Our creamy avocado cilantro lime dressing is fresh, tangy, a teeny bit spicy and delicious not only on salads, but also on tacos, rice bowls, or as a dip for veggies!
I’m slowly but surely gathering up all of my favorite salad dressing recipes… for my mom. Haha! I mean, I’m doing it for all of you as well, but this stems from a comment my mom made that I’m not completely ruminating on. She said she doesn’t know how to make a good salad. AND, FURTHERMORE, she doesn’t really eat salad in the winter because she associates it with summer.
Oh heck no.
Salad is one of the greatest things of my life, so I absolutely have to help her out! Salads are the easiest recipe because literally anything goes. You wanna add roasted sweet potatoes? DO IT! You want to mix cottage cheese in? IT’S DELICIOUS!
So, first up, Cilantro Lime Avocado Dressing because it’s healthy, and so bright and zesty! And look at that green color! All the heart eyes!
Ingredients for Avocado Cilantro Lime Dressing
This recipe uses all natural ingredients and is gluten free and dairy free. Here is what you will need:
- Avocado: make sure it is ripe by gently grabbing the top and bottom between your thumb and index finger and giving it a slight squeeze, it should have a little give to it
- Cilantro: grab a handful of the leaves and pull them from the stems
- Lime Juice: you definitely want fresh limes for this
- Jalapeño: remove the seeds and use more or less of the jalapeño to determine the heat you want
- Tomatillo: have a tangy and almost citrus-y flavor
- Garlic: fresh garlic, adds a little bite to the dressing
- Apple Cider Vinegar: adds acid and flavor
- Honey: mellows out all the acid and tanginess
- Ground Coriander: adds a slightly sweet, lemony flavor
- Olive Oil: adds flavor and healthy fat
- Kosher Salt: adds flavor
- Water: thins the dressing out, you can add as much or as little as you want to control the creaminess
The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of the post.
Avocados for Life
Someone recently asked me what my favorite food is. That is quite possibly the hardest question to ask a food blogger! I could maybe narrow it down to a top 10 food. And if I was forced to choose, avocados would definitely be on the list. I am obsessed with them!
You can eat avocados for every meal, and I do! Have you seen our post about avocado toast? Heaven! I love to throw them on sandwiches for lunch and we even have an avocado taco recipe that is so deli