Are oil-free vegan salad dressings possible? Can they taste great? Yes!
Finally, my oil-free salad dressings ebook is here! I’ve talked about this ebook in past posts. After creating quite a number of delicious dressings and sauces for my books and blog, I wanted to devote time to an entire collection of unique oil-free salad dressings recipes.
This ebook contains 10 new recipes along with 1 bonus blog recipe, for a total of 11 vegan, oil-free, and mostly nut-free dressings.
Oil-Free Vegan Salad Dressings: Recipe Details
These oil-free dressings are nutrient-rich, using whole plant foods like vegetables, fruits, beans, seeds, and nuts for flavor and texture. Recipes include:
24 ‘Carrot’ Gold Dressing nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
Basic Chia Vinaigrette nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
Limealicious Vinaigrette nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
Greek Salad Vinaigrette nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
Ranch Dressing nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free (tho soy/nut milk preferred)
Lemon-Thyme Caper Dressing soy-free, gluten-free
Green Goddess Dressing nut-free option, soy-free, gluten-free
Creamy Nut-Free Caesar Dressing nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free (tho soy milk preferred)
Balsamic-Date Vinaigrette nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
Vegan Island Dressing soy-free, gluten-free
Maple Chipotle Chickpea Dressing bonus nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free
There is also a section on ingredient notes for ingredients, and another section with tips on kitchen tools.
Of course, these salad dressings are for more than just salads. They can be used to drizzle over cooked grains, baked spuds and sweet potatoes, and to drizzle over finished meals like pizzas, stews, and burritos.
The recipe notes will give you some inspiration to rev up your daily salads, salad bowls, and just about any plant-based meal. Boost flavor with nutrient density with these plant-powered dressings!
I could not have pulled off this project without the help of my testers (Eve, Cintia, Christine, Susan, Michelle, Carrie, Sarah, Natalie, and Tami) – heartfelt thanks for your help and continued support. Also many thanks to Ashley Flitter, Laura Bashar for template design, Christina Xamin for design assistance, and of course Nicole Axworthy for the stunning food photos throughout this ebook.
OIl-Free Vegan Salad Dressings Ebook: 
price: $8.95
p.p.s. Please do share your feedback on these recipes. Let me know your favorites and how you serve them! I may do more small books like this down the road, with a focus on desserts or dips next. Your feedback is valued.
Melanie Drescher says
Tonight I made your Balsamic-Date Vinaigrette dressing from your Plant Powered Dressings E-book. This dressing was perfect, bringing out all the great tastes of the veggies & fruits in our big dinner salad. I wanted a fruity & light dressing to go on our salad which had fresh pears, raisins and wheat berries in it. This dressing sounded just right, so I made a double batch. I substituted most of the balsamic with white wine vinegar for a lighter dressing, using only 1/8 cup of balsamic. My husband loved it, commenting how refreshing it was, which is exactly the taste I was looking for. Thank you for this great salad dressing, it’s my go to now for our summer dinner salads!
Melanie Drescher says
Tonight I made your Vegan Island Dressing from this E-book which I bought as part of this years “bundle” offering. We’ve been WFPBNO for 3.5 yrs. I’ve just learned about “Calorie Density” (I’m trying to loose weight-regained Covid weight- & then continue loosing). Your Vegan Island Dressing is AH.MAZ.ING! I didn’t have sweet pickles so I used the sweet pickle relish I had instead, pulsing it in with my immersion blender after adding it. Thank you for your Recipe Note and Tips on soaking cashews. My husband likes “tangy” foods. I was so pleased when he raved about this dressing on his dinner salad tonight. He told me I could make this dressing anytime! He said it would be great as a veggie dip, and he’d be happy to have it with his lunchtime veggies anytime I want to make it. Thank you for this great tasting dressing & dip! We both love it a lot! It’s going to be on my rotating menu plan for dinners & more. I’ll double, triple or quadruple the recipe and use my VitaMix because I know the amount from one recipe won’t be enough for dinner salads, my husbands lunchtime veggies plus want to try it as a spread on my veggie sandwiches too! Thank you so much, Dreena!
Dreena says
Hi Melanie, thank you so very much for taking the time to leave this beautiful note for me and others. I’m just delighted you loved that dressing – and your husband as well. You’ve made my morning!
Brittany says
Hi Dreena!
I have tried the carrot dressing and enjoyed it! I somehow can’t find the download again on my device!! Is there any way to send me the confirmation email with the download on it again? I would love not to have to repurchase it…
Dreena says
Hi Brittany, yes I can send it to you, anytime. I don’t see your email in the transaction log, however. So, if you can email me with the email you used to purchase the ebook. Thanks – dreenaburton@gmail.com 🙂
donna says
Dreena, I tried with 2 different cards to buy the book but Paypal said it couldn’t
add those credit cards. Any idea what gives. Is there another way to buy the dressing book?
Dreena says
Hi Donna, I’m not sure what’s going on with Paypal there. You might need to contact them about that issue. The only other option I have is to purchase via kindle here: https://amzn.to/34TFVTP I’m not able to discount via kindle, though. Sorry I don’t have a better option!
Shirley says
Hi Dreena
I would love to get this but wondering how many of the recipes use vinegar, and can it be subbed with lemon juice? I can’t use vinegars…. Thanks.
Dreena says
Hi Shirley, sorry for the late reply. I’d say about half use vinegars. Some of those you could certainly sub lime or lemon juice. Hope that helps!