This Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe is fresh, sweet, and vibrant, tasting like summer in a jar! This 5 ingredient dressing features fresh strawberries, red wine vinegar, and olive oil, which tastes much better than a bottle. Serve it with any summer salad like a Strawberry Kale Salad, Strawbery Caprese Salad, or Summer Berry Salad.
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Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe
This Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe is bursting with fresh strawberry flavor. It's a simple, 5 ingredient homemade dressing that quickly blends for a tasty, healthy vinaigrette dressing. It's the perfect combination of sweetness from fresh strawberries and tang that is paleo, gluten-free, vegetarian, and includes an option to be vegan.
This Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing is perfect for any salad, but especially light summer ones featuring fresh fruit and berries. It makes a boring salad something better, a huge upgrade from any bottled dressing. Plus it's only about 60 calories a serving and has vitamins from the fresh strawberries.
How do you make a Strawberry Vinaigrette?
If you've had a fresh Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing at the store or in a restaurant and were wondering how to make it at home! It's really simple and includes usising, fresh strawberries! Other than the fresh strawberries, you probably have all the other ingredients in your pantry making this an easy dressing to whip up. This article fully details what you need, how to make and some delicious variations to try.
Plus, just look at this gorgeous red color! You will win over everyone with this Strawbery Vinaigrette recipe. It's a hit with kids and adults.
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Why You'll Love this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe...
- This Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe is so delicious and addictive! It's just bursting with fresh flavor to bring your salad to life.
- It looks fancy and upscale, but comes together in 5 minutes, with just 5 ingredients in a blender or food processor.
- It uses FRESH strawberries. But in a pinch or in the off-season you can substitute frozen ones.
- It's low calorie, low carb, gluten-free, vegetarian, and includes an option to be vegan.
- It's super healthy!
- It's great to get kids of fussy adults to eat a salad.
- This dressing is the perfect way to elevate a summer salad.
Ingredients:
Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.
- Strawberries: Fresh strawberries are the star of this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing. To prep the strawberries, wash them well and cut the green stems off. Slice them in half or quarters, depending on their size. Fresh is best, but in the off-season, you can also use frozen strawberries.
- Red Wine Vinegar: Red wine vinegar has a bold flavor that makes it perfect in a dressing. Since there are only a few ingredients in this dressing, nice products make a big difference. I love this one. For a more budget-friendly option, try this one.
- Honey: The honey brings out the sweetness of the strawberries, which can vary from season to season. You can adjust this to personal taste, or leave it out for a less sweet dressing. If you want to make this vegan leave out the honey or substitute maple syrup or agave nectar.
- Mustard: Use Dijon Mustard to balance out the flavors in the dressing and add a unique depth of flavor. It's only a teaspoon, so this is an understated addition.
- Olive Oil: For my salad homemade dressings, I like to have a nice high-quality oil like extra virgin olive oil. I enjoy ones imported from Italy but whatever you have will work.
- Sea Salt & Black Pepper to Taste
Instructions:
This is an overview of the instructions to make this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.
- Put the strawberries, red wine vinegar, honey, and mustard in a small food processor or blender. Blend until the strawberries are completely smooth.
- Add the olive oil and mix until thickened. Don't overmix the olive oil. Beacuese you can make it turn bitter in the food processor.
- Store in the fridge in a mason jar and serve with your favorite summer salad.
Variations
I love this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe as written, but here are some fun variations.
- Mix Up the Berries: You can follow this same recipe with any combination of berries including raspberries and blueberries.
- Add Some Citrus: You can change the flavor in this by adding some fresh lime juice or lemon juice, both are delicious!
- Mix up the Vinegar: You can also make this with different kinds of vinegar including white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and apple cider vinegar.
FAQ
Storage & Leftovers
Store any leftover of the Strawbery Vinegrette Dressing recipe in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. It might separate a small amount and need to be stored before serving.
Freezing
I do not recommend freezing this homemade Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing. It will unthaw with an undesirable texture.
Is vinaigrette a healthy dressing?
Yes! A vinaigrette is one of the healthiest dressings you can make. It is dairy-free and generally lower in calories. Homemade vinaigrette dressings like this Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe are even healthier because it's made with your own fresh, high-quality ingredients without additives or preservatives.
This Strawbery Vinaigrette Dressing is Perfect for Summer!
This Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing recipe is so perfect for summer! I just love how bright and tasty the flavors are and how easy it is to make. It will elevate any salad from boring to something special. You can drizzle it over any light green salad with mixed greens like arugula, romaine, or spinach salad. It would even taste amazing and elevate a fresh fruit salad. Or any of the delicious salad ideas below. It also is great as a topping or marinade for chicken, shrimp, pork, or fish in the summer.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Serving Suggestions:
- Strawberry Kale Salad
- Chopped Kale Salad
- Strawberry Caprese Salad
- Watermelon Arugula Salad
- Summer Berry Salad.
- Rainbow Fruit Salad
- Strawberry Watermelon Cucumber Salad
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Strawberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 cup strawberries, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- ¼ cup olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put the strawberries, red wine vinegar, honey, and mustard in a small food processer or blender. Blend until the strawberries are completely smooth.
- Add the olive oil and mix until thickened. Don't overmix the olive oil.
- Serve with your favorite salads.
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