Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe

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This strawberry balsamic vinaigrette recipe is perfect for summer salads!

Making homemade salad dressing is always quick and easy. Easier still if you use a blender. But you don’t have to have one. A bowl and a whisk will work too, or even a fork! (Although, for this recipe, you’ll need a blender).

Homemade dressings are always healthier than store-bought and typically have a much fresher flavor than something that has been sitting on the store-shelf for weeks.

A bottle of this Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette sits on a table with three fresh strawberries laying in front of it.

When I first started eating clean, it took me a while to prefer homemade dressings. Not because they didn’t taste good, but because my taste buds were still expecting the intensity of an MSG-filled dressing. But if you really focus in on it, you also realize that while the flavors are intense, the freshness is definitely not there.

These days, I’ll take fresh over intense any day. But that doesn’t mean homemade dressings are flavorless. Far from it! This strawberry balsamic vinaigrette has all the flavor of a store-bought dressing while still giving you that fresh, homemade taste.

If you aren’t a fan of balsamic vinegar, I have another strawberry vinaigrette recipe you might enjoy.

An overhead view of this bottle of Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette, looking down into the filled bottle. You can see fresh strawberries on the table at the base of the bottle.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE THIS:

  • 2 cups chopped strawberries
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup oil (something light flavored like grapeseed oil)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. salt (I used pink salt)

You can measure the strawberries whole or chopped. It won’t make that big of a difference. I measured mine whole.

WHAT TO SERVE THIS ON:

This strawberry balsamic vinaigrette recipe is wonderful over spinach salad. Particularly one with berries and nuts in it. It can be used over chicken or pork as a sauce or used with fruit salad, particularly one with lots of berries.

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STRAWBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE RECIPE

Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe

A delicious dressing that pairs well with spinach salad.

Course: Salad Dressing

Cuisine: American

Yield: 10 servings

Calories: 65 kcal

Author: The Gracious Pantry

Ingredients

  • 2 cups strawberries
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup oil (anything light flavored)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Instructions

  1. Put everything in a blender and blend for 1-2 minutes until it's totally smooth.

  2. Store in the fridge up to a week.

Recipe Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.

Nutrition Facts

Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe

Amount Per Serving (2 tbsp.)

Calories 65 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Saturated Fat 1g6%

Sodium 97mg4%

Potassium 51mg1%

Carbohydrates 3g1%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin C 17mg21%

Calcium 7mg1%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.



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