Creamy and perfect, you don’t have sacrifice anything when you make this delicious dairy free caesar dressing recipe. It’s also gluten free, and a completely vegan Caesar dressing recipe.
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When I first went vegan, I couldn’t comprehend how many things weren’t vegan, especially salad dressings. I wanted a dairy free Caesar dressing for salads, wraps, and pasta that was just as delicious.
It’s one of those dishes that you miss the creaminess of, but replacing eggs, dairy AND anchovies seems daunting. I worked for weeks to get it right and used my knowledge of plant-based ingredients to break down and replicate the flavors.
This dupe is not only dairy, egg, and fish free, but I venture to say it’s better than the traditional!
Ingredients for this Dairy Free Caesar Dressing Recipe
Making a homemade dairy free Caesar dressing is surprisingly super easy to make. It takes just 11 total ingredients to make and you can make a small or large batch of this dressing super easily. The ingredients that you will need to make this Dairy Free Caesar dressing are:
- Vegan mayo
- Dairy Free Parmesan Cheese (we preferred the homemade linked version versus store bought)
- Capers
- Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Ground Mustard
- Onion Powder
- Salt and Pepper
When you are making this dairy free caesar dressing recipe it’s better to use fresh ingredients for the lemon juice and garlic. It yields to a much better taste.
How to Make Vegan Caesar Dressing
Throw everything into a blender and blend. Bam done. It’s really that simple. But let’s talk about a few things . You are going to be adding in whole cloves of garlic and capers. That means that you are going to want to be have a high powdered blender.
Serving suggestions for this Dairy Free Caesar Dressing Recipe
A Caesar salad is obviously the most common way that you can use this dairy free caesar dressing recipe. Beyond that, here’s a few ideas that you can use:
- Toss or dip in roasted vegetables Use it as a dip for a get together for raw vegetables instead of using a dairy free ranch dressing (or have both)
- Use it in your favorite pasta salad
- Stir into you next potato salad
- Use it as a spread on your next sandwich
Obviously there are many more ways that it could be use, you just have to come up with your favorite.
Vegan Caesar Dressing FAQs
We love our Vitamix so much (it really is worth the price).
A food processor would work for this vegan caesar salad dressing recipe; however, it’s important to note that many food processors are larger so if you are making a small batch of this, you may have to scrap down the sides a few times in order to really blend the ingredients.
Unfortunately, not all vegan mayo is made the same. We tested this with vegan mayo dressings and we believe that Just Mayo is the better option. The balance of acid to oil is best in this dairy free caesar dressing using Just Mayo than another brand. However, if you already have a preference, any vegan mayo can be used.
Due to the vegan cheese and mayo, this dairy free caesar does need to be refrigerated. If you need to leave it out due to a party or other reason, it shouldn’t sit out for more than two hours.
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Vegan Caesar Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup vegan mayo
- 6 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup Dairy Free Parmesan Cheese
- 2 tsbp freshly squeeze lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 teaspoon capers
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Using a high powdered blender, add ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Pour into an air tight container and use as needed.
- Keep refrigerated.
- Dairy free caesar dressing will last store properly for up to 1 month.
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This Caesar dressing is absolutely AMAZING! Just when I thought I couldn’t eat caesar salads anymore because I could never find a dressing that I liked. Make it Dairy Free thanks for this bomb salad dressing and for all of your other incredible recipes. You guys make it easy to be VEGAN!!
We’re so happy to hear that Kristal! Thanks so much for sharing. Have a great week!