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Summer Salad Dressings

Published: Jul 2, 2025 by Alejandra

These Summer Salad Dressings are all easy to make, healthy & delicious salad dressing recipes that are perfect for any type of summer salad.

If you are looking for more salad dressing recipes, try one of these Fruity Salad Dressings or these Homemade Vinaigrette Dressings.

For some salad recipes that would go well with one of these dressings, try one of these Cold Quinoa Salad Recipes.

Summer Salad Dressings

Pesto Vinaigrette

This Pesto Vinaigrette is an easy to make salad dressing recipe that takes just a few minutes to make. Use it with any sort of leafy green summer salad, or even a healthy, protein packed quinoa bowl.

Strawberry Basil Vinaigrette

This Strawberry Basil Vinaigrette is a simple, fruity salad dressing recipe that is perfect for spring and summer. It’s just the right balance of sweet & tart and is a great way to use up ripe strawberries.

Lemon Oregano Vinaigrette

This Lemon Oregano Vinaigrette is a light, lemony summer salad dressing that is perfect for leafy green salads or a Mediterranean orzo salad. It is also great on shrimp, chicken and salmon.

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Homemade Italian Vinaigrette

Say goodbye to bland bottled dressings. This Homemade Italian Vinaigrette is zesty, vibrant, and packed with real flavor. With just a few pantry ingredients and a quick seconds-long blend, you’ll have a tangy dressing that puts store-bought versions to shame.

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Zucchini Salad Dressing

This zucchini salad dressing is a creamy, vegan dressing that's packed with fresh herbs, garlic, and lemon juice. Its bright, tangy flavor will elevate your next salad to a whole new level!

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Easy Dijon Vinaigrette

This quick and easy Dijon Vinaigrette is made with just five simple ingredients – Dijon mustard, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and black pepper. It’s the perfect summer addition to an array of salads, roasted veggies, and grilled meats!

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Serrano Lime Vinaigrette

This Serrano Lime Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe is a little spicy, a little sweet, and so flavorful! Ready in less than 10 minutes, this easy homemade dressing is fresh, herby, and great on green salads or grain bowls.

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Wild Garlic Salad Dressing

This quick and flavorful wild garlic dressing adds buckets of flavor to even the simplest salads. It’s easy to whip together, and a dressing you’ll look forward to making every summer.

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Creamy Basil Dressing

This Creamy Basil Dressing will become your go-to creamy dressing this summer. It works great as a salad dressing, as a dip for veggies, as a sauce over roasted or grilled vegetables, or even drizzled over salmon or chicken. Basically, you can pretty much use it on anything! 

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Green Goddess Dressing

This Green Goddess Dressing is one of the best dressings ever — especially in the heat of the summer! It’s a creamy, tangy dressing with bright, fresh flavors that elevates even the simplest of salads.

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Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing

This creamy and tangy Avocado, Cilantro & Lime dressing is perfect for your favorite salad! Bursting with flavor, this simple dressing is a fan favorite and blends up in under 5 minutes.

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Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing

This Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing is made with fresh raspberries and is the perfect dressing for a light, summer salad!

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Shallot, Lemon & Dijon Vinaigrette

This Shallot Vinaigrette is bright, tangy, and packed with rich, caramelized shallots. Made with fresh lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and ready in under 10 minutes, it’s an easy homemade summer salad dressing that can even double as a marinade or sauce!

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Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette

This homemade Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette combines the freshness of lemon with the earthy notes of thyme, creating a versatile dressing that pairs well with any type of summer salad.

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Mediterranean Herb Vinaigrette

This Mediterranean herb vinaigrette is loaded with flavors that will add a briny & herby kick to any veg-based salad. It’s also just as versatile as it is delicious; it works as a dressing, a sauce, or a marinade for fish, chicken, or steak.

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Summer Mint Vinaigrette

This is a light and refreshing mint vinaigrette salad dressing made with fresh herbs, olive oil, vinegar, and a hint of natural sweetness. It’s perfect for salads, grilled vegetables, or grain bowls.

Photo Credit: www.ohmyveg.co.uk

Sundried Tomato Dressing

Bursting with umami, the intensely concentrated savoury-sweet flavour of sundried tomatoes is the star of this easy dressing recipe. Smoky, fruity, robust, and with just a touch of heat, sundried tomato dressing is one of the finest ways to level up your cooking.

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Chive Vinaigrette

This Chive Vinaigrette is a delicious chive flower recipe that takes only a few minutes to make. This easy dressing adds a lovely, mild chive flavor to so many types of summer salad recipes.

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Herb Garden Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Creamy, tangy and bursting with fresh flavour, this delicious homemade buttermilk ranch dressing comes together in minutes and is so much better (and better for you!) than any store bought version.  Loaded with Greek Yogurt, fresh lemon and bright herbs, there’s no reason to hold back on this nutritious and easy dressing.

Photo Credit: theforkedspoon.com

Japanese Ginger Salad Dressing

This 5 minute Ginger Salad Dressing is packed with fresh ginger, onion and garlic and can be used in summer green salads, rice bowls, or even as a marinade.

Lemon Herb Dressing

This Lemon Herb Dressing is an excellent way to make use of your fresh garden herbs! This quick vinaigrette uses freshly squeezed lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil with lots of basil, parsley, chives, thyme, oregano or rosemary — or really any combination of herbs you have! Add vibrant flavor to all your summer salads, shaken up in a jar in just 10 minutes.

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White Balsamic Vinaigrette

This White Balsamic Vinaigrette brightens up any salad! Made with white balsamic vinegar and Italian herbs, it has a complex, sweet and tangy flavor with a beautiful golden hue.

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Tomato, Lime & Cilantro Salad Dressing

Try this fresh tomato lime salad dressing for healthy, homemade green salads, taco salads, or even marinating foods like tofu, tempeh, or mushrooms.

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Lemon Balsamic Dressing

This Lemon Balsamic Dressing combines the tangy taste of balsamic vinegar and lemon with the sweetness of honey. This simple salad dressing is so versatile and takes less than 5 minutes to make.

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Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

Get ready to elevate your salads with this irresistible Honey Mustard Salad Dressing recipe. It’s sweet, tangy, and absolutely delicious – perfect for drizzling over any salad or using as a dip. With just a few simple ingredients, you can whip up one of the best homemade salad dressings in no time.

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Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

This Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is bursting with citrusy deliciousness and packs in a wonderful texture. All it takes is a few ingredients and minutes of your time to put this versatile and flavorful salad dressing together.

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Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

This homemade Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing is full of fresh and bright flavors. A healthy Mexican inspired dressing for salad, marinade, or a condiment.

Photo Credit: www.lifeasastrawberry.com

Pesto Salad Dressing

This easy Pesto Dressing is perfect on salads, pasta, grains bowls and more! Use homemade pesto (or store-bought basil pesto) as the base for this simple vinaigrette. It’s ready to go in 5 minutes!

Photo Credit: homecookingcollective.com

Avocado Green Goddess

This creamy Avocado Green Goddess Dressing recipe is a delicious and versatile twist on the original recipe, replacing sour cream and mayonnaise with avocado and Greek yogurt. Not only does this vibrant green sauce add a ton of flavor to any meal, but it's also make-ahead friendly. With plenty of fresh herbs and lemon juice, you'll love this dressing in your next spring salad!

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Creamy Dill Pickle Ranch Dressing

This Creamy Dill Pickle Ranch Dressing is not just a dressing, it's a game-changer! Combining tangy dill pickles with zesty ranch, this homemade ranch dressing is sure to jazz up your salads, sandwiches, and party dips. It's a fun twist on the classic ranch that brings a whole new level of flavor, perfect for all the pickle lovers out there.

Photo Credit: maesmenu.com

Tomato Vinaigrette

Made with fresh cherry or grape tomatoes, olive oil, shallots, and common pantry seasonings, this Tomato Vinaigrette is our favorite late-summer salad dressing! It's tangy, creamy, naturally sweet, and versatile. Make it in just two simple steps with pantry staples!

Photo Credit: littleblackskillet.com

Balsamic Basil Vinaigrette

All you need is about 5 minutes to make this delicious Balsamic Basil Vinaigrette! It's the perfect summertime dressing to amp up your salad game: Spoon it over salad greens, grilled vegetables, sliced tomatoes, or to use it to dress pasta salads.

Photo Credit: www.fromvalerieskitchen.com

Light Blue Cheese Dressing

This homemade Light Blue Cheese Dressing is a healthy dressing that is loaded with fresh, tangy flavor. A far less guilty way to enjoy creamy blue cheese dressing.

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