This Tahini Dressing recipe is the perfect vegan dressing for all your favourite salads, power bowls, and roasted veggies. Creamy, smooth, and savoury. Ready in 10 minutes!
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Tahini Dressing Recipe
We love making our own salad dressings here at The Busy Baker, and this Tahini Dressing recipe is one of our latest favourites! It’s perfectly nutty and savoury, and it’s one of the most versatile dressings we’ve ever tried. It’s SO creamy and delicious, and we just know you’re going to love it as much as we do!
Lemon Tahini Dressing – great for meal prep!
We love a good meal prep recipe, and this dressing is an excellent one to make ahead of time and enjoy on all your favourite salads, on your favourite power bowls (like our delicious Roasted Veggie Quinoa Bowls), and even on roasted veggies like these Roasted Brussels Sprouts.
It keeps in the fridge for up to two weeks, and if you use garlic powder instead of the fresh garlic the recipe calls for it can keep even longer in an airtight container.
Here are our other favourite salad dressings we love to use for meal prep:
- Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
- Homemade Ranch Dressing
- Classic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
- Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
- Classic Creamy Italian Salad Dressing
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Kitchen Items For Making Homemade Tahini Salad Dressing
It’s very helpful to have these kitchen items on hand for making all your favourite homemade salad dressing recipes (affiliate links):
- a bowl
- a good whisk
- a garlic press
- mason jars
- my favourite salad dressing shaker (large size)
- my favourite salad dressing shaker (small size)
- a high-speed blender
- a hand-held immersion blender
Ingredients for Tahini Dressing
To make this recipe you’ll need:
- good quality tahini
- sesame oil
- fresh lemon or lime
- salt
- dijon mustard
- maple syrup (or honey)
- fresh garlic (or garlic powder)
- pepper
- water
How to Make Tahini Dressing
Time needed: 10 minutes
Follow these steps for the creamiest tahini lemon dressing!
- Choose high quality ingredients.
Choose a high quality tahini for this recipe for best results. Hulled tahini is creamier than unhulled tahini, which makes it great for this dressing, and it’s usually more readily available too.
- Use fresh lemon (or lime).
Fresh lemon juice and zest takes this recipe over the top! Don’t skip it, and choose fresh, not bottled, lemon juice.
- Whisk vigorously.
Whisk well by hand or use a salad dressing shaker or hand-held immersion blender to combine the ingredients.
- Add the water slowly.
The amount of water needed will depend on what kind of tahini you use, so add the water slowly in a steady stream, whisking well, and stop adding water when you reach the desired consistency.
What is tahini dressing?
Tahini dressing is a salad dressing or sauce made from tahini, lemon juice, and other ingredients.
Is tahini dressing healthy?
Yes! Tahini dressing is high in healthy fats and many other nutrients. This recipe is made from basic whole-food ingredients without any added preservatives.
For how long can I store this dressing in the fridge?
This recipe keeps for up to two weeks in the fridge in an airtight container.
Can I make this recipe ahead of time?
Yes! Simply store it in the fridge in an airtight container until you’re ready to serve.
We hope you love this salad dressing recipe as much as we do! Let us know in the comments below, how would you enjoy this dressing? We’d love to know!
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Tahini Dressing
Recipe: Ingredients
- ½ cup tahini
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- juice of 1 lemon zest optional (about ¼ cups), or use 2 fresh limes
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup or honey
- 1 clove garlic finely minced, or ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- ½ cup cold water or more to your preference
Recipe: Instructions
- Add everything but the water to a mixing bowl and whisk vigorously until creamy and smooth.
- Add in 1/4 c of the water and start whisking slowly, increasing your whisking speed as the water combines with the rest of the dressing. Drizzle in more water slowly and whisk until you achieve the preferred consistency of your dressing. Our preference is to use the whole 1/2 cup of water.
- Serve over your favourite salads, or store in the fridge in a jar or other airtight container until ready to serve.
Recipe: Notes
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.