A slightly sweet, tangy salad dressing with a smooth, rich texture, lightened up with Greek yogurt.
Creamy Greek Yogurt Maple Dijon Salad Dressing is slightly sweet, tangy, and full of flavor, with a smooth, rich texture, but lightened up by using Greek yogurt. It’s wonderful for topping your salads, slathering on wraps or sandwiches, pouring over some chicken or turkey or dipping veggies. Making your own homemade salad dressing couldn’t be easier, too, and then you know exactly what’s in the bottle. And in this case, it’s Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spectrum Naturals®, on whose behalf I am sharing this post. Read on to find out more about their products, and how you can save $3.00 on your next purchase and enter to win $500 in Spectrum Naturals® products in their Spectrum® Sundays Facebook Sweepstakes.
I get into serious food ruts. And I’m not talking eating the same thing all week for lunch, or getting hooked on ALL THINGS PUMPKIN during October and November. I mean, like, years.
When I was back in the corporate world, for the longest time my daily lunch was a salad, turkey sandwich and yogurt, then I moved on to a mini pita, veggies and hummus with yogurt. Snack was grapes and cottage cheese. I graduated from college twelve years ago, so clearly these weren’t short-lived routines.
Since I’ve been a stay-at-home mom, salads have been the daily go-to for me, more often than not with fruit, and cheese, most frequently with this Greek Yogurt Blue Cheese Dressing (though I am known to switch out the cider vinegar for balsamic).
Seriously, I could drink this Creamy Greek Yogurt Maple Dijon Salad Dressing (which is my other go-to lunch lately – smoothies – but that’s for another time). Creamy dressings are awesome, but usually filled with extra calories and fat from who knows what kinds of ingredients – and really, who wants to have a big plate of salad and just use one measly tablespoon of dressing?! Especially when it tastes this amazing. So I love to substitute Greek yogurt for the mayo or whatever else they use to get that creaminess. Then I add just the right amount of olive oil, in this case Spectrum Naturals® Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, to smooth out the flavor and texture.
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It takes about three seconds to mix this up, no funky chemicals or weird ingredients. The Dijon gives it a bold pop of flavor, and the maple syrup adds that subtle, smoky sweetness. And you know a salad dressing is good when it gets a preschooler to devour a mountain of leafy greens!
What is the one thing you eat over and over and over?
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Place all ingredients in a bowl and whisk together, or in a bottle or jar with a lid and shake vigorously until thoroughly combined.
Was looking for a healthier dressing using Greek yogurt and found this one. I did leave out the salt and still turned out great!
I’m so glad to hear that you like the salad dressing recipe, Shannon. Thanks for the 5-star review!
I’m making a baby shrimp pasta salad with assorted veggies for lunch tomorrow , I was looking for several types of dressing from changeover my usual balsamic/oil olive…and my other standby. Sooooooo I just made your dressing….love it.
When ready to eat I’ll pour that delicious goodness of my baby shrimp pasta!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe, Mia!
This was so yummy, tastes a little like honey mustard dressing. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I’m so glad to hear that you like the dressing, Emely!
Can I leave the maple Dijon feeding in the fridge please? Just prepare it today and use it tomorrow..
Yes, I usually use keep it in the fridge for several days while I am using it up.
Could I use sour cream instead of greek yogurt? Or do you have any other suggestions?
I stumbled upon this recipe on Pinterest while trying to find a maple dressing for a kale salad yesterday. I had most of these ingredients so I whipped up a half batch of dressing and oh my goodness! I used it on a salad with kale, sunflower seeds, apples, and cranberries. So good! My fiance and I both loved it so much I went back to the store for more kale so we could have this again tonight! Thanks for the yummy recipe!
I am so glad you like it! I make it allll the time!
I was actually looking for a new salad dressing recipe. I love that this included healthy fats and maple flavor. I love maple!
Enjoy! I love maple too!
This looks like the perfect jar of dressing to have in the fridge. So versatile – I’m sure I could use it on just about everything throughout the week!
I actually just had some for lunch!
I love yogurt based salad dressings. And this one looks so easy to make! I don’t know why I don’t make my own more often.
It took awhile, but I have actually stopped buying salad dressing!
My husband would LOVE this dressing! Thanks for the recipe!
It’s our go-to! I hope he enjoys it!
Yes, I’m so glad I started making my own dressings. Not where you want to get tons of sugar!
This was delicious! The maple Dijon is a great switch from our regular vinegar/oil dressings. Thanks!
Oh good! I love making creamy dressings that you can enjoy guilt-free!
I’m actually in a salad rut, mostly because of laziness lately. I’ve been buying dressings instead of making them and honesty they are just not good, hence not wanting a salad. It’s soooo easy to put together homemade dressing, I actually think I have all the ingredients for this. It looks delicious!!
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This was really good, Brianne. I tried it at Amy’s and liked it so much that I am bringing it to a party today with a green salad.
Aww, thanks Diana! I’ve been making it quite frequently.
I just made this and mmmmmm!!! Really delicious! Definitely going to be putting this on my lunchtime salads this week!
This sounds delicious and I love that they are ingredients I almost always have on hand! Do you know the nutrition stats per tbsp for this dressing?
I hear ya about ruts – been making my banana mocha frappe since I posted it back in January almost every day for breakfast and I definitely get into dressing ruts too. This is a new one to get me out of boring oil & vinegar dressing rut!