Dressings

Honey-lemon vinaigrette

Name: Honey-lemon vinaigrette
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: About 3/4 cup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons); 2 tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 1/2 cup olive oil; Salt and black pepper to taste

The Hive KitchenJuly 25, 2026

Prep 5 minTotal 5 minMakes About 3/4 cup

A good vinaigrette is a transparency exercise: five ingredients, nothing to hide, every one of them pulling its weight. This one leans on honey to round out the lemon, and it will dress a week of salads from one jar.

Shake it in the same kind of jar our honey comes in. We find that poetic.

Ingredients

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

Add the lemon juice, honey, and Dijon to a jar with a tight lid. Shake until the honey dissolves.
Add the olive oil, a good pinch of salt, and a few grinds of pepper.
Shake hard for 20 seconds until creamy and emulsified. Taste on a leaf of whatever you are dressing and adjust.
Keeps refrigerated for a week. The oil will firm up in the fridge — let it sit out 5 minutes and shake again.

Works as a marinade for chicken too — the honey helps it brown beautifully.

honey salad five ingredients or fewer

Honey-lemon vinaigrette

Ingredients

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