Spring means fresh fruits and vegetables. Spring salad greens are here and they are just waiting to jump into your salad bowl. The thing that makes a salad, I mean REALLY makes a salad, is the dressing. Regardless of the quality of ingredients and flavors, if you don’t have a good dressing, you don’t have a great salad. 
The right dressing takes your salad from ordinary greens to a spectacular salad. This Poppy Seed Salad Dressing is one of those dressings that will elevate any ordinary salad.
This poppy seed salad dressing has the right amount of vinegar tartness and sweetness to bring any salad to life. Clean up your eating with this simple and easy recipe. Mayonnaise is the base for this dressing. I make my own mayo with olive oil or sunflower oil. It’s easy to do if you want to try it. Milk is added to thin out the dressing. If you have looking for a dairy free version, you can substitute almond milk for the whole milk.
My recipe is a copycat version of the Briana’s brand poppy seed salad dressing. It’s clean and doesn’t contain any artificial ingredients. All you get is real food with real ingredients.
Add this salad dressing to any bowl of salad greens or baby spinach. Add fruit like orange segments or strawberries to sweeten up your greens. Add nuts to add protein and crunch. Add at least three vegetables to get a good combination of nutrients and flavors.
What do you like add to your salad?
Poppy Seed Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons honey
- 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 green onion, chopped
- Up to 1/4 cup whole milk, to thin as needed
- 1 teaspoon Poppy Seeds
Instructions
- Add mayonnaise, honey, vinegar, mustard, and onion in a food processor or blender. Blend until smooth
- While blender or food processor is on, slowly add milk until you get the consistency you like.
   
Christina @ Juggling Real Food and Real Life says
April 15, 2014 at 8:49 amThis looks really good Nicky! I’m in charge of bringing my hummus for an appetizer and a salad for Easter. I don’t have too many creamy dressing recipes so this is perfect timing for me. I’m excited to try it and then brag that I got the dressing from you.
Little Family Adventure says
April 16, 2014 at 8:35 amIt’s a great dressing. The kids will like the touch of sweetness.
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
April 16, 2014 at 8:35 amLooks delicious! We make all of our own salad dressing so looking forward to trying this! Pinning and stumbling!
Gaye @CalmHealthySexy says
April 16, 2014 at 2:57 pmThis looks great, Nicky. I make all of our dressings, but I’m kind of stuck on the same two. This will make a great change. I have never made mayonnaise before. Is it hard?
Little Family Adventure says
April 16, 2014 at 3:57 pmIt’s not too hard. It just takes patience.
Limeade Gal says
April 17, 2014 at 12:15 pmI love Poppy Seed Dressing, thanks for sharing. Will be so much nicer to make from scratch. Pinning for future reference 🙂
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:19 pmThanks so much. I hope you enjoy this dressing.
Crystal Duncan (@FindingCrystal) says
April 17, 2014 at 1:10 pmI think I’m going to find myself pinning a lot from this blog. You have such great ideas and I love that it’s real food!
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:20 pmThanks so much Crystal. I love to hear that you love my cooking. It’s one of the best compliments you could give me. 🙂
Bonny says
April 17, 2014 at 3:30 pmThis dressing sounds divine! You are right, the dressing makes the salad. I bet this dressing is so tasty it will only take a small amount to make an incredible difference. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing it!
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:21 pmYou’re right. It takes a small amount of this dressing. I hope you like it.
Patty Haxton Anderson says
April 17, 2014 at 3:57 pmI love poppy seeds and this is a good recipe I must try.
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:21 pmThanks Patty
Tiffany Khyla says
April 17, 2014 at 9:39 pmThis sounds like a delicious recipe, and it doesn’t look to hard to make! The ingredients sound so good. I never crave salads, but this dressing might change that!
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:24 pmThis is a great dressing. My kids like to dip veggies in too. I made a red cabbage and dried fruit slaw with this dressing. I added a little extra maple syrup and it was terrific.
Jennifer | The Deliberate Mom says
April 19, 2014 at 1:52 pmNicky, this sounds simply divine. I love homemade salad dressings. I don’t have as much “guilt” when I’m consuming them.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
xoxo
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:35 pmThanks so much Jennifer.
Chrystal @ YUM eating says
April 22, 2014 at 4:36 pmI need to get better about making my own dressing. I go in spurts. This looks and sounds nice and refreshing! Pinned!
Little Family Adventure says
April 24, 2014 at 9:35 pmThanks Chrystal
KC Kahn the Kitchen Chopper says
May 5, 2014 at 12:39 pmSo great to see you here at #theWeekendSocial. Yummy and creamy! Thanks for sharing and please stop by again next week!
Laura @MotherWouldKnow says
January 21, 2016 at 4:40 pmI’ve pretty much stopped buying store-bought salad dressing. But since I do love dressing, I’m always on the look-out for homemade versions that look wonderful. This one definitely fits the bill!
Nicky says
January 22, 2016 at 11:17 amThis is a little different than traditional vinaigrettes and it also great on fruit salads