Thermomix Dressings · How To
The simplest way to eat more veg? Keep a good dressing on hand, made in minutes in your Thermomix.
Here is the simplest trick I know for eating more vegetables: put a good dressing on them. It is the difference between a sad bowl of plain leaves and a side everyone comes back for. Whether you are feeding yourself or trying to get the kids to eat their greens, the right dressing turns “I should eat this” into “I actually want to eat this”.
The catch is that a dressing only helps if it is already made and waiting in the fridge. Making one from scratch on a tired weeknight is the step that quietly never happens, so the meal ends up bland or you reach for something else. Make your dressing ahead on the weekend, and a delicious dinner is only minutes away.
A purchased dressing is never as good as a homemade one (and don't get me started on the added ingredients). The good news is your Thermomix whips up a big batch in seconds, so a jar of something brilliant is always within reach. Here are the dressings I keep on rotation, and the cookbooks they live in.
The Cookbooks
Where these dressings live
Every dressing below is a recipe for your Thermomix from one of these four cookbooks. Tap through to whichever one calls your name.
Alyce's Heavy Rotation
21 everyday real-food recipes, home of my best-ever salad dressing.
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Thermo Cooker Fresh Favourites
93 fresh, seasonal recipes, including my zingy mustard and miso dressings.
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Quick Fix: Every Occasion
110 recipes for every occasion, home of my sesame and tahini dressing and balsamic reduction.
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Everyday Thermo Cooking
Over 100 everyday recipes, including my creamy ranch and Vietnamese-style dressings.
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How long do homemade dressings keep?
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Oil, vinegar & mustard
No dairy or egg, so these keep for weeks, even months, sealed in the fridge. Your everyday workhorses.
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Tahini based
All the creaminess of a dairy dressing, but it keeps far longer. The clever middle ground.
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Creamy & dairy
The most delicious and the most fragile. Make these when you will use them within a few days.
Let's Make Dressings
Six dressings to make in your Thermomix
Best-ever salad dressing
Olive oil, vinegar and Australian mustard, shaken into a deli-worthy staple. My favourite, it keeps almost indefinitely and goes on everything, not just salad.
Find it in Alyce's Heavy Rotation →
Zingy mustard dressing
Tangy, creamy and sweet, with no dairy or egg, so you can make a big batch and call on it for months. Lovely tossed through veg before roasting, too.
Find it in Thermo Cooker Fresh Favourites →
Sesame and tahini dressing
Creamy with a nutty, savoury edge and no dairy, so it keeps beautifully. From my soba noodle salad, but brilliant over roast veg and grain bowls.
Find it in Quick Fix: Every Occasion →
Miso dressing
Deep, savoury and umami, it makes even plain steamed greens taste like a restaurant side. From my spring salad.
Find it in Thermo Cooker Fresh Favourites →
Creamy ranch dressing
The crowd-pleaser. Smother plain leaves in ranch and everyone is back for seconds. A dairy dressing, so make it fresh and enjoy within a few days.
Find it in Everyday Thermo Cooking →
Vietnamese-style dressing
Fresh, herby and bright, with that classic balance of sweet, sour and a little heat. It brings my Vietnamese trout salad to life and lifts any crunchy salad.
Find it in Everyday Thermo Cooking →
Bonus: a simple balsamic reduction
Not a dressing exactly, but a drizzle over roast veg, tomatoes or a watermelon and feta salad levels up almost any savoury dish, adding flavour and a little fancy. You will find one in Quick Fix: Every Occasion.
Find it in Quick Fix: Every Occasion →In The Kitchen
Come and cook with us
Here is a little peek inside our kitchen for some Thermomix inspiration.
And for the pantry half of the flavour-maker trick, my Flavour Bomb Salts do the same job as a good dressing, just sprinkled instead of poured.
Want to get more from your Thermomix?
The right recipes are everything. My cookbooks are full of doable, delicious, real-food recipes that help you cook more from scratch and waste less, dressings and all. Grab the bundle and you will be set for years.
