Tahini Basil Dressing

If you haven’t made your own homemade salad dressing, this is your sign to try to! They are so much better than store-bought because you can truly tailor them to your taste preference. This tahini basil dressing is on REPEAT in our house. It’s vegan, chock-full of healthy ingredients, and tastes amazing on any salad or bowl. And the best part, is you just pop the ingredients in your blender, blend, and you’re good to go!

I have a thing for salads – I have on a day. But I’m team no boring salads. They have to have a few components for me to thoroughly enjoy them. First.. textures. I have to have some crunch. I love doing a mix of roasted and raw veg. Next.. it has to have some good protein and healthy fats. Whether it’s in the dressing, a big chunk of avocado, or some sort of seeds. I also love topping my salads with roasted tofu or tempeh. And last, but def not least, is the dressing. It HAS to have a good dressing. And this one.. it’s a top three for me!

What you’ll need to make tahini basil dressing:

Tahini: The star of the show! I love tahini. It adds a perfect, earthy flavor to the recipe. If you really don’t like tahini, you can use cashew butter!
Basil: Load it up! This adds so much flavor to this dressing and basil is packed with antioxidants.
Lemon: This adds some tang to the recipe and pairs so well with tahini and basil.
Olive Oil: Use a high-quality, great tasting Olive oil! I typically try and find Greek olive oil for my salad dressings!
Chives, garlic, sea salt & pepper
Nutritional Yeast: This is a great source of B12, especially for vegans and adds a great flavor to the recipe.

How to make the dressing:

1. Pop everything in a blender, blend, and go!

What types of salads can you use this dressing on?

You can literally use this on any sort of salad but it’s even great on buddha bowls, grain bowls, and wraps/sandwiches!

Swap the dressing in this Broccoli Crunch Salad – so good!

Add it to these California wraps!

Add it on top of this Buffalo Tofu Salad!

Tahini Basil Dressing

This tahini basil salad dressings is one of my go to's! I am absolutely obsessed with it. It is perfect for summer, super easy to throw together, and goes great on almost every salad/bowl!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Course dinner, lunch, Main Course, Salad

Cuisine American

Calories 1 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 1/4 cup tahini
• 3-4 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1/4 cup packed basil leaves
• 1 tbsp dried chives
• 1/2 tsp dried dill
• 1 tsp sweetener of choice*
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup water or more olive oil, as needed
• sea salt & pepper, to taste

Instructions

 

• Blend everything in a blender until smooth. Taste and adjust!
• Store in an air-tight container in the fridge.

Notes

This is best used within a few days of making!

*Honey, maple, monk fruit, etc. Use your favorite sweetener!

Keyword basil, blender, dressing, easy recipe, garlic, No-Bake, salad, tahini