Low Sodium Salad Dressing: Kidney-Friendly Recipe
Eating more vegetables, like making delicious salads, is a great way to add more fiber and micronutrients like magnesium, zinc, iron and vitamin C to your diet. When it comes to making a kidney-friendly and heart healthy salad, remember that adding heart healthy fats and a low sodium dressing is key! This will help to manage your blood pressure, cholesterol, and kidney health. That’s why today, I’m going to share a few of my favorite homemade low sodium salad dressing recipes, plus I’m sharing store-bought low sodium dressings if you want something quick and easy!
6 Store-Bought Low Sodium Dressings
Having a bottle of store-bought salad dressing in your fridge can be helpful when you are wanting to include more vegetables into your diet. You can make salads as your main course, have it as a side or even use the dressings as a dip for an appetizer! These are 7 of my favorite low sodium dressings you can find at most grocery stores.
1. Annie’s Balsamic Vinaigrette
2. Cindy’s Kitchen Barcelona Vinaigrette
3. Bragg’s Oil-Free Vinaigrette
4. Bragg’s Vinaigrette
5. Bragg’s Ginger and Sesame
6. Field and Farmer Lemon Garlic Basil
7. Ken’s Sweet Vidalia Onion
Low Sodium Creamy Italian Dressing
This recipe is adapted from Spend with Pennies and is my favorite dressing of all time!
Ingredients:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- ¼ teaspoon dried basil
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
Low Sodium Creamy Italian Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp italian seasoning
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley
- 1/4 tsp dried basil
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a Ball jar or bowl
- Shake or mix until all ingredients are combined
- You can store in fridge for up to two weeks
Notes
Homemade low sodium balsamic dressing
Another one of my all-time favorites is this delicious balsamic dressing made with ingredients you likely already have in the pantry.
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup EVOO
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp honey
Homemade low sodium balsamic dressing
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup EVOO
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp honey
Instructions
- Add ingredients into a small bowl or Ball jar and mix until well-combined
Notes
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Thank you so much for these salad dressing recipes and commercial recommendations! It can be so frustrating to make a nice healthy salad only to face a conundrum of whether to ruin it with unhealthy high sodium dressing. You’ve given us so many good choices and variety! Thank you!
You’re so welcome Sharon! It can be so tough to find kidney friendly salad dressing options in the store.
Thank you for posting low sodium salad dressing options. I’m more of a creamy salad dressing gal, like blue cheese and a variety of ranch’s.
You’re welcome!! I like to suggest making ranch and blue cheese at home so you can control what’s in it! There are tons of great recipes online too. I really like spend with pennies salad dressing recipes!
Great article! I really appreciate the clear and detailed insights you’ve provided on this topic. It’s always refreshing to read content that breaks things down so well, making it easy for readers to grasp even complex ideas. I also found the practical tips you’ve shared to be very helpful. Looking forward to more informative posts like this! Keep up the good work!