Name: Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Greek Yogurt; 2 cloves of garlic (minced); 4 tablespoons lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; ¼ cup chopped fresh dill (optional or dried)

Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing

Published on June 25, 2019 ·

Updated on June 5, 2021

This healthy Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing recipe is creamy, flavorful, easy to make, and tastes better than any store bought dressing. Ready in less than 5 minutes, it is delicious when drizzled on just about anything.

Yields: cup

Prep Time: 5 mins

Total: 5 mins

This post is sponsored by Stonyfield Organic. As always, all opinions are my own.

Ever since I came back from my trip to Stowe with Stonyfield Organic, I have been making a lot of plain yogurt-based salad dressings. Thanks to the generous folks at Stonyfield, we have all kinds of yogurt in our fridge.

a bowl of Creamy Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing with a whisk

While I love fruity yogurt mixes, my true love is plain whole milk Greek yogurt. I prefer plain yogurt as it allows me to use it as a blank slate to create dips, dressings, and spreads with whatever flavorings I want.

Today’s post, Greek Yogurt Salad Dressing, is a healthy salad dressing recipe that I grew up eating. My mom used to make it during the summer time to make her world famous roasted eggplant with garlic yogurt.

Nowadays, I make it mostly to drizzle green leafy salads, roasted vegetables, or even grilled meat. It takes no more than 5 minutes to make and keeps well in the fridge for up to 3 days.

What is in a Greek Yogurt Dressing Recipe

This plain yogurt salad dressing recipe is really a creamy vinaigrette as it contains yogurt, lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, fresh herb of your choice, and salt and pepper.

Ingredients for the dressing laid out on a marble background

When it comes to yogurt, I am a big fan of Stonyfield Organic’s Greek yogurt as it is nice and thick. However, you can certainly make this recipe with plain yogurt as well. If you are calorie conscious and prefer the low-fat version of this yogurt-based dressing, feel free to swap whole milk yogurt with fat-free plain yogurt.

My favorite fresh herb to use is dill as I find that when it is mixed in with yogurt, it pairs so well with the rest of the ingredients. You can drizzle it on salad greens or use it as a dipping sauce for summer vegetables as I did in this baked zucchini fritters recipe or mixed in with cucumbers to make tzatziki sauce.

However, you can change it up by using different kinds of herbs. I also love fresh Italian parsley, mainly when I am serving it with Turkish meatballs.

A woman is photographed as she is whisking a bowl of creamy healthy yogurt dressing.

How to make yogurt salad dressing recipe

Making this healthy and creamy salad dressing cannot be easier.

Simply put all the ingredients in a bowl or a mason jar. Give it a whisk (or a good shake), and voila, you have yourself a delicious, healthy, creamy, and homemade dressing that you can use pretty much on anything.

Watch how I make this healthy creamy salad dressing

More healthy salad dressing recipes

Ready to put this delicious light salad dressing to use? Try this Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad recipe.