I love homemade salad dressings. They are just so easy to make and you can adjust them to taste JUST how you want them to. You not only save money by making them at home but you also save yourself from consuming all those added ingredients that come in store bought dressings.
This Honey Dijon Salad Dressing comes from my friend Molly. She credits a friend of hers for the recipe but I credit Molly since she was the one I snatched it from. It goes wonderfully with salads that have sweeter ingredients.
My favorite combo with it is red leaf lettuce, apples, Craisins and toasted almonds. If I would have had feta on hand, that would have been tossed over the top but, well, life didn’t allow for feta at the time. Regardless, it was a delicious salad.
After you make this salad dressing, store it in the fridge for up to two weeks. The olive oil will solidify a bit but just set it out at room temperature for 45 minutes or so before you want to use it and it will be back to normal.
Thanks, Molly! Your recipe will be one of my staples for a very long long time!
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A simple, tangy salad dressing that tops off sweet salads perfectly!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into a mason jar and give it a good shake!
Notes
Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. The olive oil may solidify but just set it out at room temperature before serving to give it time to liquify again.
I’ve made this several times. When I’m out of apple cider vinegar, I use 1 T sherry vinegar and 2 T white wine vinegar ceiygercway it’s the most perfectly balanced honey mustard vinegar I’ve ever tasted. Love it! By the way if you use a stick blender to blend it, it won’t separate for days.
Thanks for the feedback and substitution ideas, Gary.
This is my new favorite dressing. I will never buy bottled again!
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Love that!
This dressing is awesome, so good on our green salad tonight. Passing it on to my daughter-in-law. Thanks
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Wonderful to hear that, Jean. Thanks for the review.
This was wonderful! I made a simple salad with romaine, homegrown tomatoes and homemade croutons. This was the perfect dressing! My husband and I both loved it!
Thanks for the feedback, Diana. That sounds delicious!
I loved this! I used it today on a basic chicken salad. I had seasoned the chicken breasts with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and oregano and pan seared them in olive oil. The resulting pan drippings were SO tasty I couldn’t waste them .. so reduced the amount of oil in this recipe and added the pan drippings from the chicken – it totally worked! A delicious salad ~ thank you for such an easy recipe!
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That sounds delish!
I made this dressing for a Thanksgiving salad, and I have continued to enjoy it. For Thanksgiving, I made this with goat cheese, apple, cranberries, lettuce etc. Other times I just enjoy it on a salad with roasted veggies and lettuce. Thanks so much. I love it.
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That sounds amazing, Anne. Thanks for the ideas!
Absolutely yummy! Just a light hint of honey mustard…not heavy. Great on a salad with apple chunks, pecan pieces, and dried cranberries mixed in with the greens. I put slices of leftover grilled steak on top and served it with some crusty bread.
That salad sounds amazing!
i just did this instead of salt i used Maggi seasoning and instead of dijon i used regular mustard cause im just a student and it came out great! thank you
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Awesome! I’m glad it was a success.
just perfect,
thank for sharing
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