This homemade caesar salad dressing without raw anchovies puts store-bought dressings to shame!
Since I became a vegetarian about four years ago, I’ve really missed out on good caesar salads when I can’t find a good recipe without anchovies. So, I decided to make my own! I recently got a new KitchenAid Food Processor (I’m in love) and I used it to whip up this homemade caesar salad dressing in just a few minutes. And let me tell you… this dressing has BROUGHT ME LIFE!!!
Why Anchovy-Free?
It’s really easy to forget that some foods have animal products in them when they aren’t the main feature. Case in point: most store-bought caesar salad dressing doesn’t taste particularly fishy (compared to the kind made in-house at restaurant), but most of them have anchovies in them still. I’ve found a fewwwwww store-bought caesar dressings without anchovies, but none of them satisfied me in quite the way I wanted them to.
Here are all the ingredients before they got processed!
And then this recipe came into my life.
I’m so so so happy with it, and I could seriously eat it out of the jar by the spoonful. If you have a food processor, try this ASAP and you won’t miss the anchovies! Pinky swear. I should note, this recipe calls for Worcestershire sauce, and the classic kind usually has anchovies in it, but I use a generic brand with no anchovies.
I buy the Compliments brand Worcestershire from Safeway that doesn’t have fish in it. If you want a totally fish-free recipe, be sure to look for a Worcestershire sauce without fish too.
Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing WITHOUT Anchovies
This homemade caesar salad dressing takes just a few minutes to prepare, has no raw anchovies, and it’ll have you wondering why caesar salad dressing needs anchovies in the first place!
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Hope you love it!
xo – C
Your Worcestershire Sauce has Fish is it – FYI. I was hoping I found a recipe I could eat when I saw anchovy free! I miss Caesar salad, but the Worcestershire sauce has just enough fish in it to kill me. Not many realize this.
Hi Karen! Thanks for your comment. Not sure if you saw my note in the post specifically talking about how I use a generic brand that doesn’t have fish in it. I know a lot of people skip right to the recipe so I totally understand these things get missed. 🙂 I get mine at Safeway and it’s a brand called Compliments. I’ll add another note right in the recipe section too.
I also found a link for a vegan Worcestershire that can be made at home. Hope that helps! https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/how-to-make-your-own-fish-free-worcestershire-sauce-at-home/