This Creamy Strawberry Salad Dressing is the perfect blend of sweet and tangy, bringing summer flavor to any bowl of greens. With its smooth texture and fresh berry taste, it’s a vibrant way to elevate your salad game – whether you’re tossing it with spinach and goat cheese or drizzling it over grilled chicken and arugula. It’s light, fruity, and indulgent enough to feel like a treat.

Creamy Strawberry Salad Dressing Recipe

If you’re looking for more salad dressings, Delicious Honey Mustard Salad Dressing and Honey French Salad Dressing will make your taste buds happy.

Made with fresh strawberries and a creamy base, this dressing captures everything we love about warmer-weather meals: simplicity, freshness, and flavor that pops. It’s easy to blend up in just minutes, and the rosy pink adds a cheerful touch to your plate.

Ideal for spring and summer, this dressing makes you look forward to eating your vegetables.

How to Store Fresh Strawberries

To store fresh strawberries and keep them juicy and delicious for as long as possible, start by checking for moldy or overly soft berries and removing them immediately – one bad berry can spoil the bunch. Please don’t wash them until you are ready to eat them, as excess moisture can speed up spoilage.

Line a container with paper towels to absorb moisture, and if possible, place the unwashed strawberries in a single layer. Cover loosely with a lid or plastic wrap, leaving a little space for air circulation.

Store the container in the refrigerator, and enjoy your strawberries within 3-7 days for the best flavor and texture.  

If you hate wasting food as much as I do, I wrote an article on what to do with leftover strawberry stems.

Ingredients to Gather

• Strawberries – Fresh strawberries are the star of this creamy strawberry salad dressing, adding natural sweetness, vibrant color, and a burst of summery flavor to every bite.
• Raspberry Vinegar – Adds a tangy, fruity brightness to the creamy strawberry salad dressing, perfectly balancing the sweetness of the berries.
• Brown Sugar – Lends a subtle caramel-like sweetness to the creamy strawberry salad dressing, enhancing the natural flavor of the strawberries.
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – This oil gives the creamy strawberry salad dressing a smooth, luxurious texture while adding a rich, savory depth that balances the sweetness.
• Lemon Juice – Brightens the creamy strawberry salad dressing with a fresh, citrusy zing that enhances the flavor of the berries and balances the richness.

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Ingredients

1 cup fresh strawberries 

2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar 

2 tablespoons brown sugar 

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 

Directions

1. Place strawberries, vinegar, brown sugar, olive oil, and lemon juice in a blender until smooth. Use immediately, or store in a Mason jar in the refrigerator.

Tips for Making Dressing

• If you have trouble finding raspberry vinegar, I found mine on Amazon.
• This creamy strawberry salad dressing is also great for fruit salad. Combine a bowl of your favorite fruit and toss with this yummy dressing.
• White wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or balsamic vinegar can replace raspberry vinegar.
• This salad dressing would be perfect in a strawberry spinach salad with goat cheese and chopped red onions.
• This salad dressing will taste better using in-season strawberries or frozen strawberries.
• This strawberry stem remove on Amazon gets great reviews.

Storage Tips

Homemade strawberry salad dressing will last 3-5 days when stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

Tips for Making Restaurant-Quality Salads

• You should use a mixture of leafy greens in your salad. This gives your salads a variety of textures and flavors. (And we all love a flavorful salad, don’t we?)
• Use fresh herbs whenever possible. I’m a chive girl. Chives and salad go together in my book. There are so many other herbs that will add flavor. These herbs include basil, cilantro, Italian parsley, dill, and tarragon.  
• Chef Michael Smith says that one of the most essential elements of a good salad is the crunch factor, and I agree. Whether you top your salad with croutons, sunflower seeds, nuts, fried onions, or another favorite – adding a crunchy texture is essential. 
• Adding various colors to your salad will make it look beautiful, and having a variety of fruits and vegetables will give it a nutritional boost. 
• By adding protein, fat, and carbohydrates, a salad can become a main meal.  
• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper are perfect for seasoning your salad.  
• Use in-season ingredients for a more flavorful salad.
• If you want more salad topping ideas, I wrote an in-depth article on the topic.

Salad Toolbox

• Autumn Salads – Drizzle over mixed greens with apples, pears, candied pecans, and goat cheese for a perfect fall salad.
• Roasted Vegetables – Toss with warm roasted butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, or sweet potatoes right out of the oven.
• Grain bowls – Spoon over farro or quinoa bowls with roasted veggies, dried cranberries, and toasted pumpkin seeds.
• Brussels Sprout Slaw – Mix into shredded raw Brussels sprouts with walnuts and dried cherries for a seasonal slaw.
• Stuffed Acorn Squash – Spoon over wild rice or sausage-stuffed squash for a sweet-savory finish.

We’ve reached the end of the Best Strawberry Salad Dressing. I hope you enjoyed it!

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