Healthy Greek Salad Dressing - Only 5 Ingredients! « Running in a Skirt (2024)

My Healthy Greek Salad Dressing recipe is the perfect reason to stop buying bottled dressing. This 5-minute, 5 ingredient recipe is the best healthy, low-fat, clean eating, and sugar-free salad dressing that pairs perfectly with any salad.

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Healthy Greek Salad Dressing

This Healthy Greek Salad Dressing is bright, zingy, and flavorful. Whether you serve it as a dressing for your favorite green or Greek salad or as a marinade for almost anything - veggies, chicken, fish, etc., it's the perfect recipe to keep making again and again. Plus it happens to fit into so many diets including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, keto, clean eating, low carb, and more.

I've gotten away from buying bottled salad dressing in the past few years and started making healthy salad dressing at home. Not saying I never do, but I've grown to enjoy mixing up my own and I like being able to control the ingredients in it. It's generally a lot healthier and a lot better for you. You can easily make a salad dressing with no sugar and fewer calories. Plus you avoid some of the strange fillers found in bottled dressings. In fact, over the years I've made 15+ Healthy Salad Dressings for this recipe collection and it all started with this one!

One of my favorite homemade creations is my Healthy Greek Salad Dressing because it's simply made with pantry staples including just a handful of ingredients and in just a few minutes. Plus it's incredibly versatile. I love it with everything from Greek Couscous Salad, Greek Tortellini Salad, or Italian Chopped Salad. Can't you just imagine this on that plump baby spinach or fresh crunchy romaine? It's perfect with anything with Italian, Greek, or Mediterranean flavors.

Here's why you have to try this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing...

• The ingredients for this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing are incredibly simple and they are ones you might already have in your pantry. I keep them on hand all of the time.
• The best part about it this healthy dressing is clean eating AND a sugar free salad dressing.
• With simple recipes like this, it's worth it to buy nice ingredients. Some of my favorites are this olive oil, this red wine vinegar, and these spices. The high-quality ingredients make a big difference in this homemade Dressing.
• It tastes SO good and makes your boring salad much more zesty and bright.
• You can customize the dressing to match your taste.

Is Greek Salad Dressing Good for You?

Yes! Greek Salad Dressing is good for you because the base is olive oil, which used in moderation can be heart healthy. It's unsaturated fat that can help lower cholesterol. My salad dressing is healthier because it uses a bit less oil and more vinegar. It also doesn't contain preservatives that you might find in a packaged salad dressing.

Ingredients:

Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing recipe, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.

• High Quality Olive Oil: I like to use a nice extra virgin olive oil for the base of my dressings. I choose a higher quality olive oil for salad dressings than I would use for roasting vegetables.
• High Quality Vinegar: I used a nice red wine vinegar for my dressing but white wine vinegar would also work.
• Fresh Garlic: I used fresh minced garlic for the most potent flavors. You can also substitute a smaller amount of garlic powder.
• Spices: An Italian or Greek-inspired blend of spices is perfect for this recipe. I went with garlic, oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
• Lemon: A fresh squeeze of lemon juice gives this dressing a bright and fresh flavor.

I made my version a little more heavy-handed on the vinegar to cut back on the oil. I find this ratio tastes amazing and makes this dressing healthier and more of a low fat greek dressing. You will also notice there is no sugar in my dressing making it a great sugar free salad dressing recipe.The lemon and spices work together perfectly too.

Instructions:

This is an overview of the instructions to make this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing recipe, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.

1. To make the homemade Greek salad dressing, gather the olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon, garlic, dried oregano, dried thyme, dried rosemary, salt and pepper.
2. Put the ingredients in a mason jar and shake them all together. You can also whisk it together in a bowl.
3. Serve immediately or store in the fridge for up to a week

Variations

I love this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing recipe as written, but here are some fun variations. Add any of these ingredients to change to flavors a bit and customize it to match your tastes.

• Add crumbled feta cheese
• Change out the white wine vinegar instead of red wine vinegar
• Add basil
• Fresh herbs instead of dried
• To make it creamy add a tablespoon of Dijon mustard.
• Substitute a pre-mixed Italian Seasoning Blend or Herbs de Provence for the individual herbs
• Add chopped kalamata olives

FAQ

What's the healthiest dressing to put on your salad?

Any homemade dressing, like this one, will be the healthiest dressing to put on your salad. Since this dressing uses a bit less oil, it overall has fewer calories too. Generally, an oil-based dressing like this one will be better for you than a mayonnaise-based dressing.

What do I serve with greek salad dressing?

Serve this Healthy Greek Salad Dressing as a drizzle on classic Greek salad with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, red onion, and feta cheese.

It's also great on so much more including fresh greens, piles of fresh summer veggies, or even over a fresh pasta salad. It would also work great as a marinade for fish, seafood, or chicken. Here are some recipes it would go well with too!

• Greek Couscous Salad
• Italian Chopped Salad
• Italian Pasta Salad
• Vegan Cobb Salad
• White Bean Salad
• Greek Tortellini Pasta Salad
• Salmon and Kale Salad
• Meditteranean Chickpea Salad

Healthy Greek Salad Dressing is so Good!

This Healthy Greek Salad Dressing is a versatile, delicious, and useful recipe to know! It goes with so much and is so healthy, vegan, and sugar free. Plus you can whip it together in less than 5 minutes with just 5 ingredients. And don't forget to check out my collection of homemade salad dressings including some of the ones listed below. You might never buy a bottle again! They are all made without mayonnaise or sugar!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! As always, I'd love to hear what you think.

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• Healthy Greek Yogurt Caesar Dressing
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• Healthy Red Wine Vinegar Dressing
• Healthy Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing
• Apple Cider Vinaigrette

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