by Heidi Larsen Updated: Jun 25, 2025
This easy Greek salad dressing with olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, and dried herbs is one of my favorites to dress any salad and tastes so much better than store-bought.
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“This salad dressing is awesome. Easy to make and delicious to eat. Thank you!” ~Peggy, FoodieCrush reader
The Best Salad Dressings Are Often the Simplest!
Home cooks are too often conditioned to grabbing a bottle of store-bought dressing off the supermarket shelf. Where in reality, making a homemade salad dressing truly couldn’t be easier, takes hardly any skill, and is more economical too.
This super simple Greek salad dressing is a multi-functioning superhero. It’s amazingly good on simple greens and sliced onions for an everyday dinner salad. Or soaked into crisped veggies and tossed with feta in a Greek pasta salad. And it works wonders as a marinade for chickpeas, chicken, pork, or to drizzle on grilled vegetables or shrimp.
Honestly my husband’s favorite is simply drizzling it on slices of crisp cucumbers, and I’m partial to marinating blocks of feta in it. Yum.
This is the easy salad dressing that’s about to become a secret weapon to always keep on hand.
Enjoy! Heidi
My Top Secret Tips for Making Salad Dressing
- If your dressing hardens … Homemade salad dressing has a tendency to solidify when chilled. If your Greek dressing does this, just set it on the counter for 10 minutes and then give it a good shake before using it.
- Dried vs fresh herbs. I know Greek food traditionally uses lots of fresh herbs, but you want to stick to dried for this easy salad dressing recipe. Dried herbs are a lot more flavorful and won’t go bad before you use up all of this dressing.
- Season before using. Give this salad dressing a taste to see if it needs more salt or pepper before drizzling it over your salad. Dressing is easier to flavor before it’s mixed into a dish.
This Greek Dressing Has a Quick, 5-Minute Prep
For super fast and easy assembly, I like to measure the following ingredients into a mason jar so all I have to do is shake, shake, shake — and the salad dressing is done.
- Olive oil: Don’t skimp when it comes to choosing your olive oil! Extra virgin olive oil is the usual choice.
- Red wine vinegar: Choose a bottle without sediment at the bottom. Vinegars range in their acidity.
- Dried herbs and spices: Dried oregano, thyme, and mustard rein in their Greek godliness here. Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper round out the rest.
- Garlic: I use fresh garlic that’s pressed or minced, but if you don’t have a clove on hand, use 1 teaspoon garlic powder instead.
- Sugar (optional): If your dressing tastes too pungent, add a pinch or two of sugar to mellow out the vinegar-ness.
Heidi’s Tip: Because there are so few ingredients in this recipe, be sure to use the best quality you can afford since there’s nothing to mask the taste of each one.
If you make this recipe, please let me know! Leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating below, leave a comment to tell us what you think, and tag me on Instagram @foodiecrush.
Homemade Greek Salad Dressing Recipe
Make a double batch of this dressing to have on hand for salads all week long! You can also use it to flavor roast vegetable or as a chicken marinade.
Course Salad
Cuisine Greek
Keyword Greek salad dressing
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 125kcal
Ingredients
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 1 small clove garlic , pressed or minced
- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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Combine the olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, dry mustard, thyme, oregano and salt and pepper in a small bowl or jar and whisk or shake the dressing well.
Notes
Storage: This dressing will last for at least 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Calories: 125kcal | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.5mg
Salads That Work With This Greek Salad Dressing
- Greek Chicken Gyro Salad
- Greek Salad With Avocado
- Greek Pasta Salad
- Greek Cobb Salad
- Greek Salad with Chicken
- Greek Chickpea Salad
- Greek Potato Salad
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