Green Goddess Dressing is fresh, herby, and light. This creamy dressing can be a salad dressing or a delicious dip for veggies and bread! It comes together in 5 minutes using a blender or food processor.
Making your own homemade salad dressing is so quick and easy, and the taste is miles ahead of the store-bought stuff! Our green goddess dressing is made with fresh herbs, vegetables, and a few pantry staples. It's a great, herbaceous dish that's easy to customize with items you already have in your kitchen.
The Coined Breakdown
- Total Cost per fl. oz.: $0.30
- Total Cost (about 12.5 fluid ounces): $3.73
- Those Other Guys: $.60 per fl. oz.
Ingredients
- Fresh Herbs - The base of this dressing is fresh herbs, and you can use whatever is already in your fridge. I recommend at least 3 for a nice variety of flavor. Here, we're using fresh parsley, cilantro, and dill.
- Greek Yogurt - For creaminess and that subtle tang needed in the dressing.
- Garlic & Shallot - Extra flavor! I've also roasted these before adding to the food processor.
- Jalapeño - You can control the amount of spice by the seeds. If you don't want any fire, simply remove all of the seeds before adding in.
- Lemon - For some brightness, we use both the juice and the zest.
- Avocado Oil - Helps to emulsify the dressing, or fully combine all of the ingredients.
- Ranch Seasoning, Salt, and Pepper - Granted, the extra salt and pepper is added at the very end, and only to taste! But the ranch seasoning is a yummy seasoning blend to give a great flavor to our dip.
Variations and Substitutions
For the fresh herbs: You can use all types of fresh herbs like mint, basil, chives, or tarragon.
For the seasoning blend: If you can't find ranch seasoning, simply use a combination of salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
Dairy-Free Green Goddess Dressing: Substitute the Greek yogurt for cashew cream or another plain, dairy-free yogurt.
How to Make Green Goddess Dressing
Step 1: Add all of your ingredients to a food processor or blender.
Step 2: Blend until all ingredients are combined and you have a silky smooth dressing.
Recipe Pro Tips
- Want a thinner dressing? Add a little more water to thin it out.
- To spice or not to spice. The jalapeño provides a lot of flavor. If you like heat, keep in a majority of the seeds. If you want a completely mild dressing, remove all of the seeds before adding the veggie into the food processor.
Recipe FAQs
If you're using it as a salad dressing, it goes on top of all sorts of leafy greens! I have a recipe for Green Goddess Shrimp Salad on my page, or toss shredded cabbage and romaine in the dressing. Try it on this Shredded Brussels Salad!
You can also drizzle it on all sorts of bowls like my Crispy Tofu Bowls or Spicy Shrimp Burrito Bowls.
Using it as a dip, you can pair it with Homemade Potato Wedges, fresh cut vegetable sticks (like carrots and celery), or wedges of Homemade Garlic Naan.
Stored in an airtight container, this dressing will keep in the fridge for up to one week.
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Green Goddess Dressing
Equipment
- Food Processor or blender
- Citrus Squeezer
- Microplane
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 20 grams fresh parsley
- 20 grams fresh cilantro
- 8 grams fresh dill
- ½ count shallot
- 1 - 2 count garlic cloves
- ½ count large jalapeño
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 count lemon (for juice and zest)
- 20 grams ranch seasoning mix
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients (besides the salt and pepper) to a food processor or blender.Use both the juice of the lemon and the zest.1 cup plain Greek yogurt, 20 grams fresh parsley, 20 grams fresh cilantro, 8 grams fresh dill, ½ count shallot, 1 - 2 count garlic cloves, ½ count large jalapeño, 1 tablespoon avocado oil, 1 count lemon, 20 grams ranch seasoning mix
- Blend until the sauce is silky smooth.
- Taste, and add any additional salt and pepper if you feel you need it.salt, black pepper
- Serve over hearty greens like kale and cabbage, or dip veggie sticks into the dressing. Enjoy!
Sarah Robinson says
I was so excited to see this recipe in my inbox. Green goddess dressing is my favorite, but so expensive at the store nowadays. Easy and really quick recipe to make. Thank you!
Shani H. says
Thank you for your review Sarah 🙂 The bottles really are so high!