Okay guys – get this. I have found the holy grail of salad dressings. This yeast dressing is the best thing… ever.
No really – my taste buds have never been so happy. And I’m fairly certain your life will finally be complete once you taste it.
But what’s even better is that dressing up salad is not where the fun ends – oh no, my friend – this dressing will jazz up anything on your plate that feels a little boring.
Steamed vegetables? Check
Piece of chicken? Check
Pancakes? Will never want to go sweet again.
What’s even BETTER is that this dressing is healthy, unlike all that nasty dressing at the grocery store. Even organic, shamncy dressings always tend to have unhealthy polyunsaturated oils in them. I have honestly never seen a commercial salad dressing that didn’t have questionable ingredients in them.
Therefore, I feel it’s always a good idea to make your own. But don’t worry – after this stuff, you will NEVER want to go back!!!
Okay. I know, I know. You get the point. I’m enthusastic about it. But I can’t help it! I can’t hold back the enthusiasm in the video either. Check out the tutorial:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uclTdt4D7eI
Yeasty Dressing Recipe
The recipe is from Hollyhock Learning Centre on Cortes Island, BC. They have a full cookbook, if you’re interested in some yummy, healthy recipes.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup nutritional yeast (must be nutritional yeast, other yeasts do not work!)
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup tamari or soy sauce (I prefer tamari because it’s more flavourful and gluten free)
1/3 cup raw apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp crushed garlic (I usually throw in somewhere around 3 to 6 whole cloves in there)
1 cup extra virgin olive oil (approximately… give or take)
Instructions:
Throw everything in a blender and bllleeend, baby, blend. Seems to make somewhere between 2 and 2.5 cups of sauce… keep it in the fridge; stays good for ages (but won’t last that long once you taste it!!); shake ‘er up before eating each time.
Also, my friends that I recently visited on Lasqueti were, concidentally, also majorly into yeasty dressing, and they used balsamic vinegar and tahini in place of soy sauce. So it appears you can play around with this yeast/garlic/oil/ACV theme and it still tastes amazing, no matter what you do.
Enjoy, my friends 🙂
Lol – if you don’t like this dressing as much as I do, it’s okay. Just humour me.
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Booooo looks so good, but I’m yeast intolerent ;o;
🙁
This is basically my favorite salad dressing too!
Add 2 tablespoons of tahini to that dressing recipe of yours and your mind will be BLOWN.
MIND = BLOWN
Lol – I did add tahini the most recent time I made this and you’re right!! Very, very good. Mind was a little bit blown.
Yum Yummm! I will try this right away 🙂 I’m in need of a good dressing so good timing.
hey tracy!
what brand of nutritional yeast do you use?!
thanks!
Hi Sarah – most people say Red Star Yeast is the one to look for, but I buy bulk nutritional yeast at my local health food store, so Iunno what it is
Hi Tracy! First, thank you for the salad dressing recipe. It looks incredible. I just was wondering if you could give me your oppinion on Matt Stone’s Diet Recovery Ebook, and if you think it’s a worthwhile investment or very informative as far as digestion and the relationship with food is concerned. I’d love to know what you think. Thanks! XO.
Hi Melanie,
I thought his book was a good read – I’d say it was worth it just to hear a nutritional “guru” talk about giving yourself a little breathing room when it comes to food and nutritional rules and dogma and everything else. He was a breathe of fresh air in that sense and I found him at the right time that I needed him.
That being said, I tried RRARF and it didn’t agree with me much… made me ridiculously tired. But I know it’s worked well for other people, depending on what your issues are…
how would you know if you are yeast intolerant?
Yummm 🙂 Thanks Tracy I just made it and is delicious 🙂
I’m allergic to soy, but am going to try this with coconut aminos, which is basically fake soy sauce made only with coconut sap and sea salt – tastes pretty close in my opinion. I have all these ingredients and I LOVE nutritional yeast and garlic, so I have high hopes for this! Thanks for sharing!
Just made it and had it on a plate of green salad. Then tilted the plate to drink the extra. No joke. Delicious.
It’s okay. I’ve totally tilted the plate to drink the extra too! Lol!
OMG. just had this on salad.. AND heated up some quinoa and it was delicious on that TOO! good good! thanks so much XX
I know, right? Those are the right words – too good. Just. too. good.
I love this recipe! But Traaaaacy, I wish you would post more, you rock and are so knowledgeable
Hi Elle! Ah sorry about the reduced postings, but that’s what’s working for me at the moment 🙂 Maybe I’ll increase it again come winter and I’m not so busy!
Hey Tracy, does nutritional yeast feed candida yeast? I really really want to try this dressing but am afraid of flaring up some old candida issues.
thanks!
Hi River,
Well, “classic” candida cleansing says no yeast at all, but I think it’s a bit silly – nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast, and candida don’t eat yeast anyway, they eat sugar. I fully say go for it, especially if you aren’t even doing a strict candida cleanse at the moment, there’s no reason to avoid it
Hey Tracy,
I absolutely love your website, it has helped me a lot, I am starting back for my last year of school next week and I was wondering if you have any great packed lunch ideas, to make it less boring, and so I don’t break my diet. Thankyou very much! 🙂
Hi Katie! Sounds like a really good idea for a post… I’ll get on that… thanks for the suggestion!
It’s true, nutritional yeast is totally safe for people plagued by Candida.
Um. You weren’t kidding. I made the dressing on Sunday, and it’s already halfway gone. I’ve used it on salad, as a dipping sauce for salad rolls, and as a marinade for chicken. It’s freaking delicious! Thank you for making my life better with this stuff! 🙂 I posted some fancy pants photos of it on my cooking blog: A Teaspoon and A Pinch
It is somehow hard to believe that there is a dressing out there that could really be THAT much better than other dressings…. and reading back over this post, my enthusiasm does seem a little over the top… but you understand now. I wasn’t joking 😀 it’s God’s gift to salad. Nice blog post – I need to figure out how to use my fancy camera so I can take nice photos of my food!
Hi Tracy,
I’d like to try it but I really Hate raw garlic! The taste and smell literally make me want to vomit (it’s very annoying because I know garlic’s good for you, and I hope I’m able make peace with it someday). Is the garlic flavor very prominent in the dressing? I don’t mind it so much if the flavor changes when cooked or when added to recipes (e.g. pesto).
Hi Lorena,
Well, I do think the garlic is a big part of it’s amazing flavour kick, and when I have put less garlic in, it didn’t taste as good. but in my opinion, in this dressing, the kick it gives it doesn’t taste immensely “garlicy”. Someone else may disagree. And I like garlic so I dont’ know, lol. If you like when it’s cooked, you could try roasting the garlic first?
tracy i am litrally addicted to this stuff! i eat so much of it..how much is like a normal serving? I’m so confused because it tastes so good i could literally drink it straight but worried I’m having too much.
Lol – I know. Well when I first made it, I was like… drowning my food in it. But I think I overkilled it, because now I am more than satisfied with a tablespoon or two over my salad. I wouldn’t worry about it, your body will tell you when you’ve had too much
hey tracy! i think that my acne is the cause of an omega 3:6 imbalance and i just wanna know if coconut products are okay to eat. i have just got off milk and i switched to almond milk, only to find myself break out more because of the high omega 6 content (this is the same for soy milk). but now im looking at coconut products and i just want some advice about the omega 3:6 ratio and is it okay. thanks!!!!!!!
Hey lovely,
Coconut products are very low in omega 6s. If you think your acne is caused by an Omega imbalance, this list will probably help you out a lot: http://180degreehealth.com/2010/02/omega-6-content-of-common-foods
thanks tracy! u r a life savor.<3 i was browsing the internet and so much information was contradicting each other.
WOW, never had nutritional yeast until now, and I can’t believe no one told about this stuff sooner. This sauce/dressing is amazing and so versatile. I made some at dinner and got into it again just now before bed, and now all I can think about is what else I can put it on. Thanks for the great recipe!
hah you’re welcome! Don’t overdo it though… this dressing was so good that I ate it too much and now I don’t want to go near it lol
Aaaaa….wait for it…MAZING! So tasty – thank you for filling this dressing void in my life! Haha. Yum! 🙂
hahah I know. it’s so good. Don’t overdo it though like I did or you’ll get sick of it! haha
Haha! I can see that happening, because it seems I just can’t get enough at the moment! I will pace myself. 😉 Quick question for you – when you make this recipe, does it tend to thicken quite a bit the longer you store it in the fridge? I made a batch four days ago and it still tastes perfect, but I notice it has lost the oil consistency and almost looks like the yeast is thickening up. I’m hoping that’s normal… O_o What do you think?
Yep, it’s just because the fats in olive oil solidify after being in the fridge for a few days, you just have to remember to take it out of the fridge before your meal and let it return to room temperature, then it will get liquidy again. Easier said than done to remember though, lol
Ahh, that makes complete sense. Okay, good. I thought I somehow concocted a science experiment and put too much of an ingredient in or something, hehe. Thanks for the tip, Tracy! :]
Tracy dont you say to avoid Soy if you are fighting acne? does that tamari soy sauce count?
Hi Jason,
Because the soy in tamari is fermented, it’s usually a lot easier to digest, and you’re not really eating a lot of it when you eat soy sauce to cause problems in most cases. If you are someone who finds you are very sensitive to soy (some people are more than others), you might find that even this form of soy is too much for you, but everyone’s different
Thanks for the response! I am making it now, i dont think I am that sensitive to it but just checking. Thanks again for your help!
Too funny I raised my kids on this dressing, yes here on Van Island, they still call it “mom’s hippy sauce” It was developed in tree planting camp back in the 80’s, and is a stong hold in Coastal Kitchens, mmmm….lot’s of garlic!
aahahha… mom’s hippy sauce, that’s brilliant. I hope when I have kids, that’s what they call it
I really want to try this. But isnt yeast bad for you? Haha
Only if you’re sensitive to it, I think
Delicious. I didn’t have tamari, so I used Braggs amino acids instead. Had to stop myself from trying to lick the blender clean. So so good. thank you!
Best salad dressing ever!!! Thank you so much for the recipe!
Glad you’re enjoying it Fiorella!! 😀
Um this dressing made my sardines palatable. That’s a big deal!
haha! That is quite the feat indeed
I made it and it tastes fantastic, can’s do soy so used coconut aminos but it’s very watery. What am I doing wrong, measured exactly, maybe no water next time?
Hi Pamela! 🙂 Hmm I don’t find it watery, but if you do, definitely cut back on the water next time!
Man I used to make something like this in the early to mid 70’s in the bay area, USA. Everyone was using nutritional yeast (Brewer’s yeast in the people’s cooperatives.) Yogurt or sour cream makes it extra creamy. Thanks you all.
Hi, I tried your dressing and it was great but it became lumpy and the yeast started to solidify after just one day (in a sealed jar) in the fridge- is this still OK to eat? How do you avoid this so that it stays liquid and creamy
Hi Emily, that’s just the olive oil solidifying at cold temperatures, you’ll need to take it out of the fridge a little bit before you want to eat for it to go back to normal
Hi Tracy….have loved this Yeast Dressing ever since visiting Hollyhock…my fave of all time & so healthy:)
Tracy, thanks for posting this great recipe. I love Hollyhock dressing, but couldn’t find a recipe that worked. This one DOES!
Thanks!
Great dressing I used Bragg liquid soy seasoning yum!
Whoah! You just changed my life! Just devoured half a raw savoy cabbage because of this! Thank you 🙂
haha, it’s the best!!
I know this dressing as ‘ glory bowl dressing’ from the amazing ‘ White Water Cookbook’
Used braggs and found it too salty. Used plant milk and cashews to thicken. Omitted the oil.
I really don’t like the color it has, and I was like “OMG, I hate that color”, and then drowning my lettuce in it like a savage, and then almost drinking it alone directly and still “but the color…”. And now it’s in the fridge waiting for tomorrow’s salad and I’m thinking of buying a seal tight jar to store it longer. There, I said it: I REALLY really liked it, and I’m VERY glad you shared it. Complained about the color all the time though lol. Maybe cause I didn’t use enough soy sauce? I ran out of it.
hahah… the color… like the yellowy brown color?? 😀
yes! Maybe I’m not used to make my own dressings?
Add a heaping tablespoonful of miso and less tamari for a terrific dressing!