Maple Lime Balsamic Oil-free Salad Dressing

Ready in under 5 minutes, you'll love this sweet and tangy oil-free salad dressing. Toss it with a green salad or drizzle it over fruit, like watermelon or strawberries. It's also delicious as a dressing for burrito bowls!

🧄 Very useful ingredient notes

• Lime juice - Use fresh lime juice, if you can! It has the best flavor. Jarred lime juice will also work, though.

📋 Substitutions and variations

• Maple syrup - you could substitute with agave nectar, honey or brown rice syrup. A liquid sweetener will work best here, so it will combine quickly with the other ingredients.
• Lime juice - You can substitute lemon juice for the lime juice. You could also use other citrus juices to change up the flavor, like orange, mandarin, tangerine, etc.
• Balsamic vinegar - try using red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar or rice vinegar instead

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Serving suggestions

This oil-free salad dressing is surprisingly versatile. My favorite ways of using it are:

• to dress spring mix or any green salad
• drizzle over watermelon or strawberries (either the fruit alone, or in a salad that has fruit added to it).
• as a dressing for homemade burrito bowls
• as a marinade for bell peppers, onions & mushrooms for veggie fajitas. Marinate them for 30-60 minutes, then sauté or grill.

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Maple Lime Balsamic Oil-free Salad Dressing

Abi Cowell

Ready in under 5 minutes, you'll love this sweet and tangy oil-free, vegan salad dressing. Toss it with a green salad, drizzle it over watermelon or strawberries. It's also delicious as a dressing for burrito bowls!

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Sauces and Condiments

Cuisine TexMex

Servings 4

Calories 62 kcal

Equipment

Citrus juicer

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ ¼ cup maple syrup
• ▢ ¼ cup lime juice
• ▢ 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

 

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  Add all ingredients to a small mason jar. Screw the lid on tightly and then shake to combine. Or, add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk to combine and dissolve the salt.
  ¼ cup maple syrup, ¼ cup lime juice, 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, ¼ teaspoon sea salt
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  Serve over your favorite salad, fruit or burrito bowl. To use as a marinade, add to vegetables and allow to sit for 30-60 minutes. Then, saute or grill as usual.

Notes

This dressing is surprisingly good on watermelon and strawberries!

Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoonsCalories: 62kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 1gFat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 148mgPotassium: 67mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 8IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 25mgIron: 1mg

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