Creamy Honey Mustard Dressing

Homemade dressings are an important part of the Homemade on a Weeknight style of cooking. They bring a real depth of flavor to your dishes that can pull the whole meal together. Cohesiveness is an important box to check when you making a dinner plate – everything needs to have a purpose and play well with the others. When it comes to dressings – ranch and Italian usually get most of the play time. But this recipe for Creamy Honey Mustard Dressing is going to be pulling in solidly to that 3rd place spot.

Honey Mustard is a classic dipping sauce – often used with chicken. This creamy version has some rich notes that you are going to love. So what’s the difference between a dipping sauce and a dressing? It’s so simple – it’s comes down to pourability. A dipping sauce is much thicker because you want it to cling to whatever it is that you are dipping into it. A dressing can easily be drizzled over you salad or sandwich or burger or wrap. So you put dressing ON something and you dip something IN to dipping sauce. So the end consistency of this recipe should be pourable.

Whenever making a dressing, I almost always make more than I really need. Mostly because I love to have it for lunches over the next couple of days. So I always have my Mason jars with seals and rings on hand and ready to store the remaining dressing. While you can surely use whatever plastic containers you might have, I love the glass jars with lids. They keep the dressings somehow fresher, in my mind.

The last time I made this particular dressing, it was for a Crispy Chicken Salad that I loaded down with tons of veggies. The honey mustard and crispy chicken combo is sooooo good. If you have never gotten the honey mustard sauce with your nuggets – you gotta try it!

Now Let’s Get Cookin’!