Enjoy this Deliciously and Healthy Homemade Avocado Dressing that is a simple dressing, and a dip with non-fat Greek yogurt; a beautiful vibrant green hue that comes from ripe avocados, cilantro, and freshly squeezed lime (or lemon) juice.
Healthy Homemade Avocado Dressing
This is now my favorite salad dressing of all time and I love that Avocados are a healthy good fat fruit, It’s a super simple recipe ready in less than 10 minutes with the help of your food processor. Serve it as a salad dressing, taco sauce, base for your morning avocado toast, or tortilla chip dip any time of year. Vegan, raw, gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo, and Whole30freindly.
What you will need:
- Non-fat plain Greek yogurt
- Avocado
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Cilantro
- Greek Yogurt, plain
- Fresh lime juice
- Garlic clove
- Uncle Dan’s Creamy Ranch Dressing
- Jalapeno pepper
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups non-fat plain Greek yogurt or coconut yogurt
- 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice, (about 2 limes)
- 1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro or parsley
- 1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder, or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon Tarragon
- 1 teaspoon Allulose
- Salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients the flesh of the avocados along with the yogurt, lemon juice, dijon mustard, garlic, and salt and pepper to your food processor or blender and blend until smooth.
- If consistency is too thick, add more olive oil, a tablespoon at a time taste for seasonings, and adjust accordingly.
- Transfer a mason jar; close with a lid and keep refrigerated for 3 – 5 days, but normally the dressing would be gone long before the 3 days is up.
- Serve over your favorite garden salad, or use as a dip for fresh veggies!
NOTES
Nutrition facts are based on unbranded ingredients acquired from a nutrition database. For accurate calculations, please refer to brand packaging informaton and consult your nutritionist,
Store in an airtight container and keep in the fridge, is as good for you up to 1 week to 10 days.
To make Avocado Ranch Dressing: add Uncle Dan’s Ranch Dressing Seasoning packet. Pulse the food processor or blender until well-incorporated and fully blended.
Substitutions for yogurt: Although, it’s bit expensive you can replace the yogurt with “So Delicious yogurt.” The alternative is trying cashew “butter” and adding extra lime or a bit of rice vinegar to get the yogurt bite.
NUTRITION FACTS: Yields 3 cups | Serving size: 1 Tablespoon
Calories 85 | Calories from Fat 54| Fat 6g | Saturated fat1g | Cholesterol 8mg |Sodium 124mg| Potassium 340mg |Carbohydrates 7g |Fiber 3g |Sugar 4g |Protein 6g|Vitamin A 213 IU|Vitamin C 6mg | Calcium 89mg| Iron 1mg