Why you’ll love this homemade low-carb caesar dressing
- It’s rich, creamy and tangy and it’s not overly garlicky or fishy.
- Super-easy to make using store bought mayo and anchovy paste.
- You can use our homemade keto mayonnaise in the recipe if you want to!
- It’s perfect for low-carb salads or as a dip for veggies.
- You can add parmesan if you want, but it’s perfect and dairy-free if you follow the recipe.
Related ->> Check out this Keto-friendly buffalo sauce
Ingredients for Keto caesar salad dressing
This homemade dressing is simple. Aside from the anchovy paste, you probably have all of the ingredients on hand. Here is what you’ll need.
- Mayonnaise
- Lemon juice
- Nutritional yeast
- Anchovy paste
- Dijon mustard
- Apple cider vinegar
- Ground pepper
- Garlic infused olive oil (or olive oil and garlic powder)
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How to make caesar dressing
It’s SO easy. Here are the simple steps.
- Add all of the ingredients, except for the olive oil, to a food processor or blender, and process/blend.
- While the food processor/blender is running stream in the olive oil until smooth and creamy.
- That’s it! Serve right away or store in the fridge in an airtight container.
What mayo and anchovy paste do you prefer?
You can use store bought mayo to save time and effort. We love Primal Kitchen the most. A couple other brands we’ve used are Sir Kensington and Chosen Foods. You can also use homemade avocado oil mayo as well!
For anchovy paste, we use the brand Crown Prince, and it can be found on Amazon. We’ve also found it locally at Whole Foods and Natural Grocers, so you might check your local health food store.
Some other homemade sauces and dressings
- CHIPOTLE AIOLI
- WHOLE30 AVOCADO OIL MAYO (ALSO KETO)
- DIY COCONUT AMINOS SUBSTITUTE
- HEALTHY BIG MAC SAUCE (COPYCAT RECIPE)
- KETO TACO SEASONING
Get the Recipe:
Easy Low-Carb Keto Caesar Salad Dressing
Follow this recipe tutorial at home to make your own keto-friendly caesar salad dressing in 5 minutes. To keep things simple, our recipe uses store-bought mayonnaise and anchovy paste, saving a ton of time. This low-carb dressing offers bold, classic Caesar flavor without any dairy.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1 tbsp nutrtional yeast
- 2 tsp anchovy paste
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup garlic infused olive oil, (you can also use regular olive oil and 1 tsp garlic powder – it's not as low carb if you use the garlic powder)
Equipment
- Blender or food processor
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients, except for the olive oil, to a food processor or blender, and process/blend.
- While the food processor/blender is running stream in the olive oil until smooth and creamy.
- Serve or store in the fridge in an airtight container.
Calories: 327kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 35g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Fiber: 1g
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This is by far my favorite dairy free Caesar dressing. I didn’t have anchovy paste but I did have Fish Sauce. Also I used regular Olive Oil and put in some crushed garlic. So good. My 2 year old loves it on her salad too!
Love hearing that it works with fish sauce, we’ll have to try that 🙂
Hi, I have a couple of questions. First, we tried the recipe and is awesome. We made the mayo ourself following your recipe for homemade mayo and it turn out really good. One question. I think the dressing after put it in the fridge was to thick. How can we made the recipe a little bit runnier ? Also I was thinking if it is possible to switch the 1/4 cup olive oil with avocado oil ? Could we do it in the same amount 1/4 ? Thanks for your help
Regards.
Hi there, so happy to hear you enjoyed the recipes. The homemade Mayo definitely can get a little thick once it sits in the fridge. You can thin it out by mixing in a little cold water until it reaches your desired consistency.
As for swapping out some olive oil, you can in the same amount you would use for avocado oil. Just make sure to use a light olive oil otherwise you will have an overpowering olive oil taste.
Hope that helps!
Made this today for some Caesar salads to go with our meatballs. OMG, so good! We’re not fish eaters, so we skipped the anchovy paste, but hubby liked it so much he wants to try the anchovy paste! You may have converted him. 😉 totally yummy! And so many less ingredients than a store brought bottle, and way tastier too! Thanks for the recipe!
Haha! So glad it was a hit! I’ve made it without the anchovy paste when I didn’t have any on hand and it does still turn out great, even better with it though in my opinion. I’d be curious what you guys think if you give it a try. Thanks for taking the time to come back and leave a review! 🙂