Healthy and Delicious Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Hello! I hope you enjoyed the holiday season—a healthy and delicious Meyer lemon vinaigrette salad dressing recipe to kick off the new year. As much as I love the holidays, I also look forward to settling into the new year, taking it a little slower and making delicious, healthy meals. My sweet friend in LA sent me some Meyer lemons in a Christmas box, and my first thought was Lemon bars! Obviously! But then I thought a fresh Meyer lemon vinaigrette would be so lovely.
Our kids got us The Four Horsemen Cookbook for Christmas. It’s their favorite restaurant in Brooklyn. And it even has a Michelin Star. There are so many recipes I want to try, but I started with this healthy Meyer lemon vinaigrette featured in the cookbook. I hope you like it as much as we do.
Simple ingredients for the Meyer lemon vinaigrette recipe
- Whole Meyer lemons (I’ve seen them at Trader Joe’s)
- Lemon zest
- Fresh Meyer lemon juice
- Dijon mustard
- Champagne vinegar
- Garlic cloves
- Sea salt
- Good quality extra-virgin olive oil
- Sweet baby butter lettuce or your choice of leafy greens
Directions for making this healthy and delicious Meyer lemon vinaigrette salad dressing
- In a small bowl, add the lemon zest, juice, Dijon mustard, champagne vinegar, garlic, and salt, and whisk briskly until combined.
- Slowly pour the olive oil while vigorously whisking until the ingredients have emulsified.
Pour the leftover dressing into an airtight glass container, such as a Mason jar or Weck jar, and store it in the refrigerator for up to one week.
Healthy and Delicious Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
This healthy and delicious Meyer lemon vinaigrette salad dressing recipe is a great way to start the New Year on a positive note.
- Prep Time: 5
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup 1x
Ingredients
- Zest from 2 Meyer lemons
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (from about 6 lemons) of freshly squeezed Meyer lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 1 garlic clove finely grated using a microplane grater
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 1 cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, champagne vinegar, garlic, and salt in a small bowl, and whisk briskly until combined.
- Slowly pour the olive oil while vigorously whisking until the ingredients have emulsified.
Notes
You will likely have some leftover dressing, depending on how many salads you are serving. You can store the dressing in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week.
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Outfit of the Week
I call this my “Let’s get coffee” look. The scarf coat is the perfect thing to throw on to grab a coffee or wear just about anywhere. This would have been the coat I grabbed for meeting the kids at the bus when they were little. It’s just an easy piece to throw on over anything!
Scarf Coat from Quince (Comes in TK colors) // Arlette Turtleneck from J.McLaughlin (a great layering piece, and it comes in 11 colors) // Alex Mill Jeans – I’m wearing Bev Relaxed Jean – a button-fly jean that looks vintage) // Birkenstock Boston Shearling Lined Clogs // Comme Si Socks A gift from Madeline, and I love them! Here’s what the brand says about their socks; I could not agree more…“A little luxury for your feet, our socks are meant to be seen & loved.”
Blueland Dishwasher Pods – Plastic Free & Eco-Friendly Alternative to Liquid Pods
I made the switch after reading a little about plastics in our environment. My sister told me about Blueland. It took me a while to make the change because previous “clean” dishwasher pods did not actually clean my dishes.
We have used Blueland for a few months now, and I just added it to my Subscribe and Save on Amazon. They are about $0.36 per load versus $0.27 for Cascade. Let me know if you’ve tried Blueland dishwasher detergent tablets. (Safer than other pods if you have small children in the house too).
I’m making your salad dressing today! LOVE that outfit on you! I want to order the coat.
When we got married 35 years ago my husband’s youngest sister gave us a Meyer lemon tree. (We are in SF Bay Area.) And that beautiful tree has given us (and the neighborhood) thousands of lemons thru the years! I use them for everything, including cleaning, cooking, limoncello gifts, decorating…best gift we received, really 🙂
Love the post, as always!
What an amazing story Valetta! And what a gift! One that keeps on giving! Lemons are amazing for all the things you mention! I think I will remember this idea! For wedding gifts, new home gifts…but obviousy only if you live in places like California or Arizona! So…you’ve lived in the same house for 35 years? That’s wonderful!
Thank you Annie this looks delicious l use lemons more and more as l get older. Next thing to try is olive oil and lemon for hair conditioning! Happy 2025!
Hi Francesca! Do you have a lemon tree in your yard or in the neighborhood? I have to look up olive oil and lemon for hair conditioning? Seems like a good thing in the winter! Let me know if you try it!
xx
Hi Annie
I need to try those pods! I never used any of those pods because they were incased in plastic, but these sound like a win win! That dressing is so similar to one that I “wing”. I pinned this so mine will be more consistent! Our lemons finally are picking up here!
I do too Cindy, I never measure and most the time mnake it every night! But since I wanted to poat it, I had to measure!
Happy New Year, Annie,
Receiving your Holiday card this week was a delight. Glimpses of you and your family exploring Europe speak volumes.
I always snatch up a bag of Meyer lemons as soon as they appear at Costco. Heaped in a vintage blue pottery bowl on the counter cheers me during the grey winter days on our coast. The stasch will be somewhat diminished when 6 of them become vinaigrette tomorrow.
Hugs from Mercer Island,
Diney
Hi Diney! Next year we hope to spend Thanksgiving in Paris with our kids and their significant others! I’ve already warned them that I will need a photo for the Christmas card! haha
I love having a big bowl of winter citrus on the counter in the winter! It is so cheerrful, isn’t it? I hope you love the Myere lemon vinaigrette!
xo