• About
    • Meet Summer
    • Design Services
    • Collaborate
  • House + Home
    • Our Home
    • DIY
    • Home Decor
    • Home Of The Month
  • Style + Beauty
    • Outfits
    • Get The Look
    • Products I Love
  • Food + Drink
    • Food
    • Drink
    • Entertaining
  • Life + Travel
    • Family Life
    • Favorite Things Friday
    • Goals
    • Holidays
    • Roadtrip Reality
  • SHOP
    • Favorite Retailers
    • Shop Our Home
    • Bloglovin
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Simple Stylings

Simple Style for Your Home and Life

Citrus Honey Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

on August 15, 2016 in Food/ Recipes 1

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-flatlay

{All photos by Paige Winn Photo}

Citrus Honey Vinaigrette Salad Dressing

Every year during back-to-school time I’ve got food and getting back into a consistent routine on the brain! I spent most of yesterday making school lunches for the week and prepping dinners as well. I’m also ready to get back on a regular exercise schedule and re-focus on healthy eating.

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-complete

I love salads but I have a love-hate relationship with them from my own kitchen. I find it hard to have all of the ingredients on hand to make a really yummy salad, but mostly I don’t enjoy store-bought dressings! Often when I go out to eat I’ll order a salad because I never think mine taste as good at home.

I’m vowing to change this and invest a little time (and ingredients) in creating some delicious homemade salad dressings! This is hopefully the first in a series of dressing recipes that I’ll be sharing and I’m thrilled with the way it turned out! Next I’m working on a blue cheese vinaigrette for a twist on the typical wedge salad.

dressing low res4

This citrus honey vinaigrette was inspired from Mezzaluna, a restaurant we tried on a recent trip to Hendersonville, NC. We had the herbed goat cheese salad and it was so good we had to try and recreate it.

We could tell the dressing had orange and honey in it, although the honey is not a dominant flavor, and I assumed the there was olive oil, a form of vinegar and a squeeze of lemon. This is the combination we came up with that worked really well! It’s so light and refreshing and you can’t tell that it’s not a restaurant dressing.

RECIPE:

4 tablespoons orange juice

4 tablespoons honey

Juice from 1 lemon

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Makes 4-6 servings.

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-directions

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-lemon

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-salt

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-mix

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-onion

As for the salad ingredients, field greens, pecans, red onion, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese are my go-to but you could use almost any combination. I love spinach or kale and walnuts or pine nuts too! Raisins and cranberries a great if you have a little sweet tooth.

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-pour

I always like to add fresh herbs to my salad and basil goes perfect with this flavor palette.

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing-goat-cheese

I’m finally convinced that I can make restaurant-style salads at home and it’s 100% true that the dressing is key! And it’s definitely not as intimidating as you think.

I feel the same way about sauces too. I’m working on a street taco recipe with a rich Mexican crema that I hope to share soon!

Citrus-Honey-Vinaigrette-Salad-Dressing--nom-nom

My top is from La Senorita Jolie

[show_shopthepost_widget id=”1855060″]

So what do you think/ Are you disappointed like I am about how your salads taste at home? What are your favorite salad dressings?

Cheers!

signature

dressing pinterest

 

Related posts:

Peanut Butter and Honey Healthy Fruit Dip Himalayan Salt Shrimp Tacos & Tequila Shooters A Healthier Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe (Gluten Free) Cowboy Caviar: An Easy Healthy Snack for Everyone
&url=" title="Click to share this post on Twitter">Tweet It Pin It Share It
Filed Under: Food, Recipes Tagged With: basil, citrus honey vinaigrette, goat cheese, pecans, salad dressing recipe 1 Comment
❮❮ Previous Post
Next Post ❯❯

Trackbacks

  1. 2016 In Review: Top 10 Favorite Posts + Projects says:
    January 3, 2017 at 6:06 am

    […] Favorite Recipe: Citrus Honey […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




 

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

I’m Summer, a mom and a creative at heart, and my hope is that I can help you create simple style for your home and life. Read more!

Join Our Email Newsletter

Popular Posts

Categories

  • Bloglovin
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
Home | About | Collaborate | Connect

Copyright © 2015 • Simple Stylings