Creamy Salsa Dressing

This creamy salsa sauce is a quick thing: it makes a healthy salad dressing in 2 minutes! Let yourself be surprised.

Here’s a tip every home cook should know: Creamy salsa sauce! This dressing takes 2 minutes to make and has great savory flavor with a minimal list of ingredients. It’s ideal for preparing bowls or a large taco salad. The best part? Thanks to a secret ingredient, it’s very low in calories. This healthy dressing has many benefits, and we love making it as a quick fix for a side salad or as a drizzle for a bowl on weekdays.

Ingredients for creamy salsa sauce

This creamy salsa sauce has few ingredients for big flavor! In fact, you only need four ingredients plus salt. Here’s the quick ingredient list (or jump to the recipe below):

• red salsaMild or medium: Of course you can use any salsa you like
• greek yogurt
• sour cream (or 2 tablespoons mayonnaise)
• Hot sauce (we love cholula)

Why Use Greek Yogurt?

Greek yogurt is our top choice for creamy dips and dressings for a number of reasons. That’s why it’s worth going to the store for this bandage:

• greek yogurt has a creamy texture and a pungent taste. It’s as good as sour cream, the traditional ingredient in creamy salad dressings.
• Greek yogurt contains significantly fewer calories than sour cream. It cuts calories by a third: 1 cup of sour cream has 445 calories compared to 1 cup of Greek yogurt, which has 100 calories.
• This dressing has only 18 calories per tablespoon. This is unheard of in the vinaigrette field! Here you need another dash of sour cream; It is useful to add richness and fat.

Some swaps and variations

Maybe you don’t want to stock up on both Greek yogurt and sour cream for this creamy salsa sauce, or maybe you want a dairy-free swap? Here are a few ideas:

• Replace sour cream with mayonnaise. You can use 2 tablespoons mayonnaise instead of ¼ cup sour cream.
• Use vegan yogurt and vegan mayonnaise. It works if you have brands you like.
• Better yet, try half salsa and half cashew cream. Cashew Cream is a deliciously creamy homemade vegan sour cream substitute. Worth making a batch!

Ways to serve creamy salsa sauce

This creamy salsa sauce is perfect with a taco salad, but there are so many other ways to use it! Here are a few ideas: