Orange Salad Dressing

Our quick and easy orange salad dressing recipe is fresh, sweet, tangy and incredibly simple to make in a mason jar. The burst of citrus flavour will elevate even just a bowl of fresh leafy greens into something delicious.

Why You’ll Love Our Orange Salad Dressing

Combining orange juice with apple cider vinegar and maple syrup results in this orange maple dressing that is light, refreshing, slightly tangy, slightly sweet, and utterly delicious.

This is a bright salad dressing with orange juice that is great for roasted vegetables like sweet potato, butternut squash and carrots, as well as steamed spring greens, leafy spinach salads or grain bowls.

Just like our orange juice vinaigrette recipe, the citrusy orange flavours will help uplift and add freshness to the ingredients. It will also add natural sweetness with fragrant citrus overtones.

I love how simple it is to make in a mason jar or salad dressing bottle in a matter of mere minutes. Our homemade salad dressing recipes can also be effortlessly halved or even doubled to accommodate any number of people.

No preservatives, all natural homemade maple orange vinaigrette that you have to add to your mason jar salad dressing repertoire.

What Pairs Well with Orange?

Certain flavours work better with others, and it is always good to know your pairings so you can easily match up our maple orange salad dressing. 

Oranges naturally gravitate towards other citrus fruits like grapefruit and lemons but also work well with nutty flavours like almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts.

I love using oranges with fennel and slightly more piquant vegetables like arugula, endive and radicchio. The sweet flavours of oranges help soften the bitterness of these vegetables. 

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients you will need to make this orange salad dressing:

• Olive oil: Any olive oil or even extra virgin olive oil of your choice. Make sure it’s a good one!

• Apple cider vinegar:  A staple ingredient to have for making all sorts of salad dressing ingredients. Try the Bragg Organic Raw Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar or Trader Joe’s Organic Raw ACV.

• Orange juice: Stick to the regular varieties such as the Valencia or Navel oranges. They are usually sweet and have plenty of juice.

• Maple syrup: Everyone has their own favourites but if you’re not usually a maple syrup consumer, you can certainly try these popular varieties: Butternut Mountain Farm Pure Vermont Maple Syrup or Maple Grove Farms Pure Maple Syrup. 

• Salt & pepper: Just a pinch of both will suffice.

Variations and Substitutions

Apple cider vinegar alternatives: Most vinegars will work with this dressing including white vinegar, champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar. 

Maple syrup substitute: if you don’t require a vegan salad dressing, you can substitute maple syrup with honey.

Additional ingredients: You can treat this orange salad dressing as a base and build on it with other ingredients to make it your own. Try finely chopped shallots, parsley or Dijon mustard to boost the flavours. 

Instructions

Here are the step by step instructions for how to make this orange salad dressing:

Add orange juice, apple cider vinegar, olive oil and maple syrup in a mason jar. 

Season with salt and pepper and shake well to combine.

How to Store

Store in jar with an airtight lid in the fridge for up to 3 days. 

Best Salad for This Dressing

Vegan Pumpkin Salad with Toasted Pecans

Roasted sweet pumpkin together with nutty black rice and a crunchy toasted pecan crumb. This combination makes a hearty vegan salad with a whole lot of delicious textures.