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Want a fast and delicious Italian dressing you can make at home? You’re going to love this! Just shake everything together in a jar. That’s it! No cooking, no chopping, no blending, no nothing.
Once I realized that all the salad dressings on God’s green earth contain sugar I set out to create a few that don’t. Okay, yes I’m aware that there are exceptions. But they tend to be expensive and I’m definitely Team Let’s Make What We Can at Home.
So here we are making this Easy Homemade Italian Dressing.
You probably already have all these ingredients which means you can quickly whip up a jar of this stuff whenever you want it. That’s my kind of recipe.
All the ingredients are clean. No junk. No artificial anything. Just the good stuff.
And this dress is Whole30 compliant, gluten free, and dairy free! More good news, right?
Make it and pour it on a salad, in pasta, or use it as a marinade. (I recommend using it in this Italian Marinated Chicken and these Italian Marinated Chicken Lettuce Wraps.)
Should you use red or white wine vinegar?
Since first publishing this recipe the question I’m asked most often is which vinegar I recommend. Truly I cannot pick. Both red and white wine vinegar work beautifully in this dressing. Feel free to go with whichever you have on hand. I tend to select the red more than the white but I couldn’t say that it makes a difference other than creating a dressing that looks (in terms of color) more like what you see in stores.
Can you use red or white wine vinegar while on Whole30?
The other common comment I hear is if you can use red or white wine vinegar while completing a round of Whole30. Alcohol isn’t allowed and it has the word wine in the title. Well, friend, you can have it! You can find that out for yourself on the Whole30 website if you like. The Whole30 position is that most vinegars are allowed and they specifically list both red and white wine vinegars as being acceptable.
How to store your dressing leftovers
Store your leftover dressing in the refrigerator in an airtight container with a lid. I like to use a jar with a tight seal. It can keep for up to 2 weeks. You’ll see some separation so shake before using.
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Easy Homemade Italian Dressing
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup red or white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a jar, place the lid on the jar, and give it a good shake!
- Just like with all vinegar based dressing you'll need to shake it up again before pouring to eliminate separation.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Didn’t care for it.
Thank you for this recipe! I was looking for an Italian dressing recipe specifically with olive oil and not vegetable oil or canola oil.
Tasted good. I refrigerated the leftovers, and it solidified. I made it exactly as the recipe stated.
Awesome dressing with enough of everything.
This was great. I usually just marinate veggies for grilling in store-bought Italian salad dressing, but I forgot to pick some up at the store. I went in search of a recipe with pantry items I already have on hand and ran across this. I will use this from now on. Great flavor with the red wine vinegar. Thanks!
Super easy and delicious! Sometimes I use grapeseed oil for this dressing.
Love to hear that grapeseed oil works well too! Thank you, Sharon!
just made this and it is delicious! will definitely be making this in the future as well. I highly suggest splurging on the quality of the vinegar and the olive oil, also if you can use the freshest dried herbs. like, still green but dried herbs. I found the dressing A little bit on the bitter side at first, so I snuck in a quarter tsp of stevia. that helped balance it out perfectly!
Hi made this salad dressing it was delicious and very favorable to the spinach salad I put it on Thank you And I had all the ingredients in my 🏠
I just made this for my family and it was so delicious! It totally changed our salad game!
So happy you enjoyed, Mariam! Thank you for the comment!
This was perfect. I usually don’t like store-bought Italian dressing because it’s too acidic. I used red wine vinegar and it was sooo good. Bonus points for being extremely easy and quick to make.
So happy you enjoyed, Lena! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!