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Made this and put it over chicken over arugula for dinner. So good. Hard not to just eat this stuff with a spoon! Super easy to make as well. Thanks!
James
Hey all you sauce lovers of the internet! 👯
I am just popping in quickly today to share this avocado cilantro dressing / sauce / lover of my soul before heading out into the busy work day to do all those bloggery things that are so secretive and mysterious.
What do bloggers even do, anyways?
To tell you the truth, we primarily take naps and watch Netflix.
No no no, I’m kidding. Don’t hate me. There are so many exciting and busy blog things going on right now – right now as in things I need to do TODAY – like working on a big writing and video project for a big brand (!), meeting at the studio with the team who will help with our first ever food photography workshop in September (!!), finalizing the new site design that will go live this fall (!!!), attending a social sharing webinar about maximizing the potential of your images (🙋)… okay, the webinar is more of a I’m A Nerd statement, but still. You get it. Lots of things are happening. Fall energy is around the corner and I can feel it.
So what to actually make for dinner when you have lots of good, exciting, and/or nerdy things going on (back to school rush, anyone?) and suddenly it’s 6pm – or in my case, 8pm, because I struggle – and you realize that you made no plans for food whatsoever but you and your people are bordering on dangerously hangry?
Answer: put these seven things in your food processor and turn it on.
The key here is Five Minute.
Well, also, Avocado Cilantro.
Well, okay, fine – it’s actually a tie. You really need both the quick and easy and the flavor/texture components in order to be able to appreciate this dressing wonder.
This dressing is my food life coming full circle during busy times of the year because it’s everything I love (I still find it hard to believe that there are some of you out there in the world who don’t like cilantro – are you guys all just LYING?) and better yet: it can go with, on, over, between, around, in, and under every other food that I love and/or might happen to find while cleaning out the fridge. Salads, roasted vegetables, rice bowls, chicken, you name it. This is a one-stop shop for an easy what’s-in-the-fridge dinner when you’ve got about two seconds until the collective hangryness in the house becomes all too real.
In case you were thinking: isn’t this kind of like the Magic Green Sauce?
Uh, hmmm. Gosh, how do I say this? Yes. Reeeally similar to the Magic Green Sauce in some regards. Also similar to that addictingly delicious sauce that goes on the slaw for the shrimp tacos. And pretty close to that healthy pesto I made here and another walnut pesto I made yesterday. How can you guys even read this blog? I’ve relegated it to one giant food diary about green sauces.
I guess the difference between this and all the others is that this one – being that it’s a dressing – is tricked out specifically for drizzling over salads (and other stuff that you might happen to find needing a little extra zing).
It’s your salad’s best friend.
And if you and I are as food twinsies as I think we might be, it’s also going to be the best friend of your cilantro-avocado loving heart.
Final note: I have a recipe coming up next week that will use this dressing YET AGAIN. Yes. No such thing as too much of a good dressing. If you love yourself, you’ll have it ready and waiting in the fridge for when I return for you next week. ♡
Five Minute Avocado Cilantro Dressing
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 3/4 cup dressing 1x
Description
5 Minute Cilantro Avocado Dressing – made with easy ingredients like cilantro, avocado, Greek yogurt, garlic, and lime juice.
Ingredients
For the Cilantro Dressing:
- half an avocado
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup water (more as needed to adjust consistency)
- 1 cup cilantro leaves and stems
- 1 small clove of garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- a squeeze of lime juice
Instructions
- Pulse all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth.
- Voila! Avocado Cilantro Dressing!
- Prep Time: 3 mins
- Cook Time: 2 mins
- Category: Sauce
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: cilantro avocado dressing, greek yogurt avocado dressing, healthy salad dressing
PS. Might I recommend that you try it on this Spicy Southwestern Salad? YAAAS. 🏆
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I am in love with this dressing Lindsay!!! And your photography makes everything so gorgeous!!
Thanks Ami! Appreciate that!
Hi Lindsay! This looks fabulous! What do you think I could sub for the greek yogurt?
Hi, Tracey! Regular (plain) yogurt would work, as would sour cream. Enjoy!
You had me at avocado. And cilantro.
Enjoy, Lisa!
I love avocado dressing, I can’t wait to give your version a try! I would say my blender is the appliance I would choose if I could only have one or maybe it would be my hand held milk frother (is that even a word?) mornings just wouldn’t be the same without it!
Hope you like it, Mary!
Hi,
Sorry if you answered this already, but how long does this generally keep in the fridge once it’s made?
Hi there! We’d recommend keeping it in the fridge for 3-4 days for maximum freshness.
Adding cilantro and avocado to my grocery list for next week!! JK…im already fully stocked 0_0
I already get that look from the cashier like…’she must own a restaurant’ …NOPE just us and our obsession with green things apparently.
#notsorry
Haha! Then you have no excuses – go make this ASAP! 🙂
Sounds like you’ve got some SUPAH exciting stuff going on! Can’t wait to see it all!
Almost as much as I can’t wait to drizzle this on MAH FACE. Avocado and cilantro ALL the things is basically my life motto, so I’m clearly obsessing,
P.s Netflix is my life as a food blogger. WIN.
Pinned!
Lol. Enjoy, Taylor! 🙂
This avocado cilantro dressing looks so easy and tasty! And your photography makes everything so gorgeous!!
Gorgeous!! In my opinion, you can never have too many delicious green sauces/dressings at your fingertips! I am a fellow cilantro lover so I’m alllll over this.
Awesome, Becky!
In my opinion there can never be too much dressing or sauce, especially a green sauce. This looks delicious!
Hope you like it, Emily! 🙂
I’m sure this is amazing on a salad but all I’m thinking about is dunking fresh-off-the-grill chicken into it. And then possibly just a spoon and eating it directly out of the bowl with NO SHAME!
Great ideas, Meg! (especially the spoon!)
5 minutes and all this deliciousness? I’m all in! Looks just perfect for salads, chicken, and maybe dipping!
Exactly! Hope you enjoy it Kathy!
Love that this is so easy!
I’ve eaten avocado in many salads before, but have yet to try avocado dressing. Yours looks so flavorful and delicious!
Enjoy, Mary!
Loving everything in this sauce! I love your Magic Green Sauce and I’m sure this taste just as good! looking forward to see all the exciting things you have coming up! 🙂
I think we are taste bud twinsies ;0
Lindsay,
I love all the ingredients. I can’t wait to try it. Hmmm, maybe tonight?! Hubby will be dancing the happy taste bud dance.
Elaine
Haha! Hope so, Elaine!
Love your new picture!
I just got hooked on a store-versionavocado-based dressing, and have been meaning to try and make one myself. Glad you did the work for me 🙂
Awesome, Phillip! Enjoy!
Hi Lindsey,
Can’t wait to make this! Did you use fat free or full fat greek yogurt?
Thanks
We like using full fat Greek yogurt here.
Yesssss all the way! i will put this on boiled African Yams, fried Eggs, Pasta, Fried Plantain, MoinMoin… Yummy versatile sauce! Welldone.
So versatile! Enjoy, Chio!
I’d like to say that I can’t wait to put this on a salad or bean burrito, but really what I want to do is bathe in it like people do with mud baths at spas. :). This has all the flavors I love!
Haha! Sounds amazing, Amanda!
This dressing plus fish tacos equals perfection. Thanks!!!
Great idea, Kim! Yum!
I have come pork chops that need to go on the grill tonight and some lettuce that needs used up… I have found what will tie it together for a quick dinner tonight. Thanks!
Absolutely! Enjoy, Josh!
This dressing looks yummy! I would rather make my own dressing than buy storebought anyday! The ingredients are fresh and there are no preservatives.
Leanne,
Urban Girl Bakes
Exactly, Leanne. Plus, they taste better! 🙂
Gorgeous. I LOVE the pitcher….any chance you have a link to finding this?
That question was my thought exactly! I love beautiful things to put food in!
I’ll have Lindsay get back to you on that!
Hey Marianne! Unfortunately no – it’s from a thrift store 🙂
Oh that looks sooo good! I am totally going to make this. Have you worked out how long it will last in the fridge for? I’m thinking just a few days given its go the avocado in it? Thanks for sharing it 🙂
Hi, Emma! In an airtight container I would say it’s fine up to about a week. Probably best within 3-4 days. 🙂
I love my food processor, too! And cilantro…And avocado…and pretty much every one of the recipes that you post. Thank you!!! 🙂