Take your salad, veggie-loaded buddha bowl or even roasted veggie game up a notch with this easy, Creamy Cashew Dressing. With only 5 ingredients, you can have a flavorful dressing in minutes. Makes about 1/2 cup in 5 minutes.

Creamy Cashew Dressing

I love a creamy dressing. If given the choice between a creamy dressing or vinaigrette, I’ll choose creamy every.single.time. I think it has something to do with the lettuce leaves and veggies coated in a thin layer of creamy dressing that does something for me.

Like this creamy cashew dressing for example.

I was working on a recipe that I wanted to drizzle a creamy, nutty dressing over top. Instead of reaching for peanut or almond butter, I grabbed cashew [which is basically the new PB incase you didn’t know 😉 ] and whipped this dressing up in no time.

Creamy Cashew Dressing

To make this creamy cashew dressing you will need;

  • 1/4 cup creamy cashew butter
  • a clove of garlic
  • kosher salt
  • olive oil
  • 1/2 a lime for some zip

Even if it is a sad, pathetic looking lime like mine is.

Dressing ingredients in a bowl.

To start, on a bowl, add the cashew butter, the juice of 1/2 of that scraggily lime, drizzle in a tablespoon of olive oil and season with a pinch kosher salt, to taste.

Stir to combine.

Then stir until the dressing is smooth. Adding in a little hot/warm water until thinned out to a consistency you prefer.  You can always zap it in your microwave to thin it out a little bit more.

And that’s it my friends! Creamy, dreamy and SO darn delicious! Extremely EASY and ready to go in just a few minutes. Simply serve drizzled over your favorite salads or veggie-loaded buddha bowls and/or roasted veggies and dig in!

Other creamy nut and seed dressings include:

Golden Almond Butter Dressing

Honey Ginger Peanut Dressing

Lemon Tahini Dressing

Tahini Caesar Dressing

For more dressing recipes, be sure to check out my post featuring over 50 salad dressings and vinaigrette recipes!

Creamy Cashew Dressing

Enjoy! And if you give this Creamy Cashew Dressing recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

Creamy Cashew Dressing

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Yield: 4 servings

Creamy Cashew Dressing

Take your salad, veggie-loaded buddha bowl or roasted veggie game up a notch with this easy, creamy cashew dressing. With only 5 ingredients, you can have a flavorful dressing in minutes. Makes about 1/2 cup in 5 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup creamy cashew butter
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 clove garlic, finely grated
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • kosher salt, to taste
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons warm water

Instructions 

  • In a medium bowl add the cashew butter, lime juice, garlic, olive oil and season with salt to taste.
  • Thin out with desired amount of warm water to your preferred consistency. Refrigerate leftovers in an air-tight container.
  • Feel free to zap the dressing in the microwave to thin it out more, if desired.
Serving: 2tablespoons, Calories: 128kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Sodium: 3mg, Potassium: 99mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 4IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 10mg, Iron: 1mg