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.
Henrike says
Hi Dreena.
I’d like to buy the eBook but I can’t find it on iBooks – and Kindle says this eBook cannot be purchased on their app, either. Could it be a “country problem” (I’m from Germany)?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards from abroad, Henrike
Dreena says
Hi Henrike, thanks for asking. I’m not sure what’s going on with the kindle app – it’s in the kindle store so it should be available. But if you’re ordering via amazon Germany, that could be the issue. As for ibooks, you can save the pdf file to your ibooks after downloading. Hopefully that helps. Thanks.
Randy says
Hi Deena,
I don’t do the Kindle thing and was wondering if I could just purchase the salad dressing recipes in a non-kindle form. Thank you.
Dreena says
Hi Randy, yes, you can. If you order through my site, you’ll receive a pdf which can be saved/printed. Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/2gqA7a5
Liefje says
Tree nuts are so incredibly nutrient-rich; I can’t imagine a dressing book excluding these valuable proteins……can’t the ppl w allergies just be aware of the ingredients & choose wisely?
-pls include; cashew/almond/pecan/walnut Butters & Oils in a future Dressings e-book
Dreena says
they are, and there are 2 dressings (and an optional 3rd) with tree nuts, but some of the other dressings utilize other plant foods like seeds which are also very rich in nutrients (and higher in protein than nuts). Plus the vinaigrettes which won’t include nuts because of foundation of the recipe. I try to offer nut-free options because it’s not that simple to just substitute one seed vs another, they have different flavor and texture profiles. Thanks for your question.
jim bly says
Hi. I can understand the gluten and oil free but why nut free? Is this for those with nut allergies or is there a health issue for everybody? Thanks and keep up your great work. Jim
Dreena says
Hi Jim, mostly for allergy issues. Many readers have cashew or almond allergies, and these nuts (especially cashews) are often used in salad dressings. Thanks for the good words.
Veganpossum says
Hi Dreena, I want to purchase both, but would like to know how central sweeteners are in the dressing recipes. I have a family member avoiding sugars for a medical condition, so would like to be able to adapt or use most of the recipes. Thank you!
Natalie Collins says
Hi! If I remember correctly, there are no refined sugars in the recipes, but other ingredients such as maple syrup or dates are used for sweetness. I hope this answers your question!
Dreena says
the sweeteners used are dates and pure maple syrup (often just a little to balance flavors). Hope that helps.
Vegan Heaven says
All these dressings look so delicious! And they’re oil-free – even better. 🙂
Dreena says
thanks!