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    Home » Recipes » Dressing, Sauces, and Seasoning

    Homemade Thousand Island Dressing

    Published: May 30, 2023 by seekinggoodeats · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Homemade Thousand Island Dressing is a 6 ingredient 5 minute quick and easy salad dressing to make. The perfect blend of tangy and sweet - and you'll love the hint of pickles. A healthy homemade dressing easily with sugar-free, low carb, and keto options! 🙂

    A jar of thousand island dressing and a green salad.
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    • Why It's The Best Thousand Island Dressing
    • Thousand Island Dressing Ingredients
    • How To Make Thousand Island Dressing
    • Helpful Tips
    • More Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes
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    Why It's The Best Thousand Island Dressing

    My family LOVED this creamy dressing. It has a ton of flavor and is so good. Tasty!

    It's Easy. With only a few simple ingredients and 5 minutes, you can make this sauce. I like to double or triple the recipe and keep some on hand. 

    It's Tasty. So much amazing flavor with just a few ingredients - love it!

    Keto Thousand Island Dressing

    The recipe nutritional value of this keto thousand island recipe is calculated using keto-friendly ingredients and 2 tablespoons of sauce. I made this recipe with sugar-free ketchup, avocado mayonnaise, and granulated monkfruit. You can reduce the net carbs even further by using only 1/2 tablespoon of onion.

    Thousand Island Dressing Ingredients

    Six ingredients needed for making homemade thousand island dressing.

    Here's what you'll need to make this thousand island dressing recipe:

    • Mayonnaise: use any favorite brand of mayo. If you are a keto follower be sure to check the label.
    • Dill Pickles
    • Onion
    • Unsweetened ketchup (keto-friendly ketchup); regular ketchup can be used just use less added sweetener.
    • Sweetener - use a 1:1 ratio granulated sugar substitute or regular sugar (if you are not following a low carb or keto diet.
    • Dill pickle juice

    How To Make Thousand Island Dressing

    Here are the steps for making the best thousand island dressing - it's super simple!

    Mixing the salad dressing ingredients in a small bowl.

    1. Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

    A fresh green salad topped with homemade thousand island dressing served on a white plate.

    2. Serve over a fresh green salad or use as a dip. Can be stored for up to 5 days in an airtight jar.

    Helpful Tips

    • Make-ahead to allow the flavors to blend more. This is not a necessity however - it will taste good anyway. 🙂
    • Finely dice the onions and dill pickles.
    • Keto followers: use unsweetened ketchup. If your ketchup is labeled sugar free, it is sweetened, and you will need to lower the sweetener added to the recipe.

    Be sure to pin this to Pinterest and save for later! 🙂

    Pintrest pin with a jar of homemade thousand island salad dressing.

    More Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes

    Here are some more homemade dressings to try:

    • Catalina French Salad Dressing (Sugar Free)
    • Creamy Dill Salad Dressing (Sugar Free Low Carb)
    • Low Carb Keto Italian Dressing Recipe
    • How To Make Blue Cheese Dressing
    • Avocado Dressing (Vegan Salad Dressing)
    • Authentic Tzatziki Recipe (Keto Low Carb)

    📋 Recipe

    A mason jar of thousand island dressing.

    Easy Thousand Island Dressing Recipe

    Homemade Thousand Island Dressing is a 6 ingredient 5 minute quick & easy delicious salad dressing to make. Bonus: you can easily make this low carb, sugar free, and keto-friendly!
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    Author Kori
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Dressing, Sauces, and Seasoning
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 138 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • ½ cup mayonnaise (keto: use keto-friendly mayo)
    • 2 tablespoons pickles (finely diced)
    • 1 tablespoon onion (finely diced)
    • 1 tablespoon ketchup (keto: use sugar free)
    • 2 teaspoons sugar (keto: use granulated monkfruit sweetener)
    • 1 teaspoons dill pickle juice

    Instructions
     

    • Mix all ingredients in a small bowl until blended.
    • Refrigerate until ready to use. Can be made up to 5 days ahead of time.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2tbspCalories: 138kcalCarbohydrates: 1.2gFat: 16gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 184mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.8g

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    Thousand Island dressing is so tasty and easy to make! Not just a salad dressing - it makes a great vegetable dip, a special sauce for burgers and fries. With just a few ingredients it's a super easy keto salad dressing recipe! This keto recipe is also low carb and sugar-free.  #saladdressing#thousandisland #keto #lowcarb #sugarfree #ketodressingrecipe #seekinggoodeats#dip #vegetabledip

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