My favorite everyday salad dressing recipe that goes with just about anything! Feel free to double or triple the batch size if needed.
Recipe by Ali on November 5, 2020
Prep time: PT5M
Total time: PT5M
Rating
4.9 stars ( reviews)
Ingredients
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 small garlic clove, pressed or minced (or 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder)
1 tablespoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice (or red wine vinegar)
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly-cracked black pepper
Steps
Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl (or shake all ingredients together vigorously in a sealed jar) until completely combined.
Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator for between 1-7 days. (See notes on storage times below.) If you choose to refrigerate the dressing, it will need to be stirred or shaken again prior to serving.
Reviews
Diane on 2025-02-01 (5 stars): Adding the 1 tsp of honey gave perfect balance. Thx for another great recipe!
Benjamin Bargero on 2025-03-01 (5 stars): So simple and delicious!
Betty on 2025-03-24 (5 stars): I added 1.5 teaspoons of honey. It's a delicious recipe!
Lisa on 2025-04-12 (5 stars): I've been wanting to make my own dressing to ditch all the fake stuff. This was perfect! I didn't have Dijon, so I looked up a substitute and used spicy mustard. I also added date syrup. It was awesome on my salad of mixed greens with apples, blueberries, and strawberries. Thanks! This'll be my go-to salad dressing.
Brooke on 2025-05-15 (5 stars): This recipe is so good!!! I have tried a million different salad dressing recipes all over Pinterest and other sites. And this is by far the best one I’ve come across!! I did change it a little. Instead of one tablespoon of lemon, I did just half a tablespoon. And it turned out amazing!
coleen Miller on 2025-06-30 (5 stars): This is delicious!! my go too dressing now thanks too my daughter for telling me about it!
Carol Smith on 2025-07-08 (4 stars): Way too salty. Cut back on the salt in the recipe and it will be fine!
Kriston Thomas on 2025-07-09 (5 stars): This is the BEST salad dressing!! I highly recommend trying!!! I have made it twice already this week. My husband and I have gotten really particular about ingredients in everything we eat and after I made this he told me we aren't buying those “fancy” dressings ever again.
Aren on 2025-07-26 (5 stars): This is my go to salad dressing exactly as written with the addition of two teaspoons of maple syrup. It gets rave reviews and requests for the recipe every time. Not sure what the secret is but the balance of flavors is absolutely perfect.
