Mustard Free Turmeric Lemon Dressing
Bright, golden, and packed with warm spice, this turmeric lemon dressing is the kind of thing you'll want to drizzle over everything — grain bowls, roasted vegetables, simple green salads, you name it. The base is fresh lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil, whisked together with ground turmeric, ginger, garlic, honey, and black pepper for a dressing that feels both vibrant and deeply satisfying. Many store-bought dressings sneak mustard into the ingredient list, sometimes under names that aren't immediately obvious, so making your own from scratch is the cleanest way to stay in control of what's in the bottle. The Dijon listed here is explicitly optional and easy to leave out entirely — the lemon juice and slow drizzle of olive oil still come together into a beautifully emulsified dressing without it. A little raw honey rounds out the acidity and helps everything bind, while the black pepper actually boosts the bioavailability of the turmeric, so this dressing is as smart as it is delicious. It keeps in the fridge for up to five days, making it a genuinely useful meal-prep staple to have on hand all week.
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6 servings
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 2 lemons)
- ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 small clove garlic, finely grated or minced
- 1 tsp raw honey
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ tsp dijon mustard (optional)
Can be omitteddijon mustard
Instructions
- 1
Combine the lemon juice, turmeric, grated garlic, honey, ground ginger, black pepper, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk together until the honey dissolves and the mixture is uniform.
- 2
Slowly drizzle in the olive oil while whisking constantly until the dressing is emulsified and slightly thickened. If using Dijon mustard, whisk it in with the lemon juice mixture in step 1 — it helps the emulsion hold.
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