Honey Balsamic Salad Dressing
Salad dressing from a bottle will never taste as good as a simple homemade dressing. A touch of honey and some good balsamic vinegar make this salad dressing flavorful yet light. I make a batch of this about once a week and keep it in the fridge next to the greens. With such a flavorful dressing a little bit goes a long way, so be sure you choose the best quality ingredients you can. Honey balsamic salad dressing is a great choice for the summer months, but if you are like me and can’t wait, go ahead and make it now!
My favorite salad to make with this dressing is a simple salad with baby spinach, sliced strawberries, and slivered almonds, as I made for this year’s Easter lunch. All of the flavors and textures work really well together and make a gorgeous presentation.
Honey Balsamic Dressing
Ingredients:
1/4 cup good balsamic vinegar
almost 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tbs honey
pinch kosher salt
Directions:
Put the balsamic vinegar, honey, and a pinch of kosher salt in a bowl and whisk to combine. Slowly add the olive oil while whisking until incorporated. Alternately, you can put all the ingredients in a sealed bottle and shake them up to combine. Enjoy over many fresh salads- this batch should last you at least 3 family sized salads, or several personal sized ones.
Did you see my how to prepare artichokes video? If not, please check it out. I also shared some tips. Artichokes are simple to prepare once you learn how!
Have a great weekend! I will be sure to update when I can- the Cherry Blossom 10 mile race is on Sunday. I can’t wait!
Please share your favorite salad dressing recipe in the comments!
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I can’t agree with you more that bottled dressing never tastes as delicious as homemade. I have never been a fan of salad dressing – except for a few caesar’s. Alot of people have told me to try honey and balsamic, but I haven’t yet. I have been using a dressing I found on ohsheglow’s that has maple syrup, but I am thinking I will sub honey now!
this sounds like such a good salad dressing! i’ve really been trying to work on making my own at home since “salad season” is beginning, and this is definitely going to be a winner!
I agree! I love simple homemade dressings. I stick to them or salsa to top salads. I never buy the bottled stuff. Happy weekend!
I totally agree…I always make my own dressings! So much more flavah!!
That dressing sounds so tasty! You always have the best recipes!
Dressing sounds ah-mazing! I might make this tonight!!
I love making my own salad dressings. My favorite I make is one with greek yogurt, low-fat butter milk, sea salt, pepper and garlic salt. Super easy to make and delicious.
Midgetkeeper
what are the exact measurements for everything you use in your dressing?
What an easy & yummy dressing! I’m definitely going to have to try that soon. Good luck at Cherry Blossom! It’s a beautiful race, and it’ll be my 4th year running it. 🙂
@Cat, Thank you and thank you! Good luck to you too! I will be wearing a white shirt with a strawberry on it that says “RhodeyGirl Tests” on it so if you see me please say hi!!! Good luck this weekend!!!!!
So weird, I just google blog searched for a balsamic dressing and this came up. I knew you looked so familiar when I saw your pictures, I went to PC too! so ironic that you posted this today and I searched it today!
@Nicole @ making good choices, So coo1! Hi!!!! I just went and checked out your blog- HI!!!!!!! You look familiar to me too! Small world!
Wow, Sabrina!
The recipe looks amazing – I can´t wait to try it on my own 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Brazilian XOXO´s,
Gabriela
You have some of the best simple recipes around and I’ll definetly try this one out since I eat a salad about 3 times a week. Good luck in the race Sunday.
Congratulations on your race, Sabrina!!!! great time + pace!!
You must try the honey balsmic dressing with….mixed salad greens,dried cranberries,thinly sliced apples and a few walnuts. Absolutely yummy!