Strawberry Vinaigrette
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A simple Strawberry Vinaigrette recipe made with only a few ingredients. Secretly healthy and made in under 5 minutes. Perfect for a salad!
Our basil salad dressing has recently become super popular, especially with so much summer basil around, and this strawberry vinaigrette is just as delicious and so sweet and fresh!
If you aren’t making your own homemade salad dressings yet, make this fresh strawberry vinaigrette salad dressing in about 5 minutes in your blender and see how easy and delicious they can be!
This tastes delicious on basically any salad, especially our strawberry spinach salad or strawberry goat cheese salad.
Liz Tips for the Best Strawberry Dressing
- Use a high speed blender or a food processor. If you’re looking for a small, powerful blender, this one is awesome! Blending is what gives the dressing that perfect creamy texture !
- If your dressing separates in the fridge, just shake vigorously to combine it. You shouldn’t need to re-blend it, but you can if you want!
Ingredients
substitutions
Olive Oil: You can substitute avocado oil but we don’t recommend it. Olive oil adds a nice flavor here! You can also use flavored or infused olive oils. We like making this with garlic infused olive oil
Strawberries: This strawberry salad dressing will be best with fresh strawberries. We haven’t tried making this with strawberry jam or other berries (blueberries or raspberries), but it may work. If you try it, let us know!
White Wine Vinegar: I haven’t tried making this with anything besides white wine vinegar. I think it would work with balsamic vinegar but I can’t be sure how it would taste.
Basil: This recipe is best made with fresh herbs, but if you don’t have it, don’t worry! You can skip the basil entirely, or substitute the fresh basil leaves with 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves.
Honey: You can skip the honey in this recipe or replace it with maple syrup. The honey helps cut the acidity of the vinegar and bring out the sweetness in the strawberries, so we recommend using it!
Garlic Powder, Salt and Black Pepper: Add more or less to taste.
How do you thicken this dressing? You can usually thicken dressing simply by keeping it cold in the fridge. When oil is chilled, it gets much thicker. You can try adding in mayo if you’d like, but we don’t recommend it.
How to Make Strawberry Vinaigrette
- In a food processor or small blender, combine all ingredients.
- Blend until smooth. Serve over your favorite salad.
Serving Suggestions
- On a salad: this goes great on our Simple Peach Salad
- Marinade: Use it as a marinade on Balsamic Grilled Chicken
- Drizzle it on Mediterranean Quinoa Salad or a Caprese Salad – it’s so good with tomato and mozz!
- As a pasta salad dressing, like our Grilled Veggie Pasta Salad
storage
Refrigerating: This will last for 3-4 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. I like to use a mason jar. The dressing might separate, just shake vigorously to combine it.
Freezing: We don’t recommend freezing this dressing. It’s meant to be enjoyed fresh.
Strawberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- ½ cup sliced strawberries
- ½ cup chopped fresh basil
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a food processor or small blender, combine all ingredients.
- Blend until smooth.
- Serve over your favorite salad. Enjoy within 4 days for freshness.
