How to Make Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing

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Yes! You CAN make a delicious creamy cilantro lime salad dressing! Creamy, delicious Cilantro Lime Dressing with greek yogourt! This dressing is so easy to make and pairs well with Southwestern-style salads!

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Creamy, delicious Cilantro Lime Dressing with greek yogourt! This dressing is so easy to make and pairs well with Southwestern-style salads! 

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This creamy cilantro lime salad dressing goes so perfectly in tex-mex style salads loaded with corn, beans, tomatoes, avocado and tortilla strips. It’s quickly become a favourite of mine, and I’ve had it almost every day this week!

Homemade dressings are my jam- In addition to this Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing, I have more salad dressing recipes you may want to check out if you want to up your salad game this summer! 

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Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Creamy Cilantro Lime Salad Dressing

  • Lime juice – I prefer fresh squeezed from a lime, but packaged lime juice works too
  • cilantro
  • honey
  • garlic (minced)
  • light extra virgin olive oil
  • greek yogourt
  • sea salt

How to Make Creamy Cilantro Lime Salad Dressing

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As is the case with just about every dressing recipe of mine, I like to make it in my Blendtec Blender. Of course you can make it in a jar with an immersion blender if you prefer.

This salad dressing is super easy to make – place all of the ingredients in your blender and blend!

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Enjoy!

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Creamy Cilantro Lime Salad Dressing Recipe

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Yes! You CAN make a delicious creamy cilantro lime salad dressing! Creamy, delicious Cilantro Lime Dressing with greek yogourt! This dressing is so easy to make and pairs well with Southwestern-style salads!
prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
calories: 108kcal
servings: 10 servings
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Ingredients 

  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 cup light extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup greek yogourt
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

  • Place all ingredients in your blender.
  • Blend on high until smooth

Notes

  1. Use within 4-5 days
  2. Don’t worry about picking off the leaves, just cut or rip off the top of the bunch; there’s a ton of flavor in the stems and they’ll get pureed along with everything else. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Sodium: 215mg | Sugar: 2g

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  1. Deborah Brooks says:

    I love to use lime and cilantro in dressings too. Great idea to add the yogurt

  2. I’ve started to make my own salad dressings over the past few months and I’m looking forward to adding this one to the rotation!