June 4, 2016

Mom's Marvelous Honey Mustard Salad Dressing Recipe {Fresh from the Kitchen}

This is the time of fresh produce! We have salad and greens just coming out our ears here on the farm. We pick fresh every other day so salad is a part of nearly every meal right now. With our salad, we like to have fresh dressing to compliment the sweetness of the leaves. I don't like to buy dressing, because I have simply marvelous recipes. Our two favorites are Mom's Marvelous Honey Mustard Salad Dressing and Tangy French Salad Dressing. I decided it was time to share these with all of you so you can enjoy them too--beginning with Mom's Marvelous Honey Mustard Salad Dressing!

The links on this blog and in the posts may be affiliate links
Please see my disclosure policy for full details and thank you for your support!

When it comes to salad dressing, I like to keep it simple. If I can't throw it all in a blender, give it a whirl, I don't want to be bothered with it! So none of my recipes need any fancy tools except a blender! In fact, you could just put it all in a mason jar and shake it! It would also work with any kind of salad dressing shaker as well.
Loving my single serving jar for my Ninja!
A lot of salad dressing recipes call for fancy oils, but unless you have a personal preference for oils and want to use something difference, I always just use extra virgin olive oil in all my dressings that call for oil or salad oil. I have never had issues with flavor. Next in regards to vinegar. While you can use any vinegar really, I keep mine to either Red Wine Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar, or Rice Vinegar. Usually I reach for Red Wine Vinegar. White vinegar can work and apple cider vinegar is too strong. 

So here we go!

Mom's Marvelous Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

Ingredients:

3/4 cup salad oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
3/4 cup vinegar (Red Wine Vinegar)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. dry mustard
Dash ground pepper (fresh if possible!)
1/3 cup. honey (raw if possible!)
1/2 tsp celery seed
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder

Put it all in a blender (or a quart jar) and give it a nice long whirl to get it all mixed up. I store mine in a salad dressing container or a mason jar. Both work perfectly fine.

Side note: I highly recommend you dip your finger and taste your final result. Depending on what type of vinegar you use, you may need to increase the amount of honey. When I make this exact recipe with Balsamic Vinegar, I end up having to increase the honey to 1/2 cup. 

Oh and this recipe is a FABULOUS marinade! I love soaking some chicken in it--especially overnight and then throwing it on the grill. Oh man. It makes the BEST chicken and then serve it with a fresh tossed salad! Super healthy and oh so fabulous.

Want it to print off?
Click here for the printable Mom's Marvelous Honey Mustard Salad Dressing Recipe!

I hope to be bringing you my Tangy French Dressing recipe this week too!


 photo 2015blogsiggy_zpsfy0kfo4t.png

No comments: