This Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing is the perfect salad dressing! It's a little sweet, a little tangy, and goes great with most salads. Best of all it is completely free from any added sugar!
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I am usually a ride or die ranch dressing kinda girl. But in the spring and summer, I enjoy a light salad and that calls for a lighter dressing. This Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing fits the bill perfectly!
I love making my own dressings. Not only are they SUPER easy, but you can also customize them to suit your taste preferences.
Poppy Seed dressing has been a long time favorite of mine during the spring and summer months, but store-bought varieties have TONS of sugar, which is something that I try to avoid.
I decided to whip up my own and it turned out so great that I had to share!
What you'll need for this homemade sugar-free poppyseed dressing:
White Vinegar is pretty standard, but you can also try different kinds of vinegar to change up the taste. Some of my favorites are apple cider vinegar and red wine vinegar.
Dry Ground Mustard or prepared yellow mustard. You can also try some dijon mustard if you prefer.
Onion Powder or finely minced onion.
Avocado Oil or extra light olive oil. In fact, just about any mild-flavored oil would work fine.
Poppyseeds
Sugar Substitute of your choice. I love to use Lakanto monk fruit blend as I find that it doesn't have the cooling effect that plain erythritol does, and there is no aftertaste.
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Tips for making the best homemade dressing:
Typically this dressing is made in a blender or using a whisk and a bowl but I actually love to make homemade dressings in a shaker cup. The same kind that you can use to mix protein shakes.
Not only do they make quick and easy work of dressing, but you can store the leftover dressing right in the bottle so you don't have to dirty a ton of dishes.
This dressing will separate as it sits, but you can just shake it up right before serving and it will come together again nicely.
Store leftover dressing in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
This dressing goes perfectly with my Red, White, and Blue Summer Salad!
Be sure to check out these other great sugar-free dressing and sauces:
- Creamy Thai Peanut Dressing
- Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
- Bacon Mayo
- Homemade Pecan Pesto
- Ranch Dressing from Dr. Davinah's Eats
- Honey Mustard Dressing from Peace, Love, and Low Carb
📖 Recipe
Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing | Keto, Sugar Free
Ingredients
- ½ cup White Vinegar
- 1 cup Avocado Oil or other mild flavored oil
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 teaspoon Ground Mustard Powder or 1 tablespoon prepared mustard
- ½ teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 tablespoon Poppyseeds
- ½ cup Sugar Substitute or to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a container with a tight fitting lid (I like to use a shaker bottle)
- Shake the container vigorously until all ingredients are well combined.
- Store, tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
Be sure to read the entire post for tips, tricks, and help troubleshooting.
The nutrition information listed here is only an estimate and is simply provided as a courtesy. It nor any other information within this post should constitute medical or nutritional advice. Be sure to read all packaging and ingredient labels for potential allergens. Optional ingredients are not included unless otherwise specified.
Nutrition
Sabra says
Sorry you didn't like it. If you find it is too thin you can add a bit more mayo.
Odessa Marshall says
Sabra, I don't see the link for the jars. Please provide. Thanks.
Sas says
I hate to give a bad review but this is a terrible dressing. I’ve been doing keto for 6 years, and usually who’ve good success with dressing.
Lynn says
Is your nutritional content incorrect? Not only does this dressing have zero net carbs, it appears to have no fat content, or any nutritional value at all? Everything is zero. I'm confused...
Char says
There are 18 g of fat in each 2 Tablespoon serving.
Sas says
I hate to give a bad review but this is a terrible dressing. I’ve been doing keto for 6 years, and usually who’ve good success with dressing.
Rebecca says
Do you think that I could use the Trim Healthy Mama Stevia in this. as it would only be a pinch. Does the sweetener provide necessary volume?
Sabra says
Hi Rebecca! I haven't tried that brand of stevia, but I am pretty sure that it would work fine. The sweetener does thicken the dressing so it will be slightly funnier, but the flavor shouldn't be impacted much at all. Hope that helps 🙂
Linda says
I used 1 Tbsp maple syrup instead of the artificial sweetener and it was delicious and sweet enough! Delicious recipe
Efe says
Recipe looks good!
Looking forward to trying this and curious about the nutrition. I put all the ingredients into my nutrition app and I’m coming up with 140 calories per serving. The avocado oil alone is about 2k calories.
Am I missing something?
Barbara says
I am diabetic and was delighted to find a Poppy Seed Dressing with only 21 calories. I added the ingredients to a Recipe Nutrition Calculator and found that to be incorrect., The avocado oil alone is 2080 calories /14 = 148 calories. The total is 154 calories per serving. Please correct this so others do not err on their diet.
Jane says
I am interested in making this but wonder what ingredient provides the creaminess? There doesn't appear to be any mayo in the recipe...Thanks!
Theresa Wong says
This recipe is delicious! Your nutrition info is very wrong, I used My Fitness Pal and it's not 1 carb. It's 146 calories, 7 grams of carbs, 16 grams of fat (I used olive oil) per 2tbsp serving. You should change this. Otherwise, it's the exact dressing I've been craving!! Thank you so much!
Erin says
I see your comments mention mayo, but the recipe doesn't include mayo. Can you please update or share mayo measurements so I can start with your recipe before attempting to adjust. Thank you!
Suzanne says
I was confused about the calorie information..21kcalories?
Sabra says
Hi Suzanne, a kcalorie is the same as a Calorie. You can read more about it here. I hope that helps 🙂
Mpink42 says
Omg...wayyyyyy to much vinegar.
Nicky says
This is my new favorite dressing. Its soooo good.
daisy says
Is there a sugar substitute that doesn't cause major digestive upset? I cannot have erythritol, and am not sure about the others possibly causing my stomach distress as well. 🙁
Rikki says
Love this!!! Thank you for the healthy alternative to my fav Skinny Girl dressing. I didn’t realize how many preservatives were in it and needed to replace the dressing I love with a healthy way to do it.
Summer says
This is the best poppy seed dressing, love it on my cashew salad, strawberry fields salad!! Perfect of sweet and tangy!! Ty!!