Cilantro Ginger Avocado Cream Dressing
This cilantro ginger avocado dressing made from coconut milk, fresh cilantro, ginger root, and a ripe avocado is perfect! You can use it as a salad dressing or a condiment to your favorite sandwich or taco.
I know that I keep giving you snippets of a recipe that I am revealing Friday, just in time for your upcoming tailgate party! I have been hinting at something phenomenal and I promise that it will be. This recipe, having several components that stand on their own, is simple to put together. Each of the individual parts that make up the whole, are recipes that you can use by themselves, or in conjunction with, another recipe. Each part, I believe, deserved a stand alone post. This cilantro ginger avocado dressing/condiment is no exception!
I am always looking for salad dressing variations as I try to eat as many salads as I can. Most of the times I fall short, not for lack of trying. I tend to buy salad ingredients, then life happens, and when I get around to assembling them, they are spoiled. The lettuce is long past due and my tomatoes have weird spots on them. One thing that always stops me, besides the draw of late night tacos, is that I don’t have any dressing made.
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I gave up store-bought dressings long ago when my wonderful mother in law taught me to make my own. I do make them quite frequently, but when I run out and it is just me at home having a small salad, I tend to just throw on a dash of olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
An actual dressing would be more appealing, so when I don’t have one prepared, and I’m tired or feeling lazy, I tend to not eat salads. And I need to eat salads! So I keep telling myself to make more of this Cilantro Ginger Avocado Dressing!
This condiment, which I used as a salad dressing, came about as a topping for a new recipe I was working on. Low and behold, it is great on a spinach salad and lasts for a week or two in the fridge. No excuses now.
I knew that I wanted something to go with an Asian recipe so I threw in some ginger, but the rest came out of what was available in my fridge. Avocados that were ripe, cilantro that was lying around getting limp, and some olive oil to thin it out. This dressing will complete your new favorite salad, your new taco recipe, your boring chicken that needs a boost, or as a dip for your carrot sticks that you are chowing down on in an effort to forget the chocolate bars on top of your fridge! No judgment because that is where I keep mine. My bedside table is another place…
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Whip up this dressing and stop your excuses for not eating salads! plus, if you eat a salad, you won’t feel bad about eating that chocolate bar in the carpool line.
Cilantro Ginger Avocado Cream Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1 avocado ripe, peeled, and pitted
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 cup cilantro stems removed
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger peeled
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- juice of 2 limes
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- If too thick, thin with either more olive oil or water.
- This dressing will thicken over time.
- Feel free to add more water or coconut milk
Nutrition
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Really good – could it be frozen?
I would not recommend freezing it as the dairy will separate and have a weird texture.
The different flavors in this dressing sound amazing. I love dressings that include avocado. Can’t wait to try.
The different flavors in this dressing sound amazing. I love dressings that include avocado. Can’t wait to try.
As a lover of homemade salad dressing, I’d be good with this even if it didn’t contain ginger. But this combination, including fresh ginger, is genius!
The ginger is just mellow enough that it kind of hangs out in the background. Or you can make it without it and it is still good!
I can think of a million ways to use this dressing, looks great!
Thanks Sara! I used it on my chicken wings the other night:)
I LOVE adding ginger to avocado – I know I’d love this dressing!
Thanks Kristina! I have a recipe for a dressing where I roasted the fresh ginger before I used it. It tasted great! Nice and mellow!
Whoa. These flavor combos sound in-credible! I may also have to hide veggie sticks around my house now, too.
Those would be great with this dressing!
I can just imagine the wonderful flavours coming together in this dressing! I love it! And that colour is so pretty 🙂
Thanks Kacey! I love finding new ways to use it!
Love homemade salad dressings. I never would have though to add ginger into an avocado cilantro dressing-yum!
Thanks Julia! I have another dressing where I roasted the fresh ginger first. The pics for that post are horrible since it was a long time ago but the dressing is still good! Roasting the ginger totally mellows out the bite!
Looove this : ))) Love all things avocado related especially dressings : ))
Thanks Vicky! I love that it is creamy but not unhealthy!
This would be great on so many things! Plus it is pretty too!
Thanks Carlee! I am still finding new things to put it on!
This is such a healthy alternative to the regular rich, fatty dressings!! Thanks for sharing!
These are all my favorite flavors!! I only make my own dressing, too. It’s so easy! Money saver and the results are so darn good.
I think that once I tried a few home made ones, I knew I would never go back! I hope you like it and try it on your salads!
I’ve made plenty of avocado dressings before but not with ginger…love this idea!
I like the spice of the ginger with the creamy avocado! It mellows it out!
I’m all about the homemade salad dressings – they really elevate salad! The flavor profile in this sounds delicious, great use for coconut milk!
Thanks Faith! I love that it good for your too!
This looks delicious! I would put it on EVERYTHING!
Thanks Trish! I put it on my steak and eggs the other morning!
Yum! This dressing sounds delicious! I could see me eating this on all sorts of things!
Thanks! It’s great on eggs!
Can I just eat this straight out of the jar???? 🙂 Looks soooooo good!
Of course you can! It’s great!