Healthy Italian Dressing
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A Healthy Italian Dressing Recipe that is so easy to make! This delicious Italian Dressing Recipe is perfect on salad or as a marinade.
This Easy Homemade Italian Dressing Recipe is delicious and so easy to make in less than 5 minutes! It’s perfect drizzled on salads, used as a marinade for grilled chicken, served in a pasta salad, or on our Italian Antipasto Salad!
Ditch the store bought dressing filled with additives and lower-quality oils, and make this delicious Italian Dressing instead the next time you are making a salad!
liz’s top tip for healthy italian dressing
- Store in a mason jar and shake it up if it separates in the fridge!
ingredients
substitutions
Olive Oil: You can use avocado oil in place of olive oil. We don’t recommend using canola or other oils for dressings.
Red Wine Vinegar: We can’t offer any substitutions for red wine vinegar. Balsamic vinegar would work, but it would be overpowering here and not really taste like ‘Italian’ dressing. White wine vinegar might also work.
Dijon Mustard: You can use whole grain mustard or yellow mustard in place of dijon mustard.
Dried Herbs: You can substituted fresh herbs in place of dried herbs. Double the amount of fresh herbs for dried herbs and make sure to chop them very well.
How to make healthy Italian Dressing
- In a food processor or small blender, combine all ingredients until smooth.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
How to serve
This Zesty Italian Dressing goes well with so many things. Here’s how we like to use it:
- as a marinade for grilled chicken
- as a dressing in healthy pasta salad or veggie pasta salad
- on Quinoa Salad
- over Blueberry Salad
- with Spinach Strawberry Salad
- Easy Kale Salad
How to store
Storing: This will last in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
Note on separation: Separation may occur when stored in the fridge. Use a spoon to stir together or quickly blend again to reconstruct the dressing.
Other healthy salad dressing recipes:
Here are some of our favorite salad dressing recipes. For more ideas check out these Healthy Dressing Recipes!
Easy Italian Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- In a food processor or small blender, combine all ingredients until smooth.
- Store in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
Why only four days? I see nothing in that concoction that would go bad that quickly in the refrigerator.
Because there are no preservatives in this dressing, it can get moldy in the fridge.
Excellent and easy to make. Absolutely loved it, will definitely be making again.
Excellent easy recipe. It’s a nice zesty Italian! Don’t be afraid to try it. Loved it.
Just made this salad dressing. It tastes really good but I did add a touch of honey in it. I will try it on my salad tonight.’
Is the Italian dressing good for 4 days, or 4 weeks?
4 days!
Which of the ingredients limits the “use by” time to four days? They all look pretty stable to me.
There are no preservatives in this dressing, so I recommend enjoying within a few days!