3 Oil-Free Salad Dressings You Need to Make

In this video, we're going to make 3 of my favorite oil-free salad dressings:

1.) Creamy Roasted Garlic Balsamic Dressing
2.) Sweet & Smoky Dressing
3.) Orange Poppyseed Dressing

1️⃣ Creamy Roasted Garlic Balsamic Dressing

CHEF'S TIPS
👩🏻‍🍳 Cauliflower provides a low-calorie creamy base, perfect for a thick dressing that sticks to greens.
💁🏻‍♀️ Use a high-quality balsamic vinegar with 4% acidity for the best flavor.
👩🏻‍🍳 Experiment with different flavors of balsamic vinegar for variety.
💁🏻‍♀️ Westbrae makes a salt-free stone ground mustard that works perfectly in this recipe.
👩🏻‍🍳 For convenience, use defrosted frozen cauliflower and pre-peeled garlic cloves.
💁🏻‍♀️ Roasted garlic adds a mellow flavor, making it preferable to raw garlic.
👩🏻‍🍳 Save your empty balsamic vinegar bottles—they’re perfect for storing homemade dressings and make lovely gifts!
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2️⃣ 💨 Sweet and Smoky Dressing
✔️ 1 cup of water
✔️ 1/2 cup of lime juice
✔️ 4 ounces of pitted dates
✔️ 1/4 cup Westbrae salt-free mustard
✔️ 1 teaspoon chia seeds
✔️ 2 teaspoons SMOKED paprika
✔️ 1/4 teaspoon chipotle powder

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3️⃣ 🍊 ORANGE (or LEMON) POPPY SEED DRESSING
(add two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar when making orange)
Slightly sweet, slightly tangy!

INGREDIENTS:
½ cup orange juice
½ cup water
2 ounces of dates (approximately 4 large Medjool dates)
2 Tablespoons Westbrae salt-free stone ground mustard
1 Tablespoon poppy seeds
2 teaspoons chia seeds
PREPARATION:
Place all ingredients except for the chia seeds in a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. Add the chia seeds and briefly blend again. Refrigerate the dressing.

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[yvonneweldon]

So many WFPB salad dressing recipes are so similar. These are different and exciting. Maybe I’ll learn to love salads again. Thank you Chef!!!

[maureenk]

As usual, quick and delicious! Thanks Chef AJ

[notyouraveragevegan]

This was a really helpful video, thank you AJ.

[jilldigwood]

The dressings look lovely. Always on the lookout for new dressings. Thanks for sharing 😊

[shunwilliams]

Thank you so much for sharing Chef AJ ❤❤❤

[jencollier]

Wow! I haven’t had Catalina dressing since I was a kid. We had a ‘taco salad’ with it on rotation for years that I loved. Going to figure out a vegan version of that with this dressing! Thanks AJ!!🎉

[ClaudiaMantello]

Thank you Chef AJ !! Can't wait to try these!! Love your videos.

[deborahcouzensVEGANanimals]

These are a blessing thanks Chef AJ...definitely going to try them🎉

[cynthiabowen]

will try each one, thank you so much AJ.

[nazokashii]

Making one's own salad dressings is the best :D excellent demonstrations, wonderful recipes :) thank you for sharing <3

[Deedee]

Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to try these. How long do they last in the refrigerator?

[lindaklimm]

Thanks AJ for all of the great dressings! I’m trying to get away from the bought ones!!!!

[cindykisling]

I used to use Westbrae mustard salt free but can no longer find it. What brand do you have. These look so good!

[Shirmagedrusclau]

Thank you for sharing your recipes. There are several other vegan YouTubers that you have to buy their books in order to get the recipe. Financially I am not in a situation where I can do that. Again thank you for sharing your recipes and I'm always looking for new vegan dressings❤

[deborahclemons]

Thanks for the information. Please teach me how to show salt free and sugar free

[stephko]

AJ, how to roast garlic un the air fryer? Thanks

[MistressGlowWorm]

Hi Chef, thank you for the recipe blessing. My question is, is there a link to the California Balsamic brand specifically? I type that name in and get a bunch of hits. So is it Balsamic vinegar made in California or is there a specific brand entitled "California Balsamic?" Please advise.

[michaelbressette]

I definitely have to try these.
I am not fond of chia cause when I first used them I had an unusual experience of when I bent over my nose poured out water every time I used chia so I stopped using them, I am unsure as to why this happened but I found it not worth trying them again, I could have used the wrong I just dont know, but I can try them again or use Hemp hearts which I love because of the buttery nutty flavour of them & I don't react to them & they are high in protein.
I do not like to buy salad dressings & haven't bought them in years because more then half the ingredients, probably 70% of the ingredients weren't kosher or clean for human consumption & began making my own.
To me, the point of making your own salad dressings using live ingredients changes the term of what these dressings are for & instead of just flavour, I realized that the dressing provided living components that benefit the body & wellness so I called them medicinal flavourings or Medicine elixirs so when I make a a dressing now, I consider the healthy medicinal components of this dressing first so when I eat my salads which are very simple, they do way more for the body then just taste good & are hugely beneficial for the gut & in some cases they contributed towards me losing over 100 lbs over a few months. Thanks for sharing your dressing recipes & now I am stoked at making new kinds of dressings that can fortify the body with many healthy healing components as well as flavouring. I never thought to use dates as a sweet base but since I do consume a lot of prunes, dates can do the same as prunes do.
I also repurpose nice attractive bottles & jars for this very purpose, but I use wide moth jars for extra thick dressings & sauces so I can spoon out what I need in a proper portion size.
I make a dressing using avocado, kefir or yoghurt a high quality olive oil or hemp or walnut oil sometimes balsamic vinegar Celtic sea salt & I pulse them not blend them because I don't want to kill the living components of the ingredients so its medicinal as well as flavourful. In these cases, things like Spirulina & chopped Nari or dulse instead of salt can be added to provide much more & dense nutrient value.