Healthy Italian Salad Dressing (low-carb, keto, paleo, vegetarian)

This keto friendly Italian Salad Dressing is perfect to keep on hand for salads, to marinate meat and vegetables in, or use as a dipping sauce for antipasto. Simply shake the ingredients up in a jar and it’s good to go!

Step-by-step

Combine liquid ingredients in a jar.
Add in the dry ingredients and place the lid on top before shaking together.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week or chilled for up to 2 months.

Recipe

Keto Italian Salad Dressing

★★★★☆4.2 (231 ratings)

This simple low-carb Italian salad dressing is perfect to keep on hand for salads, to marinate meat and ...

Hands on: 5m
Overall: 5m
Servings: 10

0.4 g
Net carbs: 0.4 g
Protein: 16.5 g
Fat: 151
kcal

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Ingredients makes 1 ¹/₄ cups/ 300 ml

³/₄ cup extra virgin olive oil (180 ml/ 6 fl oz)
¹/₄ cup red wine vinegar (60 ml/ 2 fl oz)
2 tbsp water (30 ml/ 1 fl oz)
1 heaped tbsp grated Parmesan cheese or other Italian hard cheese (10 g/ 0.4 oz)
¹/₂ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp sea salt, or to taste
¹/₂ tsp black pepper

Instructions

Combine liquid ingredients in a jar.
Add in the dry ingredients and place the lid on top before shaking together.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week or chilled for up to 2 months.

Nutrition per serving, 2 tbsp/ 30 ml

Carbs 1%Protein 1%Fat 98% of calories

Net carbs: 0.4 g
Total carbs: 0.6 g
Fiber: 0.2 g
Sugars: 0 g
Protein: 0.4 g
Fat: 16.5 g
Saturated fat: 2.4 g
Calories: 151 kcal
Sodium: 250 mg · 10.9% RDA
Magnesium: 2 mg · 0.52% RDA
Potassium: 13 mg · 0.64% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per 2 tbsp/ 30 ml	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Olive oil, extra virgin	0 g	0 g	16.2 g	143
Wine vinegar	0 g	0 g	0 g	1
Water, still	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Parmesan cheese	0 g	0.4 g	0.3 g	4
Garlic powder, spices	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	1
Onion powder, spices	0.2 g	0 g	0 g	1
Italian seasoning (mixed herbs)	0.1 g	0 g	0 g	1
Salt, sea salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Pepper, black, spices	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Total	0.4 g	0.4 g	16.5 g	151

Serving size 2 tbsp/ 30 ml

Gluten free
Egg free
Nut free
Nightshade free
Pork free
Avocado free
Coconut free
Fish free
Shellfish free
Beef free
Pescatarian
Vegetarian

Comments & ratings (9)

4.2231 ratings

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Mitch4 April 2021
I've made this twice so far, and both times tasted awesome and bright. Good recipe.
However, the second time it solidified in the fridge. I added more oil and vinegar in 3:1 and soon it up. Still tasty. And solidified again in the fridge. This time I added more oil and vinegar, then dug the chunks out. It was basically gelatinous goop.
The only difference I can think of was that the second time I used a more expensive finely shredded parmesan cheese. I think using the cheaper grated cheese on a can might be better. I'll be making a fresh batch tomorrow, regardless. I'll probably split it in half, and omit the cheese completely on one half. Hopefully we'll be back to awesome soon.
1. Martina @ KetoDietAuthor7 April 2021
  Hi Mitch, olive oil may solidify in the fridge so what I do is that I leave it at room temperature for 15-20 minutes and then shake before serving. That usually does the trick! 😊
  1. Mitch7 April 2021
    Thanks Martina, I found that in my research as well. I put a teaspoon of plain oil the fridge to test, it did not solidify.
    I'll be making a fresh batch tonight, sans cheese. If it doesn't solidify then I'll have an answer. If it does, then I'll have to assume it's the oil.
    1. Martina @ KetoDietAuthor7 April 2021
      I think it depends on the temperature in your fridge but at about 7-8 C olive oil starts to solidify, at least partially. I notice that on my pesto sauce which I always top up with olive oil. Let's see how the test goes!
      1. Mitch17 April 2021
        Sorry it took so long to get back to you!
        You were right! It must be the oil, as it still solidified without cheese. So the mystery is solved.
        Thanks for the help.
      2. Martina @ KetoDietAuthor28 April 2021
        No problem at all, I've been busy too - look at my response time 😊 Thank you so much for getting back to me!
Brandie M6 August 2018
Can I use white wine vinegar? I don't have red.
1. Martina @ KetoDietAuthor16 August 2018
  Absolutely!
Becky4 April 2018
I used balsamic vinegar and a packet of stevia and it was yummy!

Keto Italian Salad Dressing

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