This Keto Thousand Island Dressing is perfect for topping keto salads, spreading with keto bread, or making Big Mac or Reuben sandwiches at home! Bonus, this sugar-free salad dressing is gluten-free and paleo.
Thousand Island dressing is an American salad dressing made primarily of mayonnaise, ketchup, orange juice, paprika, pickles, and Tabasco. A delicious creamy orange sauce for dipping salads and raw vegetables.
Ingredients and substitutions
To make the keto Thousand Island Dressing recipe, you’ll need:
Mayonnaise – Not all mayonnaise jars are keto-friendly. Because vegetable oils are not allowed on the keto diet. Choose avocado oil mayonnaise or olive oil mayonnaise for the best keto option. Sugar-Free Ketchup – Follow along with our homemade ketchup recipe or use the store-bought version. You can also use tomato paste in place of sugar-free ketchup if you prefer. Lemon Juice or Apple Cider Vinegar Erythritol – Mimics the flavor of classic Worcestershire sauce, which is usually added in a thousand dressing recipes to add a touch of sweetness combined with the above vinegars and lemon juice. In fact, Worcestershire sauce is high in sugar and carbohydrates, so it’s best to avoid it on a keto diet. Tabasco sauce or hot sauce for a spicy dressing is optional. Dill Pickles – The usual recipe uses a sweet pickle relish that contains sugar. For this keto version, we recommend dill pickles, which have no added sugar. White onion – finely chopped. salt and pepper
How to make keto Thousand Island Dressing
Decorating your own Thousand Islands at home is easy.

All you need to do is combine all the simple ingredients below in a small bowl until creamy!

Like many salad dressings, flavors develop in the refrigerator, so store the sauce in a sealed glass mason jar in the refrigerator and wait at least an hour or overnight to appreciate all its flavors.
Storage instructions
Store the keto salad dressing in a sealed jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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FAQ
No, authentic Thousand Islands dressing from the grocery store is not keto-friendly. Contains ingredients high in carbohydrates and sugar.
– sugar
– Modified starch or corn thickener.
– Vegetable oil – Most store-bought salad dressings are made with canola oil. These processed oils are not recommended on a keto diet.
As a question, there is a Thousand Islands dressing on the keto diet. For the store-bought version, the answer is no, but for the homemade Thousand Island Dressing recipe, the answer is 100% yes!
Store-bought dressings contain 3.8 grams to 5 grams of net carbohydrates per 2 tablespoons. This amount of net carbs sounds small, but it quickly adds up to a keto diet that limits daily net carbs to 20-25 grams. However, our homemade Thousand Island Keto recipe only has 0.6 grams of net carbs per 2 tablespoons!
Both salad dressings are quite similar. Both are made with mayonnaise and ketchup as the base ingredients. However, Russian salad dressing uses horseradish instead of sweet pickles and chili sauce.
Yes, you can! Use this recipe and replace the mayonnaise with egg-free mayonnaise. There are many healthy vegan mayonnaise recipes available in stores made with Aquafaba, Chickpea Brine. Although chickpeas are not keto-friendly, 1 cup of chickpea brine contains only 2 grams of net carbs and makes a delicious vegan keto mayonnaise.
More Keto Salad Dressing Recipes
If you like Quick Keto Lunch’s Keto Salad Recipes, I have lots of other Keto Salad Dressing Recipes for you to try:




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Serving: 1 tablespooncalorie: 65.8 kcal (3%)carbohydrates: 0.4 gfiber: 0.1 gNet carbs: 0.3 gprotein: 0.1 gfat: 7 g (11%)Saturated fat: 1.1 g (7%)Trans fat: 0.1 gcholesterol: 3.9 mg (1%)sodium: 167 mg (7%)potassium: 5.8 mgsugar: 0.4 gVitamin A: 14.1 iuVitamin B12: 0.1 μg (2%)Vitamin C: 0.5 mg (1%)Vitamin D: 0.1 μg (1%)calcium: 2 mgiron: 0.1 mg (1%)magnesium: 0.4 mgzinc: 0.1 mg (1%)

About the author
Carine Claudepierre
Hello, I’m Karine, food blogger, author, recipe developer, cookbook author, and founder of Sweet As Honey.
I have a certified certificate in Nutrition and Wellness that I earned from Well College Global (formerly Cadence Health) in 2014. I’m passionate about sharing all the easy and delicious recipes that are delicious and healthy. My expertise in this area comes from my background in chemistry and many years following the keto low-carb diet. However, I am also very familiar with vegetarian and vegan cooking as my husband is vegan.
I now eat a more balanced diet where I alternate between keto and Mediterranean meals
Cooking and baking are my true passions. In fact, I’m sharing just a few of the recipes to make them as sweet as honey. Most of them are eaten by my husband and my two kids before I have time to take pictures!
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