This Dijon mustard dressing is as easy as they come. Really! There’s no lemon juice squeezing or garlic mincing required. Nope, just a few ingredients that are probably already in your pantry. The flavor of this vinaigrette? Well, it’s our new favorite: it’s perfectly balanced, tangy and savory. And it takes only 5 minutes to put together this easy homemade salad dressing. It will become your new go-to!
What’s in this Dijon mustard dressing?
One of the keys to eating healthy in the long term: making your own salad dressing! Before Alex and I started cooking a lot, we had a collection of salad dressings in our refrigerator that were from the dark ages. Seriously, who knows when some of these dressing bottles came to be! Since that time, we’ve stopped buying dressing altogether and started making it. It’s easy to do and you know exactly what’s in it: no preservatives or sky high sodium. What are the ingredients in this Dijon mustard? We hope you already have them in your pantry so you can whip this up immediately. Here’s what you’ll need:
Dijon mustard White wine vinegar (yep, saved you a trip to the store for a lemon!)Maple syrup to balance the flavorOlive oilSalt
The key to making the perfect emulsion
An emulsion is when a vinaigrette dressing becomes creamy and all one texture. When you’re using olive oil and vinegar, you may notice that they can tend to separate. If you whisk up your emulsion correctly, it will stay creamy as it sits. (Often when storing in the refrigerator, it will separate: so you can re-whisk it prior to serving.) Here’s what to do to make an emulsion that stays creamy:
Use a medium sized bowl. Believe it or not, we’ve had issues using too small of a bowl when whisking a dressing. You need enough room that the whisk can move vigorously back and forth. Whisk the olive oil in 1 tablespoon at a time. The gradual adding of olive oil is what allows the oil to seamlessly integrate. You can also drizzle it in gradually, but we find it easier to add 1 tablespoon and then whisk, then add another and whisk again.
10 ways to serve this Dijon mustard dressing
This Dijon mustard dressing is so quick to make, it’s our new go-to! Of course, we have lots of homemade healthy salad dressings that we love. But this one might be the simplest! Another bonus: it’s a vegan salad dressing, too. Here are a few salads where it would work well or easily replace the dressing listed in the recipe:
This Dijon mustard dressing recipe is…
Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
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