Name: Healthy Vegan "Honey" Mustard Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup organic dijon mustard; 1/4 cup organic maple syrup; 2 tablespoons organic extra virgin olive oil; 1/8 teaspoon organic garlic powder

Healthy Honey Mustard Dressing

5 from 5 votes

Published: Jan 9, 2014 · Last Updated: Oct 26, 2026 by Karielyn Tillman · This post may contain affiliate links · 23 Comments

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My Healthy Vegan "Honey" Mustard Dressing is an easy recipe made with only 4 clean, real food ingredients. It's the perfect plant-based dressing for your favorite salad, sandwich or even as a dipping sauce and it's ready to enjoy in less than 5 minutes!

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Healthy Vegan "Honey" Mustard Dressing

Here's why this recipe works - my top 3 reasons:

Healthier than store-bought dressing
Ready in less than 5 minutes
Made with only 4 clean, real food ingredients

Healthier Than Store-Bought Dressing

This healthy plant-based recipe comes compliments of my oldest son.

He recently had a taste of a restaurant version and asked if I would buy him some on our next grocery trip.

While I could have easily accommodated his request by just buying an organic store-bought version, my natural instinct was..."how about if I make you some"?

How hard could it be...mustard and a sweetener, right?

So I played around a little with the ratios and came up with this super easy version of a healthy plant-based "honey" mustard dressing.

Here are the ingredients in a store-bought dressing containing GMO soy, refined sugar, refined salt and dairy (highly likely with GMO dairy):

S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) Kraft Honey Mustard Dressing Ingredients: Soybean(s) Oil, Vinegar, Water, Sugar, Honey, Mustard Dijon (Vinegar, Mustard Seed, Water, Salt, White Wine, Citric Acid and Tartaric Acid, Spices(s)), Food Starch Modified, Salt, Egg(s) Yolk, Mustard Seed, Sorbic Acid and Calcium Disodium EDTA as Preservatives, Flavor(s) Natural, Caramel Color, Onion(s) Dried, Spice(s), Beta Carotene Color(s).

You don't have to settle for GMO ingredients (soybean oil), refined sugar and preservatives when you want a tangy "honey" mustard dressing.

This recipe will give you all the flavors you crave without the ingredients you don't want.

Ready In Less Than 5 Minutes

With only 4 simple ingredients, this recipe can be ready to enjoy in less than 5 minutes without any special equipment.

For example, just add the ingredients to a small mixing bowl, stir until well combined and it's ready to enjoy!

Made With Only 4 Clean, Real Food Ingredients

When you make homemade dressings, you have control over the quality of ingredients that are used.

For example, in this recipe, I used organic dijon mustard, organic maple syrup, organic avocado oil, and organic ground garlic powder.

I have a couple of ingredient substitution tips below, like omitting the avocado oil to make the recipe oil-free, so make sure you check those out.

My healthier version is made with organic, vegan, gluten-free, lectin-free*, nut-free, paleo-friendly ingredients, contains no refined sugar and is Medical Medium® Compliant.

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- Karielyn Tillman

Karielyn's Expert Tips + Ingredient Substitutions

Here are some expert tips to make this recipe perfectly:

Dijon Mustard. I used organic dijon mustard because it has a little more depth of flavor, but you could also use regular organic mustard.

Avocado Oil. I added the avocado oil so the recipe would more resemble a store-bought dressing, but you actually have two options here:

Substitute with organic extra-virgin olive oil
Omit the oil to make the recipe 100% oil-free

Garlic Powder. I normally recommend using fresh garlic in my recipes, but just a touch of organic garlic powder adds another flavor dimension. If you think you won't like the addition of garlic powder, it can be omitted.

Maple Syrup. I substituted the traditional main ingredient of "honey" with organic maple syrup. However, you can substitute with your favorite liquid sweetener like organic coconut nectar, organic date nectar, organic brown rice syrup, etc. In addition, if you don't need this recipe to be 100% vegan, you can also substitute with organic raw honey.

*Lectin-Free. Substitute the organic maple syrup with organic date nectar to keep the recipe 100% lectin-free.

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Healthy Vegan "Honey" Mustard Dressing

This Healthy "Honey" Mustard Dressing is an easy recipe made with only 4 clean, real food ingredients. It's the perfect plant-based dressing for your favorite salad and is ready to enjoy in less than 5 minutes!

{ Plant-Based | Vegan | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free | Soy-Free | Nut-Free | Keto/Low-Carb | No Refined Sugar | Lectin-Free* | Paleo-Friendly | Medical Medium }

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Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 0

Total Time: 5

Yields: 8 servings

Calories : 68

Equipment

Whisk

Ingredients

▢ ½ cup organic dijon mustard
▢ ¼ cup organic maple syrup
▢ 2 tablespoons organic extra virgin olive oil
▢ ⅛ teaspoon organic garlic powder

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Instructions

Add all ingredients to a small mixing bowl and whisk together until well blended and smooth in texture.
Adjust the sweetener to your preference.
Store in the refrigerator in an air-tight, BPA-free container.

Recipe Notes

This recipe will make approximately ½ cup of dressing. Nutritional information is for (1) tablespoon which is (1) serving.

Nutrition Information

Course:Appetizer

Cuisine:American

Recipe Author: Karielyn Tillman

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