Greek Salad Dressing

Looking for an amazing homemade Greek Salad Dressing recipe? Well, this one rivals any restaurant Greek dressing out there. This homemade Greek dressing recipe is great tossed with salads (leafy greens, pasta, bean and quinoa), it makes an awesome marinade (for vegetables, chicken or fish), and it’s a delicious dipping  sauce served with a warm crusty baguette.

I love making homemade salad dressings like this Greek dressing. The ingredients are fresher, healthier and they taste far superior to the bottled stuff you can buy at grocery stores. Once you get in the habit of making homemade salad dressings, you’ll forget all about your old bottled store-bought favorites.

Classic Greek Salad Dressing Recipe

A classic Greek dressing recipe is usually made with olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, garlic and dried oregano. But this Greek dressing recipe is my riff on the salad dressing served at one of my favorite local Mediterranean restaurants, so we add kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, capers and freshly grated Parmesan cheese (though you can use Feta instead). These extra add-ins really elevates this Greek dressing into a really special and thoroughly enjoyable dressing. If you add salt to the dressing, go easy on it because we add some ingredients that are already salty (olives, sun-dried tomatoes and Parmesan cheese).

How To Use Greek Dressing

This homemade Greek dressing adds so much flavor to so many different recipes.

• Salad. Toss with a Greek salad or any leafy green salad you want.
• Pasta. This is a perfect dressing to stir into a cold pasta salad! 
• Sandwiches. Drizzle over tomato and greens or mix a little dressing in with a little mayo and you’ve got an amazing sandwich spread! 
• Marinade. This dressing doubles as a marinade for chicken or fish
• Vegetables. The next time you roast vegetables on the grill or in your oven – drizzle some of this dressing over the top of the vegetables just before serving.
• Bread Dipping Sauce. Serve this dressing (instead of olive oil and balsamic vinegar) with warm crusty bread. It’s completely habit-forming!

How Long Does Homemade Greek Dressing Last?

You’ll want to keep this dressing in a sealed mason jar or airtight container in the refrigerator. It can last refrigerated for 2-3 days with the added cheese, or up to 5-7 days without it.

Best Salads to Toss with Greek Salad Dressing

This Greek Salad Dressing recipe compliments so many different types of salads.

• Romaine Salad – this is a great every-night salad made with very simple and basic ingredients (that you’ll likely have on hand).
• Mediterranean Broccoli Cauliflower Salad – 
• Italian Chopped Salad – this salad is a natural served with Italian salad.
• Italian Chef Salad – I love everything about this Italian Chef Salad and tossing it with this Greek Salad Dressing would make 
• Italian Pasta Salad – this dressing is perfect to stir in to this cold Italian Pasta Salad.
• Italian Tuna Pasta Salad – stir in some of this dressing with mayonnaise to make an amazing creamy dressing for this cold tuna pasta salad.
• Mediterranean Lentil Salad – this dressing perks up the otherwise earthy flavor of lentils.
• Mediterranean Bean Salad – this bean salad makes a great side dish and tossing the beans with this Greek dressing makes it all the more tasty!
• Red Potato Salad – this dressing adds a lot of flavor to this red potato salad.

Looking For More Mediterranean Salad Dressing Recipes? 

• Creamy Gorgonzola Dressing – Gorgonzola cheese is an Italian blue cheese and it’s more mild than regular blue cheese. It adds a lot of flavor and creaminess to this dressing.
• Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette – This has a really rich tomato flavor that goes great on mixed greens or Mediterranean and Italian salads.
• Balsamic Vinaigrette – This is my favorite Balsamic Vinaigrette! Better than any store-bought out there!
• Italian Salad Dressing – Similar in flavor to this Greek dressing, but without the added kalamata, sun-dried tomatoes, capers and Parmesan cheese).
• Lemon Mustard Vinaigrette – This is a really versatile dressing and goes with just about everything.
• Lemon Basil Vinaigrette – If you love pesto, you will love the flavor of this dressing! 

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Yield: 8 servings

Greek Salad Dressing

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Looking for an amazing homemade Greek Salad Dressing recipe? Well, this one rivals any restaurant Greek dressing out there. This homemade Greek dressing recipe is great tossed with salads (leafy greens, pasta, bean and quinoa), it makes an awesome marinade (for vegetables, chicken or fish), and it's a delicious dipping  sauce served with a warm crusty baguette.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled and grated or minced
• 2-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes (packed in oil), minced
• 1/3 cup kalamata olives, pitted and minced
• 1 tablespoon capers, minced
• 1/2 cup Parmesan or Feta cheese
• 1-1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

1. Add ingredients up to the olive oil in bowl and stir well to combine. (You can also add all of the ingredients to a large mason jar, seal the lid and shake well).
2. Slowly pour in the olive oil and stir until well blended.
3. Store in the refrigerator.

Notes

How to Use Greek Dressing

This homemade Greek dressing adds so much flavor to so many different recipes.

• Salad - it's naturally tossed with a Greek salad, but amazing on any leafy green salad you'll want to toss it with.
• Pasta - this is an absolutely perfect dressing to stir into a cold pasta salad! 
• Sandwiches - drizzle over tomato and greens or mix a little dressing in with a little mayo and you've got an amazing sandwich spread! 
• Marinade -this dressing doubles as a marinade for chicken or fish
• Vegetables -the next time you roast vegetables on the grill or in your oven - drizzle some of this dressing over the top of the vegetables just before serving.
• Dip - serve this dressing (instead of olive oil and balsamic vinegar) with warm crusty bread. It's completely habit-forming!

How Long Does Homemade Greek Dressing last?

You'll want to keep this dressing in a sealed mason jar or airtight container in the refrigerator. It can last refrigerated for 2-3 days with the added cheese, or up to 5-7 days without it.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1013Total Fat: 112gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 92gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 261mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 3g

theharvestkitchen.com attempts to provide accurate information, however, this nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. The nutritional information provided comes from online sources and calculations.