Healthy Homemade Creamy Taco Salad Dressing

This homemade taco salad dressing recipe is packed with flavor, creamy texture, and protein! It’s a creamy Greek yogurt based salad dressing made with just two main ingredients: plain Greek yogurt and canned salsa. It’s the best dressing for taco salad, or as a sauce drizzled on tacos, burrito bowls, and more. Ready to use in five minutes or less!

A loaded veggie taco salad is one of my favorite quick & healthy lunches to make when I’m working from home. Since I make them so often, I realized I needed a healthy taco salad dressing recipe to pair with it!

As a Registered Dietitian, I love to use plain Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise or sour cream when making creamy salad dressings. Greek yogurt has lots of nutrition benefits – it’s a great source of high quality protein, calcium, and probiotics.

This creamy taco salad dressing is incredibly easy to make. Just add a handful of ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth! You’ll be ready to use your homemade taco salad dressing in five minutes or less. This recipe is vegetarian, gluten free, soy free, and nut free. It was inspired by and lightly adapted from this taco salad dressing by A Couple Cooks.

Looking for even more healthy homemade salad dressings? Try my Greek yogurt salad dressing, white balsamic vinaigrette, feta dill dressing, champagne vinaigrette, or homemade goddess dressing.

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Ingredients in creamy taco salad dressing

You need just six ingredients to make this recipe:

• Plain Greek yogurt – I recommend full fat or 2% fat Greek yogurt for a richer, more satisfying dressing
• Jarred salsa – mild, medium, or spicy based on how much heat you like
• Lime juice
• Chili powder
• Garlic powder
• Salt

Kitchen tools needed

You need a blender (a small blender works fine) to make this creamy salad dressing. Alternatively, you can try making this dressing in a food processor.

How to make taco salad dressing

This recipe couldn’t be easier to make! Add Greek yogurt, salsa, lime juice, chili powder, garlic powder, and salt to a small blender.

Blend until smooth and creamy with no lumps remaining. You may need to scrape down the sides of your blender once or twice in the process.

Storage

Keep this homemade salad dressing in a small jar or airtight container for 3-5 days. If any separation happens with storage, just give the dressing a stir before using.

Serving suggestions

This dressing is of course, perfect for taco salads. But you can also use it in a variety of other ways! Use it as a dip for vegetables and tortilla chips, or as a sauce to drizzle on any Mexican-inspired dishes. Some ideas include:

• Roasted cauliflower tacos
• Vegetarian crunchwrap supremes
• Burrito bowls
• Butternut squash and black bean tacos
• Roasted vegetable and chickpea tacos
• Sheet pan shrimp fajitas

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