Lime Vinaigrette with Garlic
Creamy Garlic Lime Vinaigrette Recipe is a zesty dressing featuring the sharp tang of fresh lime juice combined with garlic and a touch of sweetness from honey! This versatile salad dressing adds a burst of citrusy freshness to salads, grilled vegetables, or as a marinade for meats!
Why We Love Lime Vinaigrette
I love made-from-scratch salad dressing.
No preservatives or fillers here. Using simple on-hand ingredients you can make an array of vinaigrettes and dressing that will blow your mind. BOOM.
This Lime Dressing is one of my favorite go-to vinaigrettes. I decided to put it on the blog after I served it to some friends and they asked to take the rest of the jar home after dinner.
I figure if we can’t get enough of it, and they can’t get enough of it, you might like it as well!
Lime Vinaigrette Ingredients
- Olive oil
- Zest of one lime
- Fresh lime juice from 1-2 limes
- Minced Garlic
- Honey
- Heavy cream – just a smidge
- Salt and pepper
How To Make Lime Vinaigrette
- Pour all ingredients into the jar with salt and cracked black pepper.
- Screw the lid on tight. Shake until smooth and creamy.
Get The Full (Printable) Lime Salad Dressing Recipe with Measurements Below.
See how easy that was? Simply pour all the ingredients into a mason jar and shake until smooth.
Who needs to buy bottled salad dressing? Not us.
This lime vinaigrette salad dressing will be your new go-to homemade dressing! Pair it with all of your favorite salads and veggies!
Optional Add-Ins
- Kick up the spice with crushed red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.
- Deepen the citrus flavor with the additional of lemon zest along with the lime zest and juice.
- Give it herby essence with fresh or dried thyme, rosemary, or basil.
- Thicken the dressing by adding sour cream or yogurt in place of heavy cream.
Serving Suggestions
Try this creamy lime dressing on Chunky Strawberry Salad, Fried Goat Cheese Salad, Peach Burrata Caprese Salad, or Grilled Peach and Watercress Salad.
Also drizzle it over Homemade Chipotle Bowls and Chipotle Rice (Copycat Recipe), with Roasted Corn Salsa. And over Chicken Tinga Tacos (Instant Pot & Stovetop), Yucatán Garlic Butter Shrimp, or even our Caribbean Shrimp Burger Recipe!
Looking for More Homemade Dressings and Sauces?
- Japanese Ginger Salad Dressing
- Best Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe
- Mystical Green Goddess Dressing
- Homemade Catalina Dressing
- Best Greek Salad Dressing
- The Best Ranchero Sauce Recipe
- Peri Peri Sauce
- Creamy Pesto Sauce
- Garlic Parmesan Sauce
- Poblano Sauce
- Best Homemade Cocktail Sauce (Seafood Sauce)
- Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce
- Garlic Butter Sauce
Garlic Lime Vinaigrette Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- Zest of one lime
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice from 1-2 limes
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Pour all ingredients into the jar with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper.
- Screw the lid on tightly and shake until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Delicious!! It was so good on our spinach salad we had tonight!
Fantastic dressing! Made exactly as listed. Used on a mixed greens salad and also on a lettuce/veggie salad, but it would be great on just about anything. I did find that it was best to dress the salad literally the moment of serving (I often dress the salad 15 minutes or so before eating) as apparently the high acid content will draw out liquid from any green or veggies and dilute the taste. Wonderful flavor!
Can you substitute anything for the heavy cream so it’s vegan?
Hi Debbie,
YOu can use our vegan cashew cream in this recipe. :)
https://www.aspicyperspective.com/magic-all-purpose-cashew-cream-recipe/
Amazing! I subbed the heavy cream for the avocado as well, then blended it all together! Thank you so much!
Awesome. I substituted coconut nectar in place of honey. Instead of cream, I used two tablespoons of avocado. I didn’t have any pumpkin seeds on hand, so I use chopped pistachios and used pumpkin oil instead of olive oil. It came out really really great!
This was super easy to make. I did add 2 cloves of garlic instead of just 1, since I am a big fan of garlic. I really like the flavor and can hardly wait to use it on a salad. I am not partial to sweet dressings, so I think I might reduce the amount of honey.
Hi! I was wondering what I could use instead of heavy cream because I am vegan. Any suggestions?
puréed tofu, perhaps? I saw that online.
I use avocado in place of cream. You could also use cashews and add a tiny bit of water to them as your blending them.
great with raw beets!
What can I use instead of the heavy cream?
Cashews maybe?