Everyday Salad Dressing

4.88 from 81 votes

My favorite everyday salad dressing recipe that goes with just about anything! Feel free to double or triple the batch size if needed.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 5 ingredient, dairy free, gluten free, salad dressing, vegan, vegetarian

Author: Ali

Equipment

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

Instructions

Combine ingredients. Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl (or shake all ingredients together vigorously in a sealed jar) until completely combined.
Serve. 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.

Notes

Acid options: This salad dressing recipe also works wonderfully with just about any kind of vinegar -- red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, sherry vinegar, etc. So feel free to use whatever will work best for your salad!

Sweetener options: Feel free to add in 1 to 2 teaspoons of honey (or your desired sweetener) if you would like to make this dressing a bit sweeter.

Storage instructions: I find that the lemon juice version of this dressing doesn't taste so great after more than 24 hours in the fridge. So if you would like to make a larger batch of the dressing to store for up to 1 week, I recommend using vinegar in place of the lemon juice.