Dressings & Sauces

Lemon Vinaigrette

This lemon vinaigrette is the everyday dressing worth memorizing — bright, balanced, and made from four things you already own. It follows the classic three-to-one ratio of oil to acid, with Dijon to emulsify and a little honey to round it out. Whisk up a jar in five minutes and it will lift any bowl of greens, grains, or roasted vegetables. Once you taste homemade, the bottled stuff goes in the bin.

Lemon Vinaigrette
5 minPrep time
5 minTotal time
8Servings
90Kcal / serving

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 tsp honey
  • 1 small garlic clove, grated
  • Salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. Combine the base

    Add the lemon juice, Dijon, honey, grated garlic, salt, and pepper to a jar or bowl.

  2. Emulsify

    Whisk vigorously, or seal the jar and shake, while streaming in the olive oil until thick and glossy.

  3. Taste and adjust

    Taste on a leaf of lettuce and adjust — more lemon for brightness, more oil to mellow, more salt to season.

  4. Store

    Keep in a sealed jar in the fridge for up to a week; shake to re-emulsify before use.

Try this drizzled over our grilled chicken avocado salad or any of our green salads. For more, see our Homemade Salad Dressing Ratios guide and our Creamy Tahini Dressing.

The MakeSalads secretThe three-to-one ratio of oil to acid is your foundation — memorize it and you can build any vinaigrette without ever measuring from a recipe again.

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