Easy Orange Salad Dressing
When it comes to salad dressing, there are a lot of issues. There are too many options. There are too many misleading labels such as “light,” “low-fat,” and “sugar-free” — all strategically worded for the purpose of fooling the consumer. Organic varieties are too pricey. Moral of the story? There is no reason to pay $4-5 for ambiguously-labeled salad dressing when you can easily make your own healthy version for half the cost.
Let’s take a moment to consider the purpose of salad dressing. We use it to add flavor to a bed of greens and to make the leafy goodness easier to chew and swallow. With that in mind, shouldn’t dressing be more of a supplement than the main attraction? Sure, it should taste good. But it shouldn’t be a crutch that we use to drown and choke down a salad. Salads are pretty delicious in their own respect, especially when paired with a dressing that brings out the best in them.
This recipe is our favorite homemade dressing. We make a big batch and store it in a jar until we run out. That way, it’s always on hand when a salad craving strikes and it only takes 5 minutes to make more when we finish it off.
- Calories: 191
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Unsaturated fat: 6g
- Trans fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 591mg
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
- Juice of 1½ oranges [about ⅓ cup]
- ½ Tbsp. raw honey
- 2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar
- ½ Tbsp. olive oil
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- ¼ tsp. fresh black pepper
- In a food processor or blender, combine all of the ingredients and blend until smooth. You can also make the dressing without either appliance. Just add everything to a bowl and whisk vigorously.
Shake before use.
Store in refrigerator up to 1 month.
whoa. I just made an orange salad dressing today…without seeing this post. I suppose great minds think alike? :-)
Did you read our minds or did we read yours? ;)
Love this dressing! I had it on a salad with vidalia, beets &
avocado. I just made another batch to marinate some chicken
breasts in. Added garlic & crushed red pepper to the marinade.
Thank you! :) Eating Paleo is always a challenge and this
dressing is light & fresh.
That salad sounds delicious! And what a great idea to use it as a marinade! We’ll have to try that. :)
This dressing is delicious! My 8 year old said it is her new favorite “sauce”. Thanks for sharing!
That is a win in our book! Thanks for letting us know. :)
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Doubled this recipe for my family of five. Loved this dressing. It was light and very flavorful. I will definitely make this again.
So glad you liked this dressing, Paula! It’s one of my favorites – so easy and goes great on all kinds of salads. :)
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