion blender to blend it all together until the basil is completely smooth and you have a pretty liquid green dressing. This dressing tastes amazing in super loaded summer salads with plenty of ingredients. Now let's make a yogurt-based dressing for the yogurt lovers amongst you. I always make this when I have a ton of fresh herbs going sad in the fridge. Get a sealable jar and add two tablespoons mayonnaise, preferably homemade, two tablespoons unsweetened plain greek yogurt, a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, sea salt and pepper to taste, two tablespoons of water and a quarter cup freshly chopped herbs. Use either basil, parsley, cilantro, dill or a combination of either of them. Now shake, shake, shake, shake, shake until well combined. Yes you can use just yogurt and no mayonnaise but I recommend adding a tiny bit of sweetener in the form of honey to it then or else it'll be pretty tangy. This peanut salad dressing tastes incredible with any cabbage-based salad. Add two tablespoons peanut butter, one teaspoon grated ginger and one teaspoon crushed garlic, one tablespoon soy sauce, one teaspoon sesame oil, the juice of one lime and about a tablespoon or two of water. Now seal your jar and shake, shake, shake, shake, shake until well combined. I absolutely love this dressing on crunchy cabbage. Now lastly a dressing I recommend you make if you know you'll finish it all at once because it has avocado in avocado browns and can't be stored. It's a cilantro lime avocado dressing. You'll need a large jar again into which your immersion blender fits to which you add the flesh of one small ripe avocado, a handful of cilantro, sea salt to taste, the juice of one lime and one to three tablespoons of water depending on the size of the avocado. Now use your immersion blender to blend it all together until the avocado is smooth and the dressing pourable. This is a super thick dressing that sticks to the salad ingredients. It's great for salads that have ingredients that were cut into tiny little pieces. I hope you enjoyed this roundup of healthy salad dressings. I hope you're gonna give one or all six of them a try. If you do please don't forget to snap a picture and show me. I love seeing when you make any of my recipes and I'll see you with my next video. Bye!