11 Easy Vegan Salad Dressing Recipes for the Best Salads EVER!

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Turn even the most everyday bowl of greens into something special with these amazing and easy-to-make vegan salad dressing recipes!

image collage of vegan salad dressing recipes: cranberry vinaigrette, cashew ranch, thousand island, and creamy poppyseed

Do you like salad? I feel like people who don't like salads are really just people who haven't experienced the joy of a fully-loaded, truly good salad. One that's full of color, texture, and FLAVOR.

For me, a good salad is 40% about what's in it and 60% about the dressing, and these vegan salad dressing recipes can definitely transform a boring bowl of greens into something super special.

Vegan Salad Dressing Recipes for Spring

Ginger cranberry dressing recipe

You make this quick-and-easy Ginger Cranberry Dressing in your blender! Just throw everything in, puree, done.

1. Ginger-Cranberry Salad Dressing

I'm a big fan of blender dressings (as you'll see from this list), and this one is tart, spicy, and creamy. It's also the prettiest dressing I've ever made.

small glass mason jar of lemon tahini sauce

Magical lemon tahini sauce

You make this creamy Magical Lemon Tahini Sauce in about five minutes, right in your blender. Use it generously as a dip or a salad dressing!

2. Magical Tahini Dressing

This creamy, lemony dressing takes five minutes to make in the blender. So simple, and it makes even the most simple side salad feel hearty.

vegan ranch dressing on a table with carrots

Vegan Ranch Dressing Made from Cashews

This is hands-down my favorite vegan ranch dressing recipe. It's made from cashews, and it's so, so easy.

3. Cashew Ranch

Another creamy blender dressing, this is one of the most popular dressings on my site. I also taught this recipe in a cooking class last month, and the students loved it!

Quick & Easy Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing comes together quickly with the help of your immersion blender. No dairy needed!

Quick & Easy Vegan Caesar Dressing Recipe

This quick and easy Vegan Caesar Dressing recipe comes together quickly with the help of your immersion blender. No dairy needed!

4. Easy Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing

You only need 10 minutes and one bowl to make this creamy vegan Caesar! Your immersion blender makes this decadent dressing come together like magic.

5. Easy Poppyseed Dressing

Kristina's sweet-and-creamy poppyseed dressing stars pineapple juice and a healthy dose of poppyseeds. In the salad pictured, she topped it off with Sriracha sauce, which I think is a Good Idea.

Avocado Lime Dressing from A Virtual Vegan

6. Creamy Avocado Lime Dressing

Mel's tangy avocado dressing is as versatile as it is delicious. She walks you through how to make it thicker or thinner to suit your salad needs.

Creamy Sesame Soy Dressing from Veggie Inspired Journey

7. Creamy Sesame Soy Asian Salad Dressing

Jenn's creamy Asian-inspired dressing would be perfect over a green salad or in place of mayo in a cabbage slaw.

Pumpkin Vinaigrette from Fried Dandelions

8. Pumpkin Vinaigrette

If you love fall flavors year-round like I do, you'll love Sarah's sweet-and-savory pumpkin dressing.

Vegan Thousand Island Dressing from Vegan Huggs

9. Oil-Free, Vegan Thousand Island Dressing

If you know me, you know that I'm far from oil-free, so when I'm jazzed about an oil-free dressing - like this one from Melissa Huggins - you can be sure that it's good!

10. Dijon Mustard Dressing

This is a classic salad dressing, and Amy's 4-ingredient version is looking so, so good!

Jalapeno Salad Dressing from Cadry's Kitchen

11. Creamy Vegan Jalapeno Salad Dressing

I love spicy food, and Cadry's creamy, spicy jalapeno dressing is right up my alley.

Comments

Agness of Run Agness Run

April 03, 2017 at 6:18 pm

Easy, healthy and delicious salad recipes! I cannot ask for more, Becky!

- Becky Striepe
  
  April 03, 2017 at 6:22 pm
  
  Thank you, Agness!
  
Vegan Heaven

March 29, 2017 at 12:16 pm

These salad dressings all look so delicious! Salads are the perfect spring food! :-)

- Becky Striepe
  
  March 29, 2017 at 12:37 pm
  
  Thank you, Sina!
  
Sarah

March 28, 2017 at 2:11 am

These all look delicious! They might get me to more readily eat my greens :) Thanks for including my Pumpkin Vinaigrette!

Linda @ Veganosity

March 24, 2017 at 4:37 pm

So many delicious dressings. Thanks! I love the video. :)

Leah M | love me, feed me

March 23, 2017 at 10:37 am

Usually I'm pretty lazy when it comes to salad dressing and end up using balsamic vinegar or a watered down hummus - but this makes me want all the dressings! and all the salads! YUM!

Cadry

March 23, 2017 at 8:56 am

A good salad dressing makes all the difference between a salad being boring or enticing. Thanks for so many mouthwatering recipes & for including my jalapeno cashew dressing!

Mel |avirtualvegan.com

March 21, 2017 at 7:22 pm

They all look so delicious. The weather is still pretty cool here so I'm still on the comfort food but I will be referring to these when it warms up!

Melissa | Vegan Huggs

March 21, 2017 at 12:34 am

Perfect timing! I've been ready to get back into salads again. SO many delicious recipes on here. Thank you for including my recipe :)

Dianne

March 20, 2017 at 7:32 pm

Thanks so much for including my recipe!

Mary Ellen | VNutrition

March 20, 2017 at 5:47 pm

These all look delicious! They will come in handy for me when salad weather gets here. I want it to be salad weather but I'm still cold. Hopefully the weather will get nicer soon so I can start on trying all these dressings!

- Becky Striepe
  
  March 20, 2017 at 5:57 pm
  
  Crossing fingers for a warm front for you!
  
Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite

March 20, 2017 at 2:43 pm

Sauces, dressing, same same and I'm all about the sauce so bring it!

Jenn

March 20, 2017 at 2:24 pm

Yummy! I eat tons of salads when the weather gets warmer and I can't be bothered to cook. All of these options look delicious!

Amy Katz from Veggies Save The Day

March 20, 2017 at 10:13 am

I love your cashew ranch dressing! Thank you for including my Dijon Mustard and video!