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Oil-Free Salad Dressings and Sauces

Homemade salad dressings and sauces bring such life to your food! They can easily be made oil-free, dairy-free and vegan, once you know the right ingredients to use. Try making vegan cheese sauce first!

  • Pouring homemade apple cider dijon vinaigrette dressing over grain and celery copycat Costco salad with a Kirkland plastic container full of salad in background
    Apple Cider Dijon Vinaigrette Dressing (oil-free option!)
  • white bowl with steamed rice and almond milk mushroom gravy and green peas
    Almond Milk Mushroom Gravy (dairy-free vegan)
  • pouring Greek salad dressing from a glass measuring cup onto a vegan greek salad in a big wooden bowl
    Greek Salad Dressing (oil-free)
  • simple honey mustard oil-free dressing in jar with bowl in background
    4-Ingredient Honey Mustard Salad Dressing (oil-free)
  • cilantro lime jalapeno crema in small bowl with lime, cashews and jalapeno on the side
    Vegan Cilantro Lime Jalapeรฑo Crema
  • pouring syrup
    Pumpkin Spice Simple Syrup (without pumpkin puree)
  • small bowl of vegan choriqueso with cilantro on top
    Vegan Chile con Queso with Soy Chorizo (choriqueso)
  • pouring vegan cheese sauce from ladle into saucepan
    Fauxveeta Vegan Cheese Sauce
  • salad and dressing
    15+ Wildly Popular Oil-free Salad Dressings
  • A tortilla chip dipped in thick rotel dip hovering over a bowl of queso and more tortilla chips on the side
    Vegan Rotel Dip (dairy-free nacho cheese without cashews)
  • chipotle sunflower seed sauce in bowl with spoon, beside sunflower seed kernels, cloves of garlic and chipotle peppers
    Vegan Chipotle Sauce with Sunflower Seeds (no nuts)
  • chipotle lime crema in jar
    Chipotle Cashew Crema (vegan chipotle lime cashew cream)
  • habanero cashew cream in small bowl with raw cashews and habanero chile on side
    Cashew Habanero Crema (spicy dairy-free sour cream)
  • pouring sauce in pan
    Vegan Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce
  • peanut sauce on plate
    4-Ingredient Peanut Dipping Sauce for Spring Rolls
  • prepared sauce with spoon
    Sweet Soy Ginger Asian Dressing (oil-free)
  • finished dressing
    2-Ingredient Maple Dijon Oil-free Salad Dressing
  • closeup
    Maple Lime Balsamic Oil-free Salad Dressing
  • pot of sauce
    Sweet Basil Marinara Sauce (no olive oil)

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Hi! I'm Abi, certified in plant-based nutrition, mom of two hungry boys, caregiver, plant-based food blogger and cooking instructor from Houston, Texas. I help busy women create simple & healthy vegan meals in under 30 minutes so they spend less time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning. Join me as we make quick & easy vegan comfort food you and your family will love (no matter how they eat).

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