So I admit it: I haven’t liked salads really until recently, and I’d be lying if I said the ‘recently’ part of that statement wasn’t due to losing some of the baby weight. BUT I’ll also admit that during pregnancy, when I was eating the same.thing.every.single.day, nothing sounded better to me than a big fat fresh salad.
Now that it’s salad season and our house is chock-full of lettuce and all things salad-y I have come to realize that I don’t actually like salad again. Here’s the addendum to that though: I don’t like salad using bottled dressings. And this, my friends, is where I change my tune.
I started making homemade honey mustard dressing and my salad life has never been the same ever since. It’s mustardy, tangy, sweet and silky. It makes any vegetable it touches taste like heaven on a plate. Want to have a rather delicious and ridiculously tasty chicken/pork/fish marinade? Slather this love potion all up on that meat and grill it.
That’s right, love potion. We’ve moved on from it being just a salad dressing…
So now? Now, my friends, I love – nay, adore – salad and all things leafy green. I feel a yearning deep within my soul for large bowls of veggies tossed with honey mustard that will, without a doubt, prolong my life. It’s like the fountain of youth, shaken up in a mason jar and poured all over your dinner.
Get ready y’all – salad love is here to stay!
FAIL-PROOF HONEY MUSTARD SALAD DRESSING
- 1/2 cup dijon mustard
- 3-4 Tbsp honey (I lean more toward the 3 Tbsp range, but if you like it sweeter feel free to use more)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1-2 tsp lemon juice (I only use 1 tsp; I like the extra acidity)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
There are a couple ways to do the mixing here: toss all of the ingredients into a bowl and whisk into oblivion until everything is silky and smooth. OR you can toss it all in a mason jar, stir lightly with a fork, and then shake until smooth and silky. I’ve made it and had it last for a week or so in the fridge, although honestly I’ve eaten it much faster than that!
If you’ll excuse me I’m about to take a nap on a bed of lettuce under a blanket of honey mustard dressing…
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I love salads, and eat them every single day! I never use bottled dressing, though. I make my own vinaigrette, using whatever vinegar I am in the mood for. I especially like red wine vinaigrette- red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, minced garlic, S&P and good quality extra virgin olive oil. I have never made honey mustard dressing…it sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Ahhhh this may be the solution to all of my bottled dressing problems! aka they all stink. probably going to go make this right now for lunch later!
I am 100% making this for lunch today. Thanks for the great recipe!!
That salad looks so darn tasty!
Sounds absolutely perfect!
Love this – just pinned it because I already know it will be a new favourite!
I think you might love this dressing too – so simple, delicious, and oil free! It’s the one dressing I like when I am not loving salads!
http://healthytastycheap.com/2011/04/07/miso-ginger-dressing/
oh, yum! i don’t mind a little oil but that dressing sounds super delicious
Ohhh I love this! Homemade dressings are the shizz!
i loooove honey mustard. i would bathe in it.
I may have to give this a shot – I used to love honey mustard dressing, plus it is “fail-proof” and all, right?
Love it! I make something very similar too, dressing makes the salad!!! Yours look fabulous!
I love making homemade dressings! And I just love that this is “fail proof.” I make a lot of salads to bring to work for lunch and I actually just finished the last dressing I made so I’ll be sure to make this tonight to last me for the week. Thanks for sharing!
I had the exact same revelation a few months ago. Salad with crisp greens, fun toppings and HOMEMADE DRESSING is absolutely delicious and totally crave-able. And I used to think I hated salad.
It’s so true that a really good, homemade dressing can make all the difference between a salad that is “meh” and one that you can’t stop eating. This dressing look like it could transform any salad!
one word….yummo!!
holllly smokes, how did you know honey mustard is my JAM? I can’t get enough. and now the world needs to watch out, ’cause I’ll finally be making some of my own.
thank you for this!!
i am so stealing this!
my all time favorite.
the longer it sits in that jar the better!!!
I added some balsamic vinegar and it is also great!!! Thanks for the recipe!
I usually just use some bottled ranch, some mustard, and honey… NEVER again! This is my new favourite. And it definitely spreads really well! I’d use it as a dip for wings or chicken strips… If you don’t have the Dijon, you can use regular mustard too… It’s still a great, silky dressing.
Delish! I found your website on a whim searching Google for homemade Honey Mustard Salad Dressing. I just made it and I can honestly say, this is the best salad I’ve ever made! Thank you for posting!
I was in the mood for a honey mustard dressing, googled it (because why would I use all of my million cookbooks when I can google a recipe while nursing??) and yours popped up! You seem obsessed with it (in the best of ways
so I’m going to try it this week on a spinach-beet-goat cheese-bacon salad. YUM!
how funny, i literally JUST made a batch for my salads this week! i hope you like it as much as i do!
OMG. This is THE BOMB. So good and so easy. I didn’t even measure the ingredients, just dumped everyting in a bottle and shook away. I’m swearing off supermarket salad dressings forever – just FYI, time to boycott Wishbone, found out yesterday that most of their fat-free and light dressings now include an artificial sweetner REB A which is based on Stevia. Why do they keep putting artificial crap in everything?? Just more incentive for me to eat as much non-processed food and make my own stuff like dressings, etc.
i’m so glad you like it!
This is great! Thank you so much…I’ve been looking for so long for a decent homemade dressing to be able to use with most things that is simple and easy to make. This is it. Awesome.
great! i’m so glad you like it!
I made this for tea tonight it was so yum I WILL be making this again
Just whipped this up for friends coming for lunchtime. This is the best honey mustard dressing I’ve ever made. Yum! I tweeted it too, to share the great find. Thanks so much for posting this recipe.
That’s fantastic! I’m so glad you like the recipe!
If you like this on your greens, you should like dipping your Sour Dough beer pretzels into it …on a hot summer night, a cold class of Peroni beer is great with it also.
I’m drooling at the idea of the pretzels in it – YUM!
Hello! I made this dressing the other day and it was wonderful! I like it much better than those mayonnaise based ones. I have been making my own dressings for a couple years, when I finally got tired of throwing out the bottles, as they would expire before we used them up. And home made dressings ROCK!
Thank you !!
Hey Lorraine! I’m so so glad you liked it – it’s a staple in our house!!!
I made Heather’s salad dressing and it is absolutely the best honey mustard recipe ever. Nothing else comes even close. Better than Alton Brown’s too. Thank you, Heather. Fantastic!
Thanks Shannon! I’m so glad you liked it!
This dressing is the best I’ve tasted, bottled or homemade! This is definitely in my list of recipes. Living alone it costs so much to have a variety, and now that’s all I do is make my own. I would recommend everyone try this recipe if you’re a honey mustard lover.
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