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.
James says
I made this the other day as a suggestion to go with the poached chicken. I thought the dressing was the best part, and even better on the salad I just had for lunch. So so easy to make, especially if you have a bottle with measurements on it, just 60 ml increments of each ingredient, close and shake it up. I used Maille a l’ancienne whole grain mustard and it added such a great texture. Thanks!
Anna Tran says
So nice and so delicious
Thank you so much Nagi
melisa says
hi, sorry if my question sounds stupid. I do wonder The cider vinegar mentioned at the recipe. Is it an apple cider vinegar or just regular white vinegar? I am not familiar with western ingredients, so pardon me with this kind of question.
Taltal says
Hello, can I use red wine vinegar instead of the cider vinegar?
I’m making it to go with your delicious baked chicken and rice!: thanks
Rachel says
So tasty and moreish! Will be making this again!!
Love your recipes!!
Tonight is chicken gyros. 🙂
Sam Wilson says
Amazing recipe, first time I tried it on a rocket salad with a fillet steak and your potatoes gratin recipe, delicious!
Tash says
So delicious! Another fabulous recipe and super easy!
terrence says
i’ve just made your poached honey chicken– i’m 76yrs -live alone–would recipes for two –one for today ,another tomorrow…. it would be lovely if you can help—terrence
PATRICIA ARMSTRONG says
I forgot to give it 5 stars, I’d have given 10 if had the choice!
Nagi says
Thanks so much Patricia ❤️
PATRICIA ARMSTRONG says
Never left a recipe review before but this is so delicious I had to!!! So easy to make and the taste is just perfect! Thank you Nagi
Tricia Brown says
You have some good recipes! I just made this dressing for a salad tonight, but I’ve made others and they are all good.
Bunny Mills says
Great recipes
Nagi says
I’m so glad you love them Bunny! N x
Sharon Jackson says
Very tasty made it to go with mustard chicken legs broccoli and smashed potatoes
Mayy says
Hello, I am super excited to make this. Can I use bottled honey dijon mustard instead? Thank you!
Rachael says
Thank you for this lovely recipe. This takes already-great salads up a notch or two! I’ve made a big batch today and am looking forward to the salad combinations that it can go with 🙂
Nagi says
Wahoo, that’s great to hear Rachael! N x
Kitty says
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!
Lyn says
Best and easiest dressing I have ever made. Fantastic!! Thanks, Lyn
Chris says
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 😀
Caroline Barlow says
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
Nagi says
Thanks so much Caroline! N x
Lainie says
I love your blog!! Thanks for the Dozer video- sweet!!
Nagi says
Thanks so much Lainie 🙂