Fresh and Flavorful Gluten-Free Green Tahini Dressing

I love this Green Tahini Dressing. It is great on leafy salads and on more substantial bean, pasta, or quinoa power bowls. I also like it as a sauce for grilled chicken and pork. This versatile dressing is packed with fresh herbs and offers a delicious, healthy option for any meal.

Why You'll Love This Dressing

• Perfect for various dishes like salads, power bowls, and grilled meats and vegetables
• Easy to customize with your favourite fresh herbs
• Simple to make with a food processor or by hand
• Gluten-free and healthy
• Great as a dip for chips, crackers and cut up veggies

Choosing the Best Herbs

You can use any fresh herbs you like. I love using fresh basil. In the summer, I grow basil, so this is in my summer dish rotation. You can also just buy fresh basil at the store to use anytime of the year. Just remember when you harvest the basil leaves, pinch off the top parts of the leaves near a lower growth bud so that your basil plant grows in volume. Also, remove the leaves from top down, if you just remove leaves from the bottom your basil plant will get leggy. Fresh parsley or dill works well too.

If you aren't using a food processor or blender a great tip for cutting basil is to take a few leaves and stack them on top of eachother, and then roll them together in a tight cylinder and then slice thinly.

If you use dill instead of basil, I highly recommend to serve it with salmon and other types of fish. It is really tasty.

Optional Additions

You can use onion or garlic powder if you like. Add maple syrup or honey if you want it to be a little on the sweet side.

I have added fresh well minced onion or cut up green onion before. You can use whole garlic minced instead of powdered. If I'm making it as a dip, then I will sometimes add finely chopped red peppers.

These optional ingredients allow you to tailor the dressing to your taste preferences.

Gluten-Free Green Tahini Dressing Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup tahini paste
• 2/3 cup fresh basil, packed into measuring cup.
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup lemon juice (depends on your taste preference)
• 2-4 Tbsp water, to thin the dressing
• salt & pepper to taste
• 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup (optional)
• 1 tsp garlic powder or a clove of minced garlic (optional)
• 1 tsp onion powder (optional)

Directions

1. Chop the herbs. You can use any of your favourite fresh herbs, such as mint, dill, cilantro. I like using basil.
2. Mix the tahini, and lemon juice until well combined. Then add the herbs, salt and pepper and other optional ingredients if you like. Put the ingredients into a food processor or blender and mix well. Add water as needed to thin the dressing to your liking.
3. If you don't have a blender or food processor, than you can mix the above ingredients by hand. The finished product will be a bit more chunkier, but still taste very good.

Tips for the Perfect Dressing

• Use fresh herbs for the best flavour.
• Adjust the consistency by adding more or less water.
• Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.

The dressing will keep in the fridge for a few days. You can use it right away, but if you make it and let it sit a few hours in the fridge the flavours blend together and the taste is elevated.

More Gluten-Free Sauces, Dips and Dressings

• Gluten-Free Homemade Pesto Sauce
• Gluten-Free Bang Bang Sauce
• Gluten-Free Honey Mustard Sauce
• Gluten-Free Goma-ae Japanese Sesame Seed Dressing

Note: These are my personal experiences and opinions. Always seek out a medical opinion for medical concerns. Not sponsored. If sponsored I will always say so at the top of the post.