Hi Reader,

Making your own salad dressing at home might be the single easiest way to level up your cooking:

• It takes 10 minutes or less to throw together;
• It’s less expensive than store bought;
• And it tastes 10x better.

Below are five exceptional dressings that’ll take your salads from sad to sensational.

1. ✨NEW ✨ Lemon Tahini Dressing​

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I’d like to introduce you to your new go-to salad dressing—this creamy, bright, zippy masterpiece. It’s a total cinch to whip up and good on everything from salads (duh) to wraps/sandwiches to grain bowls. (P.S. This is one of the three dressings I make most frequently in my own life! Keep reading to learn the other two…)

Read: Lemon Tahini Dressing

2. ✨NEW ✨ Miso-Sesame Dressing​

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A sweet-and-savory dressing with the power to turn a pile of crunchy veggies into a craveably tangy delight! With white miso for umami and toasted sesame oil for rich nuttiness, this is an East Asian-inspired dressing with serious pizzazz.

RPL lore tidbit: this recipe got cut from my first draft of Big Vegan Flavor, and I’m so excited she’s finally making her debut on the blog!!

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Read: Miso-Sesame Dressing

3. Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette​

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My version is WORLDS away from the sad, separated balsamic vinaigrette that comes with your takeout salad—this garlicky, tangy dressing is optimized for maximum creaminess and depth of flavor! A meal-prep must, if you ask me.

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Read: Creamy Balsamic Vinaigrette

4. Vegan Ranch Dressing​

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I grew up in the 90s—read: putting ranch dressing on everything. When I became vegan, I decided I wasn’t going to live without this creamy, herby, nostalgic dressing-dip hybrid. So I developed this mind-blowing version that tastes EXACTLY like the original—it just happens to be plant-based (and wholesome, too!).

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Read: Vegan Ranch Dressing

5. Red Wine Vinaigrette​

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A classic for a REASON. This version tastes gourmet, relies entirely on pantry staples, and is good on…everything. (This is another of the three dressings I make most frequently…and the third is my Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette, found on p. 164 of Big Vegan Flavor.)

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Read: Red Wine Vinaigrette

🎥 Watch me make these (and more!!)

Store-bought salad dressing is trash, and yes, you can quote me on that.

In this video, I make four of the dressings above, plus two bonus dressings (a basil-jalapeño dressing and a citrus-date dressing) 😋

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Say it with me: I will dress for the job I want → salad I want. 🥗😍

xo,
​Nisha @rainbowplantlife​

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