Honey Mustard Dressing (& Green Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips)

Spicy mustard is blended with honey, olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and seasonings to make a homemade Honey Mustard Salad Dressing. This healthy salad dressing makes a perfect meal on a summer day when tossed with fresh greens and crispy chicken strips!

The key to a good salad is a great dressing. I really didn’t enjoy salad until a few years ago. I never cared for the bottled dressings and a huge bowl of vegetables with nothing on them wasn’t very appealing either.

When I first had a salad with chicken and a good dressing I realized how amazing salad could be! I was hooked after the first bite. There was nothing bland or boring about it. Since then I have been a huge salad fan. Kimi’s cookbook “Fresh: Nourishing Salads for all Seasons” is a favorite of mine. If you ever lack inspirations it is the way to go.

This simple homemade honey mustard dressing is easy to make with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. My nourishing “Chick-fil-A” strips add protein that is needed to make this salad a meal, plus who doesn’t like chicken strips once in a while? I like to make a several batches ahead of time to keep in the freezer. When I make this salad all I need to do is reheat them in the oven or toaster oven.

Honey Mustard Dressing

• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup yellow mustard
• 1/2 cup raw honey
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp unrefined salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Directions:

Place all the ingredients in a jar. Using an immersion blender, blend until the dressing in emulsified. You can also mix the dressing in a blender.

Salad 

• 2 heads red leaf lettuce, roughly chopped
• 1 recipe chicken strips
• 4 ribs celery, thinly sliced
• 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced
• Freshly ground black pepper (optional)

Directions: 

Toss the lettuce, celery, and onion together. Top each plate with sliced chicken strips, honey mustard dressing, and freshly ground black pepper.

Honey Mustard Dressing

 

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Ingredients

• ¾ cup olive oil
• ½ cup yellow mustard
• ½ cup raw honey
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp unrefined salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ½ tsp garlic powder

Instructions

1. Place all the ingredients in a jar. Using an immersion blender, blend until the dressing in emulsified. You can also mix the dressing in a blender.

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Honey Mustard Dressing and Salad

 

Serves: 4

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Ingredients

• 2 heads red leaf lettuce, roughly chopped
• 1 recipefried chicken strips
• 4 ribs celery, thinly sliced
• ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
• Freshly ground black pepper (optional)

Instructions

1. Toss the lettuce, celery, and onion together. Top each plate with sliced chicken strips, honey mustard dressing, and freshly ground black pepper.

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Katie Mae

Katie Mae Stanley is the writer at Nourishing Simplicity, where the focus is on nourishing foods, herbal remedies, simple living, and faith. Ethnic and Midwest foods are always a favorite in her kitchen and on her blog. She is also the author of the book Steeped: Simple Nourishing Teas and Treats. Katie Mae spent 10 years as a missionary dorm "mama" for over 30 amazing deaf girls at a school for the deaf in Baja California, Mexico. Now she finds herself state side ready to embrace God's next adventure. A cup of tea or coffee and a bit of dark chocolate make an appearance at some point in any given day.

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