Summer meals usually include a lot of vegetables, especially when the garden is bountiful. One of my favorite things to make to accompany all our vegetables is homemade salad dressing. Homemade dressings are easy to make, cheaper than store bought, and allows you to avoid all the extra additives. As a household with allergies, I often try to make things from scratch. When I make things from scratch, I can easily eliminate ingredients we can’t eat.
Today I am going to share my homemade mayonnaise, and homemade honey mustard dressing recipes with you. I will also share a whole list of ideas on how you can use the honey mustard dressing. By the end of this blog, you may just want to double the honey mustard dressing recipe!
How to Make Homemade Mayonnaise
Homemade Mayonnaise
Equipment
- Asparagus Jar (or wide-mouth pint jar or quart jar) *
Ingredients
- 1 Egg, Whole (room temperature)
- 1 Egg Yolk (room temperature)
- 1 ½ c. Avocado Oil (room temperature)
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 2 T. Lemon juice
- ¼ tsp. Salt
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to your jar and wait one minute for everything to settle in the jar.
- Put the immersion blender to the bottom of the jar for 30 seconds and then slowly start the blender.As the mayonnaise forms; slowly, move the blender up. The mayonnaise will blend up easily when the eggs and oil are the same temperature.
- Once fully blended, place the lid on the jar and store in the fridge for up to one week.
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Fresh homemade mayonnaise is great on sandwiches, to make egg and tuna salads, and all the ways you use mayonnaise. With this recipe you won’t be running to the store for a jar every time you run out. You’ll now be able to throw a few ingredients together and continue on with your recipes. Plus, you know exactly what is in your mayonnaise. For our honey mustard dressing recipe, we’re going to use ¼ cup of our homemade mayonnaise.
How to Make Honey Mustard Dressing
Honey mustard is a great dipping sauce for fresh veggies and chicken strips, as a salad dressing on your greens, or drizzled over stir fried or grilled vegetables. Another great way to use this sauce is as a replacement for barbecue sauce on grilled meats like chicken. One of my favorite uses for this salad dressing is on a crispy chicken salad and drizzled over grilled veggies. This can easily be whipped up the next time you make a salad or want an easy sauce for veggies or chicken.
Honey Mustard Dressing
Equipment
- Bowl
- Whisk
Ingredients
- ¼ c. Honey
- ¼ c. Mustard (I use a mix of yellow mustard and Dijon to make up the ¼ cup.)
- ¼ c. Homemade Mayonnaise (you can use my Homemade Mayonnaise recipe, Avocado Mayonnaise, or any other type of Mayonnaise.)
- ¼ tsp. Garlic powder
- ½ Lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together with a whisk.
- Store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to one week.
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Let's Talk Salads
Now that you have a tasty homemade salad dressing recipe, let’s talk salads. Spinach, lettuce, microgreens, carrots, celery, peppers, cucumbers, garden tomatoes and more! Grab them all at one time at the store and have them on hand for a quick side dish or full meal. You can find how to wash and store all these and many more in my eBooks, I Bought It, Now What? and I Bought It, Now What, Summer Edition. You can purchase my eBooks here:
Grow Your Own Microgreens
If you enjoy microgreens like I do, you may want to start growing your own. It is much cheaper to grow your own and it only takes a few days. Learn more about growing microgreens in this blog post.
Keep Your Salad Toppings Fresh
You’ve got your homemade dressing and may even be ready to start growing your own microgreens. Now let me teach you about my salad basket and how to keep all your salad toppings fresh for weeks. Check out my blog post below for all my secrets.
A Few More Summertime Recipes
I made dinner for Mike and myself the other night using my new HexClad Wok. I stir fried sausage, onions, peppers, zucchinis, and a little garlic. This was served over rice drizzled with my honey mustard dressing. It was a delightful meal. Check out this video of the meal coming together.
Summer provides such a variety of wonderful fruits and vegetables. Here are a few more of my favorite summertime recipes.
- Cool down this summer with my Watermelon Cucumber drink.
- Want to try another easy salad dressing? Try Mike’s Pretty Basic Salad Dressing.
- We eat a lot of boiled eggs this time of year and those can be tricky sometimes. Mike has a fun hard-boiled egg video. You can check that out here.
So, tell me, will you be trying my honey mustard dressing and/or fresh mayonnaise? Let me know which one you try and if you like them. Are you ready to make the switch to homemade?!
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