You don’t need mayonnaise to make a beautiful Honey Mustard Dressing! Mine is made with just mustard, honey, cider vinegar and oil. That’s all you need to make a beautiful creamy Honey Mustard Dressing that transforms even the plainest of salads into wow!
I use this Honey Mustard Dressing for salads but it’s definitely thick enough to use as a dipping sauce too. Though truth be told, my Honey Mustard Dipping sauce is made with mayonnaise and no vinegar. 🙂 But I do use this for dipping too!
My friends and I always say that a great salad comes down to the dressing. It doesn’t matter how fancy pants the ingredients in the salad are. If the dressing is a fail, then the salad is a fail.
But THIS dressing is always a guaranteed hit!!
PS The bottle in the photo above may be familiar to Australians. It’s sold at Woolworths, branded by a certain well known celebrity chef who shall remain unnamed. However, it’s very impractical for dressings. Firstly because you have to hold your finger on the top of the pourer when you shake it. Secondly, the bottle has to be more than half full in order for the dressing to pour into the funnel. Humph. Not happy!
I do like to experiment with dressings, but when it comes down to it, I always fall back on my sure-fire winners. And Honey Mustard Dressing is definitely falls into that category. It truly does make everything better. Whether just used to dress plain leafy greens, or with a few cherry tomatoes added, which is all I did (see photo at top), or for a salad with more substantial ingredients. Like my Roasted Sweet Potato Salad. This dressing would be fantastic with that!
Though made with honey, this is not an overly sweet dressing. I’m more of a savoury than sweet girl, so my savoury foods with sweetness in them always errs more towards savoury than sweet. It sounds like there is a lot of honey in this, but actually, there’s a lot of sour too from the vinegar and mustard so it balances it out.
This Honey Mustard Dressing keeps for weeks in the fridge so it’s a fantastic one to make a big batch of to have one hand for quick salads, both side salads and more substantial meal salads! – Nagi x
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Honey Mustard Dressing
Ingredients
Big Batch to Keep (1 cup)
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- Black pepper
Single side salad batch (makes 1/3 cup, enough for a side salad for 4 ppl)
- 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Black pepper
Instructions
- Place ingredients in a jar and shake well until you can't see any honey on the base of the jar. Adjust sweet (honey), sour (vinegar) and salt to taste.
- Keep for 3 weeks in the fridge in an airtight jar. (As long as the shelf life of your ingredients is greater than 3 weeks).
- Single side salad: Drizzle over 4 big handfuls of leafy greens and other salad of choice.
Recipe Notes:
Don’t miss all the other Ready To Use Dressings I shared! These all last for 2+ weeks, most for 3 weeks. Find them all here.
You’ve made me a total convert to homemade dressing. I used to find making my own dressing really hit or miss, but you’ve got a winner in this one! I made a big batch about once a week as it’s a favorite in my house. I also love your French dressing, so I’ve really upped my consumption of Dijon, and that seems like a really luxurious place to be. 🙂 Thank you, Nagi!
Best and easiest dressing I have ever made. Fantastic!! Thanks, Lyn
I have been cooking for over two decades and one of the things I love, lOvE, LOVE about it, is that every now and then you find a recipe that seems so simple and so straightforward, that it almost seems like cheating… and you’re like, nah, can’t be that easy, can it? Can’t taste THAT good, can it?
CAN IT?!?!?!?!
This is only the second dressing recipe I have actually followed (the first was Deb Perelman’s/Smitten Kitchen lemon tahini dressing for carrot salad) and this is quicker, easier, lasts longer and is just better.
Fantastic on plain salad mix or grated carrot if you’re in a hurry to bang dinner on the table, I look forward to trying it on roast vege and potato/kumara based salads too.
Yet another winner, thanks Nagi 😀
Hi Naji, I have used many of your recipes and love everyone of them, your recipe directions make it so easy, love your site so much
Thanks so much Caroline! N x
I love your blog!! Thanks for the Dozer video- sweet!!
Thanks so much Lainie 🙂
The Honey Mustard Dressing is a real winner. Thank you for a great recipe. Teamed the dressing with, spiraled carrot, diced celery, sliced red capsicum, oakleaf lettuce, chopped red onion, solanato tomatoes and sliced avocado. Yum
Nailed it Peter!
This dressing tastes phenomenal! I couldn’t stop eating it! Thanks for a tasty and great recipe!
You’re so welcome Cheryl!
EXCELLENT DRESSING! Drizzled on roasted asparagus and quinoa salad one night, and green salad the next. Yum!
Great idea May – I’m totally using that!
I love it though the apple cider vinegar i used was a little over powering so I add more of the honey. 🙂
Hi Ina, yes you have the right idea, just balance with honey if you find it too sour – N x
This is one of the best dressing that I made ever!
Hi made the honey mustard dressing it was very sour added more honey still the same help
Hi Carol, sorry you found it too sour! What type of vinegar were you using?
Hi Nagi (my cooking oracle!),
you shared a recipe video with this dressing on instagram once. A salad with chicken, asparagus and bacon (if I recall correctly), loved that one! But couldn‘t find it anywhere on your site ;-( can you upload it here as well? Thank you so much!
Hi Anne! Sounds like it may of been this salad: https://salesdock.info/lemon-chicken-salad/%3C/a%3E – N x
OMG… Yummo.. used Apple cider vinegar.. local Honey… Olive oil… Salad, chips garlic chicken Kiev.. dressing just made it sooooo much delish… Thanks
That’s great to hear Maree ❤️
I really liked this recipe. I used organic Dijon mustard that may have added a bit of bitterness but other than that it was really good.
Hi April, yes I find different brands can be quite different in flavour. If you find it too bitter, just add a little more honey to counteract ❤️
I’m really impressed with this recipe! I have multiple food allergies and this is something I can have and make a healthy chicken salad with. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
I’m so glad you can eat this one Sheri!
Great recipt. My son prefers it because its homemade always asks if I have some made.
Just want to say thank you for this recipe. First time making a homemade dressing and it is the most delicious ever. My salad was romaine lettuce, chopped mandarins, raisins, grape tomatoes and sliced almonds, drizzled eitt this dressing. Absolutely delicious. My husband asked me when was I going to make another batch lol.
Yummy! Went Fabulous with my Rocket, Pine-nut, Pomegranate & Parmesan Salad!
Your recipes do not disappoint!
Thankyou for your time, effort & Fabulous recipes.
Cathy
YUM!!! That salad sounds amazing x a million!!!
Nagi just made this and loved it! I love your site I ALWAYS find something delicious and easy. Thank you!!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this Kathy! Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! N x ❤️
Such a HIT at my home , we are LOVING ‘IT . … thank you Nagi . it has made my life so simple to have salads more often . great going !
That’s fab to hear Anagha! 🙂 N xx