Are you looking for vegan sauce recipes to level up salads, vegetable side dishes, or pasta? You've come to the right place! These delightful plant-based sauces and dressings are easy to make, healthy, fresh, and vibrant.
We've listed 25 of our best sauces and dips that will help you dress your next healthy meal, such as pesto, vinaigrette, mayo, sour cream and zesty dressings. Browse through this list, and take your pick: these vibrant sauces will make those greens pop and add extra nutrition to your meal.

Vegan Sauce Recipes
Mustard Dressing
The first recipe on our list is this basic mustard and lemon vinaigrette, perfect for salads and vegetable side dishes. It makes simple veggies pop, try it on steamed asparagus and roasted bell pepper and taste the difference.
Italian Dressing
Homemade Italian dressing is a simple vinaigrette recipe to add flavor, freshness, and aroma to many salads. A classic dressing that levels up green salads and pasta salads immediately.
Vegan Sour Cream
Sour cream is perfect on potatoes, with soups, and as a dip with nachos. Try this velvety creamy version with your next meal!
Marinara Sauce
This marinara sauce is easy, versatile, and perfect with pizza, pasta, and mains. It's a simple base recipe that is a lifesaver if you're short on time and need dinner on the table.
Vegan Mayo
This guide for vegan mayo will teach you the tips and tricks of mayonnaise. It's tasty, versatile, and so easy to make that you can do it in literally 1 minute with 6 simple ingredients.
Eggplant Dip - Baba Ganoush
A scrumptious dip with a velvety and creamy texture, this eggplant dip is perfect with crostini, pita bread, and fresh veggies.
Vegan Basil Pesto
We'll show you how to make the best vegan pesto with basil. Then we demonstrate how easy it is to change the flavoring ingredient and make pesto with your favorite herbs and veggies.
Olive Tapenade
Technically not a sauce, but this olive tapenade spread deserves a spot on this list. It's perfect with crostini as an easy appetizer and great in sandwiches too!
Tahini Sauce
Ready in 5 mins with just 5 ingredients! Rich, creamy, nutty, and nutritious, tahini sauce is a favorite drizzle-on everything sauce. We love it with this crispy tofu salad.
Carrot Ginger Dressing
Refreshing, healthy, and bright, this carrot ginger dressing is perfect for salads and ready in 5 mins in a blender.
Italian Salsa Verde
Refreshing, vibrant, and aromatic, this Italian salsa verde is wonderful with roasted, steamed, and fresh veggies.
White Bean Dip
Our aromatic and mega-easy bean dip is perfect for game night and an appetizer platter. Serve with crackers or toasted bread and a sprinkle of sage on top.
Guacamole
Simple, easy, and endlessly creamy. This is an amazing guacamole recipe that takes only minutes to make. Made with avocado, lime juice, and salt.
Chimichurri Recipe
Another tex mex favorite on our list is this herby chimichurri sauce. It's wonderful on roasted, baked, and steamed veggies and as a bold marinade for legumes too!
Vegan Tzatziki
Perfect for the summer: BBQs, grilling, and hot evenings. Vegan Tzatziki sauce is easy! All you need is non-dairy yogurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and dill, and just over 15 minutes to make this irresistible recipe.
Green Goddess Dressing
Green goddess dressing is a creamy salad dressing made with plenty of fresh herbs. Brighten up your healthy meals with this green sauce favorite!
Spinach Pesto (Vegan Recipe)
This spinach pesto with tofu is an easy recipe that you can make in 5 minutes in a blender. It's a great protein-rich sauce with pasta, or as a spread in a sandwich or wrap.
Vegan White Sauce - Easy Vegan Béchamel
Perfect with pasta bakes, lasagna, and as a sauce. In our vegan white sauce, we use olive oil and plant milk to make a sauce that is as delicious and versatile as the original béchamel.
Quick Chipotle Sauce
This easy chipotle sauce takes 2 minutes to make and it's literally good on anything. From french fries to baked vegetables, nachos, fajitas, and flatbread pizza.
Cilantro Lime Dressing
Make this dressing in 5 minutes with 7 ingredients in a blender. This recipe is healthy, dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and perfect to brighten up your favorite meal.
Romesco Sauce
The perfect condiment for everything grilled. You can make a quick romesco in 5 minutes with pantry staples, or a more authentic one in about 45. We'll show you 2 versions.
Artichoke Pesto
Artichoke pesto is creamy, mild, earthy, and with a delicate artichoke flavor. It's quick and easy to make with jarred artichoke hearts and fresh basil.
Parsley Pesto
This Parsley Pesto is a simple recipe that’s made in 5 minutes in a food processor. It’s so fast and easy to make, and it tastes really delicious on almost anything!
Red Pepper Pesto
Red pepper pesto is possibly one of the most flavorful pestos you'll ever try. Made with jarred roasted red peppers and sun-dried tomatoes, this red pesto packs a punch.
Zucchini Pesto
Zucchini pesto might seem unusual but it's actually a delicious, light, and creamy pesto sauce you can make in 5 minutes with simple ingredients.
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
You can make this pesto with most blenders, and a few pantry ingredients. We even keep it dairy-free so that most people can enjoy it. This red pesto is a must-try!
Arugula Pesto
Refreshing and bright green! This light and healthy recipe for arugula pesto tastes wonderful over pasta and can also be used in other ways. We keep the recipe dairy-free so that anyone can enjoy it.
Chili Oil
It's a quick and simple recipe that allows you to make spicy chili oil from scratch in just over 10 minutes. A pungent Italian version of the original chili oil, perfect with roasted veggies.
HOW TO SERVE VEGAN SAUCES:
Serve your choice of vegan sauce, dressing, or dip with a vegetable side or salads:
- Pick a healthy salad with our 25 best vegan salads.
- Serve plant-based protein with our easy tofu recipes.
- Pair with chickpeas and get a healthy serving of carbs with vegan chickpea recipes.
- Get an extra serving of veggies with your choice of mushroom, artichoke, zucchini, or asparagus recipes.
- Get more dinner ideas with our 35 best vegan beginner recipes.
- Go raw with these 30 raw vegan recipes you need to try.
HOW TO STORE VEGAN SAUCES
Store these sauces and dressings in an air-tight container in the fridge. Eat within 2-3 days of making them, but they are best and freshest on the day of preparing them.
For pesto sauces, use straight away or refrigerate immediately to prevent them from turning brown due to oxidation. If you want to keep it for longer, then freeze it. Pesto freezes well for up to 6 months. Put it in a small jar or in ice cube trays to have smaller portions at hand.
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