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Creamy Roasted-Garlic-Style Avocado Dressing

A thick, silky avocado dressing with mellow garlic, bright lemon and a fresh hit of parsley and green onion, ideal spooned over warm roasted vegetables.

Creamy Roasted-Garlic-Style Avocado Dressing

Ingredients

  • 1 cup diced150 gAvocadoripe, pitted and scooped
  • 3 oz80 gPlain Greek yogurt, nonfat
  • 2 tbsp30 gLemon juice
  • 2 cloves6 gGarlicsmashed
  • 2½ tbsp chopped10 gFresh parsleyleaves and tender stems
  • 1 medium15 gGreen onionsroughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp15 gOlive oil
  • ¼ cup60 gWatercold
  • ¼ tsp1.5 gSalt
  • ¼ tsp0.5 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Prepare first: smash the garlic, roughly chop the green onion, pick the parsley, and halve, pit and scoop the avocado.
  2. Add the lemon juice, garlic and salt to the blender and let sit 2 minutes to soften the garlic's bite.
  3. Add the avocado, Greek yogurt, parsley, green onion, olive oil and black pepper to the blender.
  4. Pour in half of the cold water and blend until smooth, scraping down the sides once.
  5. Add the remaining half of the water a little at a time, blending until the dressing is thick but pourable.
  6. Spoon over roasted vegetables right away, or press plastic wrap onto the surface and refrigerate up to 1 day.

Contains: Milk.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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