Avocado and Greek Yogurt Dressing

Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing made with Greek yogurt is a deliciously rich way to pour those veggies right on your…veggies! A Keto-friendly dressing, all the flavors of creamy avocado gives you every excuse to indulge, and in only 10 minutes to make and pour, even a cooking novice can handle recreation!

For anyone that loves avocado, this creamy cilantro lime dressing is for you. Nothing makes an amazing salad quite like the dressing you put on it. 

Skip the Store – Homemade Dressing is Best

• 1 large avocado – One large avocado should give you plenty of chunks of avocado for dressing. We like Hass avocados (no coincidence that our name is Haas) for this recipe. 
• 1/3 cup Greek Yogurt – unflavored
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tbsp. lime juice (or squeeze 1/2 half fresh lime, be careful of seeds)
• 1 tbsp. minced garlic fresh, jarred
• 1 tsp minced onion dried
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, leaves only
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Avocado Dressing Recipe with Greek Yogurt

This healthy salad dressing takes under 10 minutes to make. 

1. First peel avocado skin and place fresh pieces of raw into food processor or upright blender.
2. Add and blend ripe avocado, minced garlic, fresh herbs (cilantro), sour cream, unflavored Greek yogurt, juice of lime, minced onion, olive oil, bit of salt and black pepper into a food processor and process for 10 seconds.
3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and process dressing ingredients for another 10 seconds. At this point, the dressing mixture will be too thick to pour. Now you can stop right here if you want to use this as an avocado sauce or even a dip for fresh vegetables or roasted vegetables, it’s a great recipe with healthy fats to compliment all the flavors that burst in a salad. However, if you want it to be a dressing and need it to be liquid to pour, keep going!
4. Add water, starting with 1/8 cup and processing for 5 seconds. If dressing is still too thick and you need a thinner consistency, add additional 2 tablespoons of water and process until mixed well, smooth, and pours easily.

Avocado Dressing Nutrition

This green avocado salad dressing is keto-friendly and low carb, making it a perfect additive for chicken (or any protein), fresh salad, and yummy sandwiches! Salty Side Dish uses Carb Manager that automatically inputs the ingredients into the system and gives out an estimated nutritional value. Please always be careful to double-check with your own apps and add the number of ingredients you eat.

Homemade Salad Dressing Tips

• When using fresh herbs, like fresh cilantro, it can be confusing how to handle the stems versus the leaves. Make sure to do your best to use leaves only in this dressing, but it won’t be a huge deal if a few tiny stems make their way in as it’s a very blended dressing. 
• This dressing is already super thick so adding additional veggies can bring flavor but also make it super thick. Try mixing up flavors by changing out spices instead. For example, dill over cilantro makes it more like Green Goddess Dressing or changing out the lime for fresh lemon juice instead. 
• Everyone has a different feeling on how thick a dressing should be. For example, I like to scoop out my ranch dressing so it really coats the salad. It’s so easy to make rich avocado dressing super creamy, thin, thick, and scoopable – from dips to dressings, just blend to the texture you love, adding a tiny bit of water if needed to thin. 

FAQ’s

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