This Easy Honey Lemon Dressing is so delicious and quick to make! Blend together a few ingredients for the best honey mustard lemon dressing.
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This Lemon Dressing is one of my all time favorite healthy salad dressings. It’s got such a unique lemon flavor that is SO delicious.
Honey, lemon, mustard, olive oil, and fresh herbs come together in the most delicious way to create a lemon salad dressing you’ll absolutely love.
This honey mustard lemon dressing is amazing on this Easy Kale Salad, but it goes well on any green salad or even used as a marinade on grilled chicken!
why you need to give this dressing a try:
There is so much to love about this delicious salad dressing recipe, here are a few reasons why you should try it:
- Endless possibilities: This dressing will give any salad recipe a kick in the right direction. You can also use it as a flavorful marinate for meats or vegetables.
- Clean Ingredients: Store bought dressings are filled with additives to keep them shelf-stable for longer periods of time. They are also often filled with low-quality ingredients to make them cheaper to produce. This dressing has simple healthy ingredients that you can pronounce.
- Super easy to make: This recipe couldn’t be easier to make, and takes less than 5 minutes to make!
ingredients for Honey Mustard Lemon Dressing:
Here’s the secret to making the magic that is this honey mustard dressing:
- olive oil
- lemon zest & fresh lemon juice
- whole grain mustard or dijon mustard
- honey (or maple syrup)
- salt and pepper
- fresh parsley
A citrus juicer and citrus zester will also be helpful to have!
You can find substitutions for all ingredients below in the green shaded box.
How to Make Easy Lemon Dressing
- In a food processor or small blender mix together olive oil, lemon zest/juice, dijon mustard, honey, salt and pepper, and parsley until smooth.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator.
SUBSTITUTIONS FOR LEMON MUSTARD DRESSING
Olive Oil: You can substitute avocado oil for extra virgin olive oil.
Lemon Juice: Do not use bottled lemon juice. Always use fresh lemon juice. Bottled lemon juice is too bitter and will not taste the same. We haven’t tried this with lime juice but I think it would work.
Mustard: Any form of whole or ground mustard will work in this recipe
Dried Herbs: You can substitute fresh in place of dried herbs. Double the number of fresh for dried herbs and make sure to chop them very well.
Honey: You can use maple syrup or agave syrup instead of honey
What to serve with Honey Lemon Dressing:
This dressing goes on pretty much anything! Here are some salads we love to serve with this dressing:
- Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
- Greek Salad
- Spinach Strawberry Salad
- Blueberry Salad
- Corn Tomato Avocado Salad
- You can also use it as a marinade on Grilled Chicken or Grilled Vegetables in Foil
How to Store Lemon Dressing
Storing: This will last in the refrigerator for up to a week in an airtight container. We like to store our dressing in mason jars.
Separation: Separation is natural. Use a spoon to stir together or quickly blend again to reconstruct the dressing.
Freezing: We don’t recommend freezing this salad dressing. It is best if eaten fresh.
other healthy dressing recipes:
Here are some of our favorite salad dressing recipes. For more ideas checkout these Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes!
- Creamy Balsamic Dressing
- Greek Salad Dressing
- Basil Vinaigrette
- Healthy Italian Dressing
- Healthy Ranch Dressing
- Healthy Avocado Ranch Dressing
- Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing
- Zesty Honey Lemon Dressing
- Healthy Caesar Salad Dressing
- Citrus Salad Dressing Recipe
- Honey Mustard Dressing
- 10 Easy Whole30 Salad Dressings
Zesty Lemon Honey Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest zest of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup lemon juice juice of 2 lemons
- 2 tablespoons whole grain mustard or dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a food processor or small blender mix together olive oil, lemon juice/zest, dijon mustard, honey, salt, pepper and parsley until smooth.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week in the refrigerator.
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