Garlic & Herb Vinaigrette Dressing is an easy homemade salad dressing that’s full of flavor and can be made in minutes with common pantry ingredients.
Homemade Salad Dressing
It’s so easy to make salad dressing at home, especially a vinaigrette. It’s just oil, vinegar, and seasoning. This recipe calls for dried herbs so the ingredients are commonly already on hand. And, the flavor is worth the little bit of effort it takes to make this easy recipe.
How To Make Garlic & Herb Vinaigrette
Note: The full printable recipe is at the bottom of this post.
- Start with a small sealable container, like a mason jar.
- Add equal parts olive oil, and red wine vinegar.
- Add honey, dijon mustard, garlic powder, dried basil, dried oregano, dried parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Seal the container.
- Shake until well combined.
- Serve drizzled over your favorite salad.
If there are leftovers, seal and store in the refrigerator. But, once it is refrigerated, the dressing gets thick. To loosen it up, let it come to room temperature for a few minutes before serving. Or, run warm water over the sealed container for a few seconds.
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Garlic & Herb Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a mason jar with a lid, or any small sealable container.
- Seal and shake until well combined.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve drizzled over salad.
- Shake well before serving.
While the basic combination of spices is really great, I found that the recipe is WAY too acidic. Using a 1:1 ratio of vinegar and oil is too much. I have always read that the proper ratio is 1:3 of vinegar to oil. So, in this recipe, 1/3 cup of vinegar would generally use about a cup of oil.
Next time I make this, I’ll definitely use the 1:3 ratio and I think the taste of this will be perfect!
Excellent dressing! I actually used balsamic vinegar in lieu of red wine as I was out of it. I’m sure it’s even better with the red wine so I’ll be picking that up today!
Thanks so much for the homemade version of a favorite dressing I can’t find at the store anymore. I saved the last empty bottle, though, so the label is correct – and it actually drizzles instead of pouring out like a waterfall! But the vinaigrette tastes so much better when freshly made with no preservatives or other chemicals.
I love this dressing! I just put it on a quinoa salad I made and it was delicious!!!
Can i use Apple Cider Vinegar instead?
This is my go-to salad dressing, it’s very good! I make it vegan by substituting agave nectar for honey and it’s just as tasty, and I always add a teaspoon of dill as well. I love to make a “Greek” salad with feta, chopped olives, tomatoes, chopped marinated artichoke hearts and this dressing. So delicious!
Garlic powder instead of fresh garlic????
Ya, that would be my only alteration I think. If everyone thinks it is so good with powder, it’s gotta be bomb with fresh chopped garlic!!
Made this tonight for a pasta salad, a little too vinegary for me, so just added a bit more olive oil and it was fine!
Made this last night and love it! Light and fresh plus easy to find ingredients.
This dressing was a delicious, fast and easy one to make to drizzle over cucumbers for a nice summer salad. It is packed full of flavor!
My favorite salad dressing!
Very nice dressing with lots of combinations
Yummy! And so healthy!!! No preservatives, yayyy!
I made today to try it with our lettuce we grew in our new green house. Used real garlic instead of garlic powder, and had the lettuce with tomatoes, shaved Parmesan and grilled chicken. It was awesome and now I have it saved on in my recipe cards to make it more often.
This is fabulous! It’s so easy to make yet very flavorful. My husband loved it too…will definitely be making it again.
This is so good. Used on kale with some Parmesan cheese and sprinkle of pinko bread crumbs for crunch. Delicious! Thanks so much!
Wow this is fantastic!!!
Thank you. I also made your Bbq chicken sloppy joes.
Yuumm!
We love this dressing!
Great
I made your dressing recipe last evening for my grown kids who were home. They loved it, as did I. I did use lemon juice in lieu of vinegar and fresh herbs instead of dried.
That being said, the reviews were so impressive I look forward to trying your recipe as you suggest.
My all-time favorite vinaigrette! Love this over romaine, avocado, feta, and cherry tomatoes—with some fresh cracked pepper and bagel seasoning!
This is my ultimate favortie dressing for my salmon salad. Lightly Seasoned salmon on a bed of fresh spinach topped with sun dried tomatoes, chopped crisp bacon, sliced onion, and pepperoncinis.
This is the BEST dressing! Everyone who tastes it raves about it and asks for the recipe. It is a staple in my fridg!
I love the flavors and the ease of make this dressing. I highly recommend doubling the recipe!
We absolutely love this dressing, I look forward to a salad for lunch everyday! Great when you are trying to lose weight, I will have an avocado for lunch with this dressing.
I didn’t add the honey because I didn’t have any but it was still delicious without it. I made a cucumber salad with feta cheese yum!!!!
This is by far my favorite salad dressing! Salty and light with a tangy taste all the way.
Thank you so much for this recipe! I’m allergic to eggs and have a difficult time finding dressings that do not include eggs!
That looks wonderful!
I wanted to try and find a recipe that was similar to what my friend usually makes and gives me and I took a chance with this as it was simple and I had all the ingredients! IT WAS FANTASTIC!!!! WOW!
The only thing I did different was I added fresh crushed garlic and needed to change out red wine vinegar with apple cider because its what I had. Thank you! 🙂 I will now make this dressing myself and enjoy on fresh salads!
this is just perfect the flavors are fabulous and we just love this on our salad!
Oh how I love a flavorful, light dressing like this one! Delicious!
Hi there, Amanda! I look forward to making this but would like to know how long this will keep in the refrigerator? Thank you kindly!
Thank you so much for lovely simple recipe. I had dropped and smashed my new bottle of pizzeria house dressing new vegan style ,so when I saw your recipe I thought I will make this instead of popping to the store again ! Brilliant ! and lacking extra not needed store bought recipe. Better ingredients !