Tangy Vegan French Dressing {Oil-Free & Plant-Based}
Spice up your everyday salad with this tangy vegan French dressing. Using only ordinary ingredients out of the kitchen pantry, you can create your own homemade dressing in no time. You’ll love our sweet and smoky take on traditional French dressing! Ooh la la!This recipe yields 1½ cups, or 12 ounces.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time1 minutemin
Total Time6 minutesmins
Course: Side
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 116kcal
Author: Gina House
Ingredients
Soaking Ingredients:
½cupraw cashews
Water for soaking
Dressing Ingredients:
½cupsoaked cashews
¼cupwater
¼cupapple cider vinegar
¼cupketchup
⅓cupcane sugar
1teaspoonsmoked paprikaplain or sweet can be used instead
¼teaspoongarlic powder
½teaspoononion powder
¼teaspoonsalt
Instructions
Soaking Instructions:
The night before (or at least 30 minutes before you’d like your dressing to be done), soak your cashews in a bowl with warm water (or boiling for the shorter soak) so that the water covers the nuts by ½ inch or so. Once the cashews have soaked, drain the excess water and place in a covered container in the fridge until ready to use.
Dressing Instructions:
Add the soaked cashews and the rest of the ingredients to a small blender. Cover and shake well.
Blend on high for about 1 minute, or until creamy smooth.
For the best flavor, refrigerate the dressing for an hour (or, even better, overnight) so that the flavors have time to infuse. Enjoy!
Notes
Too Thick? - If your dressing seems a little too thick after a while, add a tablespoon each of water and apple cider vinegar to thin it out. If you want less tang, just use water.
Salt Sensitive? - If you are salt-free or trying to reduce your salt, feel free to omit the salt all together. You could even use a salt-free ketchup. Substituting with a salt alternative would work as well.