This vegan green goddess dressing is bursting with flavor! Made with fresh herbs and garlic, you’ll want to put this vibrant creamy dressing on everything.
If there’s one salad dressing out there that can act as the star of an entire meal, it would have to be green goddess! That’s not really surprising when you think about what goes into green goddess dressing — LOTS of fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon juice.
Unfortunately, there are a few things in traditional green goddess that I don’t include in my diet these days, like yogurt, mayonnaise and anchovies. So I decided to head to the kitchen and craft a vegan green goddess dressing that would totally rival the original.
I kept things simple and used a mix of vegan mayo and dairy-free yogurt for the base. This keeps the dressing nut-free and prevents you from having to deal with the chore of soaking cashews that’s required for many creamy vegan salad dressings.
With all the delicious vibrant flavors in this dressing, I really don’t think anyone would even notice that it’s made with a few vegan swaps. You can serve this to any of your dinner guests (vegan or not!) and they’ll be asking for the recipe.
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Ingredients You’ll Need
- Vegan mayonnaise. This is available in most grocery stores, usually in the condiments aisle or natural foods section. Hellman’s Vegan and Vegenaise are a couple of brands you’ll probably come across.
- Vegan yogurt. Use an unflavored and unsweetened vegan yogurt. Aside from that, any brand of variety is fine — such as almond yogurt, soy yogurt, or coconut yogurt.
- Olive oil. Use extra virgin olive oil for a mild flavor that’s perfect for salad dressings.
- Lemon juice. Make sure your juice is freshly squeezed for the best flavor. Bottled lemon juice just can’t compete!
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley. Curly parsley is an acceptable substitute, but be aware that it doesn’t have quite as much flavor as flat-leaf.
- Fresh chives.
- Fresh tarragon. This is one of the characteristic flavors of green goddess dressing, so don’t skip it!
- Fresh garlic.
- Capers.
- Salt & pepper.
Tip: Once you’re comfortable with the basic recipe, feel free to adapt and make it your own by switching up the fresh herbs. Just make sure to use soft herbs that blend well, like basil, cilantro, dill, mint, green onion, and oregano.
How It’s Made
The following is a detailed photo tutorial on how to make this dish. Scroll all the way down if you’d like to skip right to the recipe!
This dressing is super easy to make in just a few steps.
Step 1: Place all of your ingredients into a blender.
Tip: A food processor will also work for this recipe, but if it’s a particularly large one you might want to double the batch size.
Step 2: Blend everything together until you get a smooth, creamy texture.
Tip: If your blender isn’t high-powered, you may want to blend the herbs, garlic and capers first, then add everything else.
Step 3: Give the dressing a taste-test and adjust any seasonings you’d like. You can add more garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice. Blend the mixture again for a second just to mix in whatever you’ve added.
Your vegan green goddess dressing is ready to go! Use it as a dip, in sandwiches, veggie burgers, wraps, or, of course, on a salad. My favorite ways to enjoy it are on this strawberry spinach salad or for dipping veggies and polenta fries.
Shelf-Life & Storage
Since it contains so many fresh herbs, you’ll want to use your vegan green goddess dressing relatively quickly! Store it in an airtight container in the fridge and it will keep for about a week.
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Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
This vegan green goddess dressing is bursting with flavor! Made with fresh herbs and garlic, you’ll want to put this vibrant creamy dressing on everything.
Ingredients
-
½
cup
vegan mayonnaise -
½
cup
unflavored and unsweetened vegan yogurt -
¼
cup
olive oil -
2
tablespoons
lemon juice -
1
cup
flat leaf parsley,
chopped -
¼
cup
fresh chives,
chopped -
¼
cup
fresh tarragon,
chopped -
1
garlic clove,
minced -
2
tablespoons
capers -
⅛
teaspoon
salt,
plus more to taste -
¼
teaspoon
black pepper,
plus more to taste
Instructions
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Place all ingredients into a blender. (Note 1)
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Taste-test the dressing and adjust any seasonings to suit your taste. Blend again briefly to incorporate anything you’ve added.
Recipe Notes
- If your blender isn’t high-powered, I recommend first placing the parsley, chives, tarragon, garlic, and capers into the blender, blending them up, then adding the remaining ingredients.
- This recipe makes about 1 ½ cups of dressing.
Nutrition Facts
Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
Amount Per Serving (2 tablespoons)
Calories 114
Calories from Fat 102
% Daily Value*
Fat 11.3g17%
Saturated Fat 1.4g7%
Sodium 106mg4%
Potassium 54mg2%
Carbohydrates 2.7g1%
Fiber 0.4g2%
Sugar 1.1g1%
Protein 0.9g2%
Calcium 49mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.