Learn how to make homemade Vegan Caesar Dressing and salad at home! Oil-free and dairy-free. This Caesar dressing is made with only 6 main ingredients (+salt/pepper/water) and with buttery pine nuts, is oil-free & is so creamy and a crowd-pleaser.
My all-time favourite Caesar dressing has always been at a restaurant called Houston in my city of…wait for it…. Houston. Their dressing is a bit different than typical Caesar because it was a bit peppery. It was SO addictive, and it always came on the largest salad you ever saw. My hubby and I used to always eat there and having the salad was the best part of the meal.
I kid you not…. I’m so obsessed with this dressing, I have been eating a manly size salad every single day.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A VEGAN CAESAR DRESSING?
Easy, you just start with my secret ingredient..unlike most vegan caesar dressings, I did not use cashews!
The nut of choice is pine nuts. The Reason being is that pine nuts have a more oily, buttery taste to them and are slightly sweet….which basically, means a perfect vegan Caesar dressing.
Your easy Vegan Caesar dressing ingredients:
raw pine nuts
fresh lemon juice
nutritional yeast
garlic cloves
dried parsley
black pepper and salt
I wanted to create a vegan caesar dressing that did not use cashews, oil or soy/tofu. Of course traditional caesar dressing recipes can contain raw egg yolks, anchovies or lots of oil/mayo….sounds kind of gross doesn’t it? Sure did taste good though.
Feel free to use your favorite greens for the salad. I used an Italian salad blend and also added lots of fresh broccoli and pine nuts because I love the added texture it gives. I also sprinkled some extra nutritional yeast on top…..so delicious!
Vegan Caesar Dressing (Oil-free)
An incredibly authentic tasting Vegan Caesar dressing that replaces egg yolks, anchovies and oils with delicious, buttery pine nuts, fresh lemon juice and nutritional yeast to impart the same traditional flavour. This is a dressing that you will feel good about eating.
PREP TIME : 10 mins TOTAL TIME : 10 mins COURSE : Appetizer CUISINE : American, Vegan SERVINGS : 8 servings CALORIES : 74 kcal
INGREDIENTS
1/2 heaping cup (75g) raw pine nuts (you can sub cashews if necessary, it will just taste less authentic)
1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons (105g) water
2 tablespoons (30g) fresh lemon juice
2-3 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes (I highly recommend this Sari brand, it is non-fortified with much better taste.)
2 large garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper (SEE NOTE)
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
I use this scale.
INSTRUCTIONS
Add all of the ingredients to your blender or food processor and blend until very smooth and creamy. I used my Vitamix, but I'm sure any blender or even a food processor would work since pine nuts are a soft nut. If you have a weak blender, I would suggest soaking the cashews (if using) overnight, drain and rinse, so your dressing isn't gritty.
Place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes. It will be perfect for salads then as it gets well chilled and thickens up some.
I used an Italian salad blend and added some broccoli, pine nuts, extra black pepper and nutritional yeast on top. However, feel free to use whatever greens you like.
NOTE
1/4 teaspoon black pepper gives flavour without it tasting like pepper. 1/2 teaspoon will give a peppery taste like I noted in the beginning of the post. I make the peppery version since my take is on the Houston's Restaurant one locally.
NUTRITION
Serving: 2table spoons Calories: 74kcal Carbohydrates: 2.8g Protein: 2.5g Fat: 6.6g Saturated Fat: 0.5g Sodium: 120mg Potassium: 125mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 0.4g
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