Mayo-free Green Goddess Dressing for those of us who love fresh and herby creamy salad dressings. Bring your favorite salad to the next level with this amazing, delicious dressing!

Mayo-Free Green Goddess Dressing in a small wreck jar with fresh basil and fresh parsley to the side

Homemade salad dressing happens almost daily in my house, because your girl eats a lot of salad.

More often than not, I make vinaigrettes, but from time to time, I need a good creamy dressing. 

Creamy dressings seal the deal on big entrรฉe salads.

They bind your blue cheese to your bacon like no bodyโ€™s business. Your feta to your chicken, your gorgonzola to your steak, your cheddar to your avocado.

Sometimes we need for our blue cheese to bind to our bacon, which is why we make green goddess dressing. Itโ€™s kinda like Ranch dressing, but even more divine because of the huge infusion of fresh herbs.

Creamy dressings are normally plagued by the wrath of mayonnaise (can you tell I’m not a fan of the mayo?). This is a mayo-free Green Goddess Dressing, because seriously, folks: this is a mayo-free zone.

In case you’re new to Green Goddess Dressing, no worries! I have you covered.

What is Green Goddess Dressing?:

Green Goddess Dressing is made with fresh basil and parsley, along with garlic and lemon juice. Typically, mayonnaise is involved in order to make the dressing nice and thick and creamy.

Instead of mayonnaise, I use Greek yogurt and a little olive oil to replace the mayo. It works like a charm!

You’re left with a zesty, herby creamy dressing that is so delicious on all of your salads!

The fact that this dressing is lower in fat and lighter than your standard store-bought dressing makes eating your loaded salads that much more enticing. You can even use it on your bowl recipes to spruce them up and make them more interesting.

Mayo-Free Green Goddess Dressing sitting on a wooden plate in a jar with fresh herbs to the side and a golden napkin

Let’s make this fresh and frisky healthy dressing recipe, shall we?

How to Make Green Goddess Dressing:

All that is needed to prepare this easy green goddess dressing recipe is to add all of the dressing ingredients into my little Magic Bullet or my food processor.

Ingredients for green goddess dressing in a food processor ready to be processed

Simply blend everything up until the herbs were nice and chopped and your desired consistency has been reached.

Store homemade green goddess dressing in a jar with a lid or an airtight container in your refrigerator for up to one week.

Use this creamy salad dressing on all of your favorite salads and bowls! Here are some of my favorite recipes for including goddess dressing.

How to Use Green Goddess Dressing:

top down photo of jar of goddess dressing

If you love making homemade salad dressings, also check out my Homemade Italian Dressing Recipe, Paleo Caesar Salad Dressing, Vegan Buttermilk Salad Dressing and my Creamy Raspberry Vinaigrette!

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Mayo-Free Green Goddess Dressing in a small wreck jar with fresh basil and fresh parsley to the side

Mayo-Free Green Goddess Dressing

4.55 from 11 votes
Zesty, herby creamy mayo-free green goddess dressing is a lighter salad dressing recipe that doesn't sacrifice flavor! Whip it up for all your salads and bowls!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cup

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 cup fresh basil loosely packed
  • 1 cup fresh parsley loosely packed
  • 2 Tbsp chives chopped
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp sea salt to taste

Instructions

  • Add all of the ingredients for the green goddess dressing to a small blender or a food processor.
  • Blend (or process) until the herbs are finely chopped and the dressing is thick and creamy and has reached your desired consistency.
  • Taste the dressing for flavor and add more sea salt or lemon juice to taste. Note that salad dressings always taste less strong when mixed into salad, so keep that in mind before making changes.
    Spoonful of goddess dressing
  • Store homemade green goddess dressing in a jar with a lid or an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.
    Mayo-Free Green Goddess Dressing sitting on a wooden plate in a jar with fresh herbs to the side and a golden napkin

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 cup ยท Calories: 139kcal ยท Carbohydrates: 11g ยท Protein: 9g ยท Fat: 9g ยท Fiber: 3g ยท Sugar: 1g
Author: Julia
Course: Salsas, Sauces, Spreads, Dips, & Dressings
Cuisine: American
Keyword: creamy salad dressing, green goddess dressing, healthy salad dressing recipes, homemade salad dressing, mayo free green goddess, salad dressing recipe
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Julia Mueller

Julia Mueller is a recipe developer, cookbook author, and founder of The Roasted Root. She has authored three bestselling cookbooks, – Paleo Power Powers, Delicious Probiotic Drinks, and The Quintessential Kale Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in several national publications such as BuzzFeed, Self, Tasty, Country Living, Brit.co, etc.

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Questions and Reviews

  1. Basically drinking this straight from the jar. So good! I constructed a bowl with millet on the bottom, roasted root veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, turnips, beets, and onions), and this greek goddess dressing on top. So so so good. Love it.

    1. Isn’t it amazing?! Roasted root veggies with the goddess dressing sounds so good – brilliant! Thanks so much for letting me know you made and enjoyed the recipe, Alyssa!

  2. I try to keep my life as mayo-free as possible, so I’ve missed out on green goddess dressing for so much of my life! I feel so happy knowing that you’ve made it possible for me to experience after all! ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. Always always always looking for tasty dressings that are low in calories, because I eat a LOT of
    salad. This is a winner as far as I am concerned.

  4. This is a (mostly) mayo-free zone too… though that can be tough in Holland. I’ve been swapping mayo for yogurt or blended feta since way back! Smart lady ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. My ever-growing derriรจre (thanks to doing things like drinking boozy milkshakes and eating pie for dessert) needs more salad. Thus, I need more of this dressing. STAT!

    1. Breakfast. Eating pie for breakfast. (Lessons in not texting you and commenting you at the same time.)

  6. I am completely down to binding blue cheese to bacon, sign me up for that! And this dressing of course, looks absolutely divine (har har har)

  7. I agree, this is way more diviner than that mayo-filled shit. It’s so green and purdy and I can’t wait to put it all over my bo…salad. All over my salad, heh.

    1. hahaha! So glad you’re in the no mayo zone too! It’s where us cool kids hang. It’s a place where no one faults you for putting mayo-free salad dressing all over your bo…salads ๐Ÿ˜‰

  8. I love that you did a post souly devoted to this salad dressing, because in my mind that gives me every right to make this dressing and eat it by itself, with a spoon! I can just see the look on my husband’s face when he asks what is for dinner and I tell him, green goddess dressing ๐Ÿ™‚ I’ve become pretty obsessed with salad dressings lately, who knew that they were so easy to make?! A fancy ranch dressing was next on my list to make, so I will definitely be adding this one to my salad dressing rotation!

    I hope you had a great time camping with the girlfriends, it sounds like so much fun ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Thanks, Isadora, I hope you had a great weekend, too! I’ll be posting a little salad recipe to go with the dressing tomorrow. While I 200% condone eating salad dressing with a spoon, it turns out the stuff’s pretty tasty on salad, too ๐Ÿ˜‰ xoxo

  9. I could drink Green Goddess dressing straight up. Mayo-free? My hips are happy already.

  10. Oh yum. Ryan and I love goddess dressing but we’ve never made it at home. We’ll be giving this a try! Thank you for sharing!

    1. You got it, lady! I hope you and Ryan enjoy! The dressing is so full of flavor and so easy to make!

  11. It’s so funny that you posted this today because just the other day I was at a salad bar deciding on my choice of dressing and when I read “green goddess” I automatically thought it would be a good choice until I asked what it was made with and told “lots of mayo”….Love this version ๐Ÿ™‚

  12. This is has got to be summers best friend! Love this mayoless version!

    Have a great Memorial Day!

  13. Awesome! I don’t want mayo on my salad either. ๐Ÿ™‚ Love the use of Greek yogurt, it always makes dressings so creamy and delicious.