Nutritional yeast, alongside apple cider vinegar and garlic, gives this dressing an umami-rich flavor you can’t resist. You’ll find yourself wanting to drizzle it on everything!

I’m a huge fan of homemade dressings and have posted a ton over the years! One of my favorites has always been this oil-free zesty tahini dressing with nutritional yeast. And this nutritional yeast dressing is a spin-off of that one, only without the tahini and even more nutritional yeast. I originally created it as a dressing for my kale and cabbage salad, but honestly it’s delicious on just about anything. I like using it as a drizzle for steamed veggies and as a dip for baked chicken tenders.

What is Nutritional Yeast?

Nutritional yeast is an inactive yeast made from molasses. It’s yellow in color and sold as flakes, granules or powder and can be found in the spice section or bulk bins of health food stores. I typically buy Bob’s Red Mill large flakes from Thrive Market.

Nutritional yeast has the word “nutritional” in its name for a reason! It is a complete protein – meaning it has all nine essential acids that we need! It is also high in protein (2g per tablespoon) so is a great way for vegetarians and vegans to add high-quality protein to their diet.

It’s also is high in B vitamins, specifically vitamin B-12! Vitamin B-12 is needed for a variety of body functions, including red blood cell creation, DNA production, energy metabolism and healthy nervous system functionality. It’s naturally found in animal products, so vegans can become deficient if they aren’t supplementing (or eating nutritional yeast).

How to Make Nutritional Yeast Dressing

Making a homemade dressing with nutritional yeast is super easy! For this dressing, we’re simply adding the nutritional yeast, apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos,  garlic and ground pepper to a blender and blending until smooth. Slowly add in the olive oil with the blender on low. If you don’t have a blender, you can mince your garlic really well and whisk all of the ingredients together in a bowl!

More Homemade Dressings You’ll Enjoy

• Oil-Free Zesty Tahini Dressing
• Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
• Apple Cider Vinegar Dressing
• Tomatillo Avocado Dressing
• Avocado Caesar Dressing
• Chili Almond Dressing

If you make this nutritional yeast dressing, be sure to leave a comment and star rating below letting me know how it turns out. Your feedback is so helpful for the EBF team and other readers. 

Creamy Nutritional Yeast Dressing

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★★★★★

4.7 from 10 reviews

• Author: Brittany Mullins
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 1 1/3 cups
• Diet: Vegan

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Description

Nutritional yeast, alongside apple cider vinegar and garlic, gives this dressing an umami-rich flavor you can’t resist. You’ll find yourself wanting to drizzle it on everything! 

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Ingredients

• 1 cup nutritional yeast
• 1/3 cup + 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup coconut aminos (or low-sodium tamari or soy sauce)
• 3 cloves garlic
• pinch of sea salt
• ground pepper, to taste
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil*

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Instructions

1. Combine all dressing ingredients except olive oil into a blender. Blend until smooth and slowly add in the olive oil, with the blender on a low setting.
2. I prefer making this dressing in a blender because it gets extra smooth and creamy, but if don’t have a blender you can easily make it by whisking all the ingredients together as well. Just make sure you mince your garlic really well.

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Notes

• For an oil-free dressing you can use water in place of the oil. The dressing won’t be as creamy, but still delicious.

• Category: Dressing
• Method: Blender
• Cuisine: American

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 2 Tablespoons
• Calories: 95
• Sugar: 1g
• Sodium: 110mg
• Fat: 7g
• Saturated Fat: 1g
• Carbohydrates: 5g
• Fiber: 1g
• Protein: 3g

Keywords: nutritional yeast dressing