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Home | Dressing and Vinaigrette Recipes

Dressing and Vinaigrette Recipes

Homemade dressings are one of the easiest ways to level up any salad, and I always keep a few go-to recipes on hand. They’re quick to make, full of fresh flavor, and so much better than store-bought.

My Dijon Vinaigrette is a zesty, everyday favorite that works with just about anything. When I want something classic and herby, I go with Homemade Italian Dressing, and my Ranch Dressing is creamy, tangy, and kid-approved. Whether you’re tossing a quick salad or dipping veggies, these dressings are always a hit.

Front view of a glass bottle filled with freshly made French dressing, showing its smooth consistency and rich color against a light background.

French Dressing Recipe

A minimalist shot of a tall glass filled with creamy poppyseed dressing, with salad greens and lemon in the soft-focus background.

Creamy Poppyseed Dressing Recipe

A close-up view of the finished sesame dressing with a ceramic spoon lifting the mixture, showcasing floating sesame seeds and a balanced oil-vinegar emulsion.

Asian Salad Dressing Recipe

Creamy ginger dressing in a rustic bowl, garnished with sliced green onions and sesame seeds.

Japanese Ginger Salad Dressing

A spoonful of Thousand Island dressing being drizzled over a fresh green salad.

How to Make the Best Thousand Island Dressing

A small white bowl filled with creamy blue cheese dressing, sprinkled with blue cheese crumbles and chopped chives, surrounded by fresh raw vegetables like sugar snap peas, carrots, and celery for dipping.

Easy 5-Ingredient Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Large white bowl filled with chopped romaine, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, green onion, red onion, corn, avocado, and crumbled cheese, topped with plump tail-on cooked shrimp and drizzled with cilantro lime vinaigrette.

Chopped Salad with Shrimp

Large white bowl filled with a bed of fresh greens topped with ground beef taco meat, shredded cheese, avocado, olives, tomatoes, and sour cream.

Taco Salad Recipe

Large dinner plate with a bed of fresh arugula topped with roasted butternut squash combined with cooked golden quinoa, dried cranberries, red onion, pumpkin seeds, feta cheese, and sliced apple, and drizzled lightly with balsamic vinaigrette.

Butternut Squash Salad

Glass jar filled with golden yellow Italian dressing that's been emulsified with the grated parmesan cheese settling on the bottom.

Homemade Italian Dressing

Large white rectangular serving platter with four wedges of iceberg lettuce, cut-side-up, drizzled with homemade blue cheese dressing and sprinkled with crumbled bacon bits, halved cherry tomatoes, chives, and blue cheese crumbles.

Classic Wedge Salad

Large white bowl filled with the famous la scala salad that consists of chopped lettuce, salami, chickpeas, mozzarella cheese, and red onion tossed in a tangy dijon vinaigrette.

La Scala Salad

Small glass jar filled with homemade golden yellow Dijon vinaigrette.

Easy Dijon Vinaigrette

Large white salad bowl filled with a cold Italian pasta salad made with cherry tomatoes, fresh spinach, mozzarella pearls, salami, black olives, artichoke hearts and rotini pasta all tossed in a homemade Italian dressing.

Italian Pasta Salad

Small white spoon removing a spoonful of chipotle ranch dressing from a small glass jar.

Chipotle Ranch Dressing

Small glass jar filled with sunshine yellow champagne vinaigrette.

Champagne Vinaigrette Recipe

Small glass jar filled with homemade ranch seasoning mix with a small wooden measuring spoon.

Homemade Ranch Seasoning

Oval salad plate filled with romaine lettuce tossed in homemade Caesar salad dressing, homemade croutons and shaved parmesan cheese.

Caesar Salad Recipe

Lemon tahini dressing dripping off a small spoon into a small white bowl filled with the remaining lemon tahini dressing.

Lemon Tahini Dressing

Beautifully layered traditional 7 layer salad starting with chopped iceberg lettuce on the bottom, followed by chopped red onion, sliced cherry tomatoes, green peas, chopped hard boiled eggs, creamy mayonnaise dressing, shredded cheddar cheese, and bacon bits on the top.

7 Layer Salad Recipe

Large white rectangle salad platter plated beautifully with crab Louie salad made with a bed of butter lettuce topped with cherry tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, sliced cucumbers, lemon slices, asparagus, lump crab meat and drizzled with homemade dressing.

Crab Louie Salad

Large oval salad platter artfully displaying a tuna nicoise salad with green beans, hard-boiled eggs, sliced green onions, boiled potatoes, canned tuna, olives, and tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

Nicoise Salad

Small wood salad bowl filled with fresh and light green goddess salad.

Green Goddess Salad

Overhead image of a small glass jar filled with homemade green goddess dressing.

Green Goddess Dressing

White serving plate with romaine lettuce topped with grilled chicken, bacon, hard boiled egg, tomatoes, feta cheese, cucumber, avocado, and red ion with red wine vinaigrette.

Cobb Salad Recipe

Large salad bowl filled with tossed together Asian pasta salad.

Asian Pasta Salad

Close up of a large white salad bowl filled with shredded Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, grated carrot, pomegranate arils, tossed in a light lemon vinaigrette.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

A bowl of salad on a plate with ranch

Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe

Shredded Kale and Brussels Sprout Salad with Lemon + Orange Vinaigrette

Kale and Brussels Sprout Salad

A bowl of food on a plate with shrimp salad buddha bowl

Shrimp Buddha Bowl

Large bowl filled with cooked farro, roasted eggplant, caramelized onions, grapes, feta cheese.

Farro Salad with Caramelized Onions

Chicken and Cabbage Salad with Light Sesame Vinaigrette

Chicken Cabbage Salad

White plate with arugula and shaved parmesan salad tossed in a light lemon dressing.

Arugula Salad with Shaved Parmesan

Large white salad bowl filled with julienned carrots, sliced cucumbers, and edamame and drizzled with homemade miso dressing.

Miso Cucumber Salad Recipe

Small white salad bowls filled with chinese chicken salad and topped with fried wonton noodles.

Chinese Chicken Salad Recipe

Round white platter filled with easy tomato salad recipe.

Lettuce and Tomato Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette

A white bowl of Cucumber salad

Cucumber Salad Recipe

A plate of autumn apple pasta salad

Autumn Apple Pasta Salad Recipe with Poppyseed Dressing

Large white bowl filled with cooked quinoa, roasted cauliflower, chickpeas, microgreens, avocado, and Peanut Butter Coconut Milk Dressing.

Cauliflower Buddha Bowl Recipe with Peanut Butter Coconut Dressing

Salad bowl filled with baby spinach, sliced apples, avocado, sliced red onion, dried cranberries, pistachios, and feta cheese all tossed with a light red wine vinaigrette.

Easy Spinach Salad Recipe with Apples

Tossed together crunchy apple coleslaw dressed with a light dijon vinaigrette.

Crunchy Apple Coleslaw Recipe

Overhead image of loaded Mexican bean salad topped with sliced avocado.

Easy Bean Salad Recipe

Three single serving salad bowls filled with strawberry spinach salad and drizzled with lime vinaigrette.

Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipe with Poppy Seed Dressing

A bowl of beet salad

Roasted Beet Salad Recipe with Miso Dressing

A bowl of wheat berry salad

Wheat Berry Salad with Orange Shallot Vinaigrette

A plate of Autumn Chicken and Pear Salad

Autumn Chicken and Pear Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

A plate of food, with Apple salmon Salad

Marinated Salmon Apple Salad

Mango avocado salad

Mango Avocado Salad with Creamy Yogurt Dressing

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