Homemade Greek salad dressing is whisked together in under 5 minutes using pantry staples like olive oil, vinegar, and dried herbs. It’s a sugar-free dressing that’s bright, tangy, and herbaceous — perfect for tossing with leafy green salads and pasta salads or marinating your favorite proteins.
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“This salad dressing is awesome. Easy to make and delicious to eat. Thank you!” ~Peggy, FoodieCrush reader
Skip the Pre-Bottled Stuff and Make Your Own Greek Dressing!
Home cooks are too often conditioned to grabbing a bottle of store-bought dressing off the supermarket shelf. Where in reality, making homemade salad dressing truly couldn’t be easier, takes hardly any skill, and is more economical too.
This super simple Greek salad dressing is a multi-functioning superhero. It’s amazingly good on simple greens and sliced onions for an everyday dinner salad. Or soaked into crisped veggies and tossed with feta in a Greek pasta salad. And it works wonders as a marinade for chickpeas, chicken, pork, or to drizzle on grilled vegetables or shrimp.
Honestly my husband’s favorite is simply drizzling it on slices of crisp cucumbers, and I’m partial to marinating blocks of feta in it. Yum.
This is the salad dressing that’s about to become a secret weapon you always keep on hand, guaranteed.
Enjoy!
My Top Secret Tips for Making Salad Dressing
If your dressing hardens … Homemade salad dressing has a tendency to solidify when chilled. If your Greek dressing does this, just set it on the counter for 10 minutes and then give it a good shake before using it.
Dried vs fresh herbs. I know Greek food traditionally uses lots of fresh herbs, but you want to stick to dried for this easy dressing recipe. Dried herbs are a lot more flavorful and won’t go bad before you use up all of this dressing.
Season before using. Give this salad dressing a taste to see if it needs more salt or pepper before drizzling it over your salad. Dressing is easier to flavor before it’s mixed into a dish.
How to Make Your Own Greek Dressing
For super fast and easy assembly, I like to measure the following ingredients into a mason jar so all I have to do is shake, shake, shake — and the herby dressing is done.
- Olive oil: Don’t skimp when it comes to choosing your olive oil! Extra virgin olive oil is the usual choice.
- Red wine vinegar: Choose a bottle without sediment at the bottom. Vinegars range in their acidity.
- Dried herbs and spices: Dried oregano, thyme, and mustard rein in their Greek godliness here. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper round out the rest.
- Garlic: I use fresh garlic that’s pressed or minced, but if you don’t have a clove on hand, use 1 teaspoon garlic powder instead.
- Sugar (optional): If your dressing tastes too pungent, add a pinch or two of sugar to mellow out the vinegar-ness.
Heidi’s Tip: Because there are so few ingredients in this recipe, be sure to use the best quality you can afford since there’s nothing to mask the taste of each one.
Ways to Use It
Toss your favorite salads with this dressing, drizzle it over grilled veggies or proteins, marinate chicken, pork, or shrimp with it, and more!
If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating below, leave a comment to tell us what you think, and tag me on Instagram @foodiecrush.
Homemade Greek Salad Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 small clove garlic , pressed or minced
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, dry mustard, thyme, oregano and salt and pepper in a small bowl or jar and whisk or shake the dressing well.
Notes
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Brenda Andrade
One of the best Mediterranean salads I’ve had!
Hayley
Thank you, Brenda, we’re so happy you loved it!
Kathy M
Am really enjoying this recipe although am wondering why it has to be refrigerated? Thanks!
Peggy
This salad dressing is awesome. Easy to make and delicious to eat. Thank you!
Ashley @ Foodie Crush
Thanks Peggy!
Betsy Meyer
I want to write it and use it for myself. Thanks you.
Nick Stamoulis
There are many types of salads in Greek cuisine and most of them use salad dressing. Sure, the Greek village salad doesn’t (traditional versions typically use only olive oil) but the other salads do. This dressing is an excellent choice!
maserativn
This dish does not know if it is suitable for the eastern territory, looking at the ingredients, I find it hard to find. Thanks for this recipe.
Janet Zdichavsky
Hi Heidi,
I would like to post your Greek Salad Dressing recipe and picture on my facebook page and of course credit you for it. Wondering if that would be ok.
Janet Zdichavsky Rncp Rohp
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Betty Aron Schneider
I have made this for years but suggest adding some lemon juice. Even better. Great on garden fresh tomatoes and tuna for a quick summer lunch.