This Quick and Easy Green Tahini Dressing is a simple dressing and dip that comes together in minutes and is totally adjustable to your own taste. If you love my Tahini Sauce, this is the herby green version loaded with cilantro, basil, and parsley. Drizzle it on my Avocado Kale Caesar or any grain bowl, and if you want another homemade dressing in the rotation, my Cilantro Vinaigrette is equally easy.
This super easy homemade Green Tahini Dressing is perfect as a salad dressing, dip for pita or falafel or drizzle for roasted veggies! I couldn't be more obsessed.
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Ingredients
- Tahini
- Lemon Juice
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Herbs
- Salt
- Water
How to Make Green Tahini Dressing
In a blender or food processor, blend together the tahini, lemon, oil, herbs and garlic until smooth. Slowly stream in the water until you've reached your desired consistency that you can use for drizzling on salads, veggies etc.
Tips & Tricks
If you’re making a triple batch of Green Tahini Dressing, you might need to add a few teaspoons of water every time you use it to thin it out! Tahini is thick and absorbs liquid easily so don’t be afraid to thin it out if needed with some water.
Variations & Substitutions
This Green Tahini Dressing recipe calls for a cup of green herbs, I used a combo of cilantro, basil, and parsley but feel free to use any mix of your favorite herbs.
FAQ's
What is Tahini?
Tahini is made of ground sesame and a staple in many Middle Eastern cuisines. It's thick and you've seen it in its simplest form in many of my recipes for homemade hummus. When you add a few extra pantry staples to tahini, you can create the most incredible tahini sauce. That sauce can be used as a salad dressing, for dipping pita bread or pita chips, adding to roasted veggies or throwing it into a wrap etc. It's wildly versatile and really easy to make.
What is tahini dressing made of?
Tahini dressing only has a few ingredients tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and water. To make Green Tahini Dressing I like adding herbs like cilantro, basil, and parsley.
More Salad Dressing Ideas
Some of my favorite ways to use Green Tahini
- Drizzled on top of some Roasted Cauliflower
- As a sauce on this rice bowl
- Layered in this Black Bean Burger with Feta
- As an herby swap for the dressing on our fav the Avocado Kale Salad
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Green Tahini Dressing
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup tahini
- 4-5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup water plus more as needed
- kosher salt to taste
- 1 cup green herbs combo of cilantro, basil, and parsley
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, blend together the tahini, lemon, oil, herbs and garlic until smooth. Slowly stream in the water until you've reached your desired consistency that you can use for drizzling on salads, veggies etc.
Notes
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If you’re making a triple batch of this, you might need to add a few teaspoons of water every time you use it to thin it out! Tahini is thick and absorbs liquid easily so don’t be afraid to thin it out if needed with some water.
Oh yes! I can see this going on so many things!