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.
Cathy says
Looks interesting, but I have to avoid nuts, due to my husband following the no nut Essylstyn diet. Can you please tell me if most of the recipes call for nuts? Thanks a lot.
Dreena says
Hi Cathy, I’ve detailed the nut-free dressings in the post, just scroll up and look at the list of recipes. Thanks
Fred says
I bought the combo but cannot get the dressings book to show up in ibooks or Kindle. Could you help me, please? Thanks.
Dreena says
Hi Fred, it’s not in kindle version yet – I’ll be setting that up on amazon soon, so if you want to wait for that I can refund you and you can pick it up later. You should be able to open it in ibooks though. Sometimes downloading on ipad/iphone can be finicky. I will send you the code to try again, and if you still have troubles or want to pick up via amazon, just email me [email protected]. Off to resend code to you now.
Fred says
Never mind. It is there now. Thanks!
Dreena says
terrific – thanks for letting me know!
Alisa Fleming says
I have to admit, I make the same salad dressing almost every day. Time to branch out and this looks like the perfect way to do it!
Mel | Avirtualvegan.com says
I love your book cover. It’s beautiful and the dressings all sound delicious. A good dressing really ‘makes’ a meal and to have a reliable source of them to refer to time and time again is great!
Dreena says
Thank you Mel!
Kathy says
My daughter is severely allergic to cashews. What do you think would be best substituted in your dressing recipes?
Dreena says
Hi Kathy, there are only 2 recipes using cashews in the 11 recipes.
Dreena says
and in those recipes, you could substitute an equal amount of soaked almonds with good results.
Rebecca Cody says
I’ve seen recipes where macadamias could be substituted for cashews.
Dreena says
Yes, they can work as well. They do tend to be slightly naturally sweeter and oilier, so I’d opt for a combo of macadamias with almonds if choosing them.