Some of the links on this site may be affiliate links. This means, at no additional cost to you, I may be paid a small commission if you follow the links and make a purchase. Learn more here.
This honey mustard dressing recipe is awesome! It’s tangy, sweet, and so easy to make. It’s made with simple ingredients and only takes a few minutes of your time. Whip up a batch today and make that salad extra delicious.
Why Make Your Own Salad Dressing?
When you make salad dressing at home, you get to decide what goes in, and what stays out. Have you ever wanted to try a new flavor combination in your salad dressing? Maybe you like things on the spicier side and want to add an extra kick. Or maybe you want to experiment with a new flavor combination?
Related: 5 Reasons to Always Make Your Own Salad Dressing
At the store you take a big gamble trying something new. Because what if you don’t like it? Then you’re stuck with a big bottle that will just sit and take up space in your fridge.
Find a few recipes you LOVE, work them into your meal plan and you won’t need to buy salad dressing ever again! If you’ve been meaning to get started meal planning but just haven’t found a method that works for you…grab a meal planning template below, and check out Prep Dish. They’ve totally changed the way I think about meal planning. Try them FREE for two weeks using this link.
Tools & Ingredients to make this salad dressing
- Avocado Oil – ditch the unhealthy vegetable oils and go with something like olive oil or avocado oil.
- Mason jars – mix, serve, store all in one jar! Perfect.
- Salad bowl & tongs – Make your salad even more special with this acacia wood bowl & tongs set on Amazon.
What’s in This Honey Mustard Dressing?
This honey mustard is a tasty dressing that will make your salad extra delicious. Here’s what’s in it:
- honey
- mustard
- olive oil (or avocado oil)
- salt
What’s out?
You won’t find any refined oils or preservatives in this homemade salad dressing. But you will in the store bought stuff. If you look on the back of store bought salad dressing, you’ll likely find some of these ingredients (maybe all of them) in the list of ingredients.
- soybean oil, vegetable oil, or canola oil
- sugar, high fructose corn syrup, or corn syrup
- modified food starch
- preservatives
More Reasons
When you have honey, mustard, and olive oil in your cupboard (you probably do), you can make this honey mustard salad dressing faster than you can pick it out at the store.
It’s also WAY cheaper to make salad dressing at home than it is to buy a bottle at the store. And if you’re anything like me, you don’t like wasting money. I recently enrolled in an awesome online course to help me trim the costs in our grocery budget even more. And let me tell you…it’s been AWESOME. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Check it out here and see if it’s right for you.
And if you still need another reason to make your own salad dressing…consider the environment! When you make this salad dressing at home, you won’t have another empty plastic bottle to throw away or recycle. Just use a mason jar and store it in your fridge.
How to make Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
I like to mix it and store it in the same container. So if you’re using a mason jar to store it, get it out now. Mix the honey and mustard. Then mix in the olive oil (you can use avocado oil if you’d rather, although I wouldn’t recommend vegetable oil or canola oil).
This recipe will make about one cup of salad dressing. The perfect amount to store in half-pint mason jars. We love these jars for condiments. If you prefer wide mouth, these are the way to go.
Where to use it?
Now that you have a bottle of delicious homemade honey mustard salad dressing, you get to use it! Obviously you can use it on any salad (I particularly like the honey mustard and apple flavor combination). You can also use it as a sauce for roasted veggies (like these brussels sprouts) or a dipping sauce for raw veggies at your next party.
Looking for more delicious homemade salad dressing recipes?
Print4 Ingredient Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
A simple and delicious sweet and tangy honey mustard salad dressing.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: one cup 1x
- Category: salad dressing
- Method: mix
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 6 Tablespoons mustard (use any mustard you like)
- 8 Tablespoons (or 1/2 cup) extra virgin olive oil
- Salt, to taste.
Instructions
- Mix honey and mustard together in your mason jar
- Pour the oil in a little at a time and stir to combine.
- Season with salt, to taste.
Keywords: salad dressing, honey mustard
Pin this for later!
Let me say up front that I have never liked honey mustard dressing, but my husband loves it. I decided I wanted to fix grilled chicken sandwiches for dinner so I looked for a honey mustard recipe that was easy and required ingredients that I had on hand. By the way, I don’t care for Dijon mustard. I used yellow mustard, honey, I had bought at our local Amish store, and a mild olive oil from The Sacred Olive in Old Winter Garden Florida. I mixed, served, and stored the dressing in one jar that I had on hand for making pickled red onions, my son’s recipe. This honey mustard has won me over. I love it, not too tangy and not too sweet. Thank you for adding a new dressing to this old gal’s repertoire.
★★★★★
Thanks Marsha! I’m so glad to hear that you’re enjoying this dressing. I’m curious about pickled red onions now…I might have to try them!