All-Purpose Vinaigrette Recipe

Everyone should have a recipe for an all-purpose vinaigrette in their back pocket. Whip this one up for a quick and delicious salad dressing. With ingredients like Dijon mustard and honey, it's a little bit sweet and a little bit zingy, pairing well with most vegetables and salads.

This dressing is a great recipe to use on virtually anything, though. You can use it as a dip for a chicken wrap, serve it on pasta salad, or even use it to marinade steak.

Recipe developer and registered dietitian nutritionist, Kristen Carli, MS, RD, brings us this highly versatile recipe. You can get creative with the ingredients you have on hand to add variety to the sauce. Feel free to substitute other types of vinegar, such as white wine vinegar or champagne vinegar, if you don't have red wine vinegar. You can even substitute lemon juice, should you need to. Let's dive in and make this vinaigrette.

To make this all-purpose vinaigrette, you can start by gathering your ingredients. You'll need olive oil, red wine vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard, minced garlic, salt, and pepper.

In this recipe, honey is added for a hint of sweetness. It is also used as an emulsifying agent, helping to combine the oil and vinegar, stabilizing the dressing. This results in a creamy texture.

This recipe could not be any simpler. While you could use a food processor to mix these ingredients, or even whisk the ingredients in a small bowl, Carli recommends using a Mason jar, instead. This way, you can assemble and store the dressing in the same container. We love a dish-saving hack! Start by adding all the ingredients into a Mason jar.

Cover the Mason jar with an airtight lid. Then, give the jar a good shake. This will help to thoroughly mix the ingredients. And just like that, you're ready to pour the vinaigrette over your favorite salad or store the dressing in the fridge for future use.