Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
While having lunch with a friend recently, I had a green salad with lots of veggies drizzled with a wonderful creamy poppy seed dressing and it was so delicious. I found a recipe on Mom’s Need to Know that sounded really tasty. I adapted it a bit by using less sugar because we don’t like super sweet salad dressings. I re-created it for lunch today and it couldn’t have been easier to make because I had all of the ingredients on hand – I love it when that happens. The dressing was sweet, tangy, and creamy and tasted really fantastic over the crisp green salad. We finally had a sunny day today so eating this salad outside in the sunshine made it taste even better!
How to Make Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing
Combine the mayonnaise, milk, sour cream, apple cider vinegar, sugar, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, together in a bowl. Whisk until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow flavors to mingle. Serve drizzled over green salad loaded with your favorite veggies. Store tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to a week. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp milk
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2-3 tsp sugar to taste (more if desired)
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
- ½ - 1 tbsp poppy seeds to taste
Instructions
- Combine the mayonnaise, milk, sour cream, apple cider vinegar, sugar, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, together in a bowl.
- Whisk until well combined.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow flavors to mingle.
- Serve drizzled over green salad loaded with your favorite veggies.
- Store tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to a week. Enjoy!
Very nice recipe and I am glad you reduced the sugar. Poppy seed dressings are usually very sweet but this sounds just right.
I love poppy dressing, but usually make it with yoghurt. Gotta try it with sour cream next time. Looks super creamy.
That does sound yummy but I wonder if I can get poppy seeds here other that to plant in the garden!! Have a good weekend Diane
I love this, I love poppy seeds!!
I realize on reading this that I have never actually had poppy seed dressing!! Crazy. And need to change that.
In your picture it looks like the finished salad dressing filled a pint jar. I’m just curious, how much salad dressing did your finished recipe make? In my kitchen I use quart jars for everything. If your recipe makes a pint of salad dressing then doubling the recipe should make a quart of dressing. Please let me know at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully Yours, Dr. Saint James
Dr. Blair,
The recipe makes nearly 1 cup of dressing. I hope this helps.
-Pam