Calling all lemon lovers, this simple, oil free, Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is velvety, dreamy, and bursting with fresh lemony goodness; it is sure to make your taste buds come alive with the first bite. Perfectly tangy, and zingy, this dressing is healthy and utterly delicious making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe.

Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar, gluten free, and no highly processed ingredients.

Hi there, Ameera here!

This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday is so incredibly delicious. I absolutely love this simple, fresh, and flavorful dressing.  It goes perfectly with everything from salads to fresh fruit to veggies.  It’s super easy to make and the delightful lemon goodness simply can’t be beat.

Lemon Lovers

This is the dressing for all those lemon lovers out there. Bright, lively flavors of lemon shine in this tasty dressing. The best part is the lemon flavor levels can be adjusted to fit your personal preference. This creamy dressing can handle vivacious bursts of lemony goodness or light, subtle lemon flavors. Wherever you fall on the lemon lover spectrum, this dressing can easily be adjusted to fit your taste.

Summer Salad

We made a beautiful Summer salad with this dressing, and we quickly found ourselves making it over and over again.  Here’s how we constructed it:

• Bed of mixed greens
• Carrot ribbons
• Cucumber slices
• Strawberry slices
• Blueberries
• Red onion slices
• Hemp seeds
• Pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
• Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

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Whip it up Wednesday

As you already know, every Wednesday, we feature a quick and easy recipe that can be “whipped up” in 20 minutes or less.  This salad dressing recipe can be made in less than 20 minutes which really helps speed things up in the kitchen.  This Vegan Creamy Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is creamy, lemony, healthy and delicious, boasting no oil, no processed ingredients, and no refined sugar.  Give it a try!  It is awesome!

We hope you enjoy our new Whip It Up Wednesday quick and easy ideas!

We hope you give this recipe a go!  If you try this tasty dressing, we would love to know if you enjoy it as much as we do! Please leave us a review! Post a picture on Facebook or Instagram and tag us!  We would love to hear from you.

Products Used:

• Whisk or High-speed blender

Vegan Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

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• Author: Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures
• Prep Time: 5 Minutes
• Cook Time: 10 Minutes
• Total Time: 15 Minutes
• Yield: About 3/4 Cup 1x
• Category: Dressing
• Method: Stovetop
• Cuisine: American

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Description

Calling all lemon lovers, this simple, oil free, Vegan Creamy Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing is velvety, dreamy, and bursting with fresh lemony goodness; it is sure to make your taste buds come alive with the first bite. Perfectly tangy, and zingy, this dressing is healthy and utterly delicious making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe.

Whole Food Plant Based, vegan, plant based, oil free, refined sugar, gluten free, and no highly processed ingredients.

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Ingredients

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• 1/3 cup raw cashews
• 3 to 4 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice *
• 2 Tablespoons unsweetened plain plant milk
• 1 Tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons organic maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon white miso
• ½ teaspoon ground mustard powder
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt (+/- to taste)

Other Ingredients:

• Pinch to ½ teaspoon lemon zest *
• 1 Tablespoon poppy seeds

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Instructions

1. Place the cashews into a small pot, cover with water, and boil for 10 minutes. After boiling, strain and rinse under cold water.
2. Add all the Ingredients into a high-speed blender (except the poppy seeds and lemon zest) and blend on high for one minute or until creamy and smooth. Then stir in the poppy seeds and lemon zest. Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Notes

*Lemon Juice/Lemon Zest:  We recommend squeezing fresh lemons to get a more fresh flavor, but you can also use bottled lemon juice. If you prefer a more creamy, less lemony dressing, scale back the lemon juice to 3 Tablespoons and use just a pinch of lemon zest.  The beauty of this dressing is that you can pour it into a small bowl (after blending) and adjust the lemon flavor accordingly by stirring in more lemon juice and lemon zest. Start with the lower amounts and increase accordingly. We also suggest taste testing the dressing by dipping a piece of lettuce or spinach into the dressing to gain a full understanding of what the end result will taste like and adjust as needed. You can always add more flavor, but you can’t take away.

*Miso:  We used Miso Master Organic Mellow White Premium Lite Miso, Certified Gluten Free.  Miso really lends itself to balancing flavors when you don’t use oil. You can also substitute with chickpea miso for a soy free version.

*Sea Salt:  Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.

*Storage:  Refrigerate, use within 5 days.

This post contains affiliate links, and we may receive a very small commission if you purchase through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures! For more information, see our disclosures here.