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Lemon Tahini Dressing

Modified: May 9, 2025 · Published: Apr 15, 2021 by Gigi & Sersie · This post may contain affiliate links.

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This Lemon Tahini Dressing is full of flavor and fabulous on Air Fryer Falafel, Vegan Mediterranean Pizza, salads, and grain bowls. This tasty five-ingredient sauce adds instant yumminess and nutrition.

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  • Why You'll Love This Recipe
  • Lemon Tahini Dressing Ingredients
  • How to Make This Sauce
  • Pro Tips
  • Serving Suggestions
  • Other Dressing Recipes to Check Out
  • Epic Tahini Lemon Garlic Sauce

This lemon tahini dressing is your new go-to creamy dressing—zesty, garlicky, and smooth with a rich depth of flavor.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

🌿 Creamy and luscious without any oil—thanks to tahini (ground sesame seeds)

🍋 Bright and zesty flavor from fresh lemon juice that wakes up your taste buds

🧄 Garlicky kick adds depth and boldness to any dish

🥗 Perfect for kale salads, Buddha bowls, wraps, and roasted veggies

🌱 Whole food, plant-based, and vegan—ideal for healthy lifestyles

🕒 Quick and easy to make—ready in under 5 minutes

🧴 Stores well in the fridge, making it great for meal prep

💧 Customizable texture—thicken it for a dip or thin it for a pourable dressing

🧘🏽‍♀️ No refined oils or additives—just clean, nourishing ingredients

Lemon Tahini Dressing Ingredients

Ingredients for the lemon tahini dressing: tahini, lemon, garlic, and apple cider vinegar.

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Tahini (ground sesame seeds): The base of the dressing, tahini is made from ground sesame seeds and delivers a rich, nutty flavor and creamy texture. It's wildly popular in Mediterranean dishes and is a rich source of the trace mineral copper, which helps with iron absorption and supports healthy bones. Tahini is also a key ingredient in our garlic hummus, black eyed pea hummus, and our vegan chocolate sauce.

Lemon: Freshly squeezed lemon juice brings a bright, zesty acidity that balances the richness of tahini. Lemon is a good source of vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that supports immune system health, collagen production, and iron absorption. If you want to lean into lemon, check out our homemade lemon and ginger juice shots.

A full ingredient list with exact amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

How to Make This Sauce

Tahini being poured into the bullet blender cup with other ingredients.

Step 1

Add all lemon, garlic, water, apple cider vinegar and tahini in a mini bullet blender cup. 

Lemon tahini dressing being blended in a mini bullet blender.

Step 2

Blend until smooth and creamy, about 10 to 20 seconds. Salt to taste and enjoy!

Pro Tips

  • Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to four days. 
  • The sauce will thicken some in the refrigerator. Add more water for a thinner consistency.
  • The garlic is strong, so if you prefer more of a mild garlic flavor, you can roast by wrapping a few cloves in foil and baking for 30 minutes at 375°F before adding them to the mini bullet blender.
  • You could substitute with ¼ to ½ teaspoon of garlic powder.

Serving Suggestions

  • Great on salads, like our rainbow salad, kale and quinoa salad, and arugula quinoa salad.
  • Use it as a dip for air fryer falafel, or veggies in our healthy girl dinner.
  • Drizzle it on pizza, like our personal veggie pizza and vegan Mediterranean pizza.
  • Pour it on grain bowls, like our chickpea sweet potato buddha bowl.
Lemon tahini dressing being poured on a salad with air fryer falafel.

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  • Jalapeno lime aioli in a mason jar with wooden spoon.
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    Easy Green Goddess Dressing (VEGAN, OIL FREE)
  • side view close up of a mason jar with balsamic vinaigrette dressing and mixed greens salad blurred in the background
    Balsamic Vinaigrette

We hope you love this tahini lemon garlic sauce as much as we do. Please rate and leave a comment below. Be sure to share a picture on Instagram and tag us @danielsplaterecipes so we can see your creation!

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Epic Tahini Lemon Garlic Sauce

5 from 1 vote
Course: Sauces
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 62kcal
Author: Gigi & Sersie
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This Lemon Tahini Dressing is full of flavor and fabulous on Air Fryer Falafel, Vegan Mediterranean Pizza, salads, and grain bowls. This tasty five-ingredient sauce adds instant yumminess and nutrition.

Equipment

  • 1 mini bullet blender

Ingredients  

  • ¼ cup tahini
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • ¼ tsp salt or taste
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Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a mini bullet blender.
  • Blend until smooth and creamy. Salt to taste. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. The sauce will thicken some in the refrigerator. Add more water for a thinner consistency.
  2. Store leftovers in an airtight container for up to five days. 

Nutrition

Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 55mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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Gigi & Sersie

Gigi Carter and Sersie Blue have over 25 years of combined experience in plant-based nutrition and health coaching. Their passion for healthy eating inspired them to create Daniel’s Plate, a recipe site focused on whole food, plant-based meals.

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  1. Gigi

    May 12, 2025 at 11:39 am

    5 stars
    This sauce is so tasty and versatile. It has just the right amount of twang and you can adjust the consistency based on how much water you add.

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