Homemade Catalina/French Dressing Recipe (2024)

Is this similar to Dorothy Lynch?

I just made this. It is SO DELICIOUS! Mine looks more red than orange, I’m still in the process of replacing some of the items in my kitchen, so I used chili powder with mystery “spices.” Anyway, thanks for the recipe and the encouragement to eat better. Love your blog!

Any thoughts on how long this will keep for once prepared?

This is absolutely delicious! Thanks for the great recipe.
I am just restarting anew on my natural eating journey. I had started slacking off, not really reading labels or researching, just counting on purchasing certain brands and trusting them when they said “natural”, “real” or any of the other trick phrases they are using to slip crap past us. I started feeling lethargic, nauseaous, generally unhealthy and decided to start refining my diet and taking better care of myself from the inside out.
Your blog is a great resource. Keep up the great work!

Looks good, been looking for home made french salad dressing for my picky daughter. We are on health journey, as well… never ending it seems. Glad to hear of your succesful journey back to health. Great website, took a peak around. 🙂

i know this is an older post, but i just wanted to let you know our family has been using this for a while now. It’s a great recipe! I’ve even used half the honey and half stevia and it is great. We use it for a ketchup type dip, salads, and tacos. Thanks for sharing.

Loved it! I used stevia. I love honey, though. I’ll try that next time. Thank you so much!!

Excellent flavor. thx

Yup!! It’s good. The only thing I did different was add more spice than it called for and I added some brown sugar because it just wasn’t sweet enough. I think maybe it’s my olive oil. It is unfiltered and really strong so I had to make up for it. Thank U!

Thank you! I have avoided salads for years because vinegar worsens my chronic migraine. All of the other Catalina copycat recipes I found used ketchup, which always has vinegar. I just subbed lemon juice with this recipe. The raw honey taste was a little overbearing for me (I’ve never been big on honey), so when I made it again I used unbleached organic cane sugar. I put this over a bed of Romaine lettuce with some tomato, apple, and strawberries.

This is a very tasty dressing, I love it. Thank You

Hi, I’m looking for a healthy version of a Catalina, this looks great. Although can you help me out with the difference of it being a Catalina and French? I need a Catalina style for a taco salad and not sure if this will work?
Thanks!

Absolutely delicious! Any idea of calories in this dressing?

This is soooo good! Thanks for a great recipe. I have now made this many times. It’s a family favorite.

I wish I had spotted your recipe before I used one of the recipes with ketchup and sugar. I needed a recipe for french dressing to marinate a tri tip for the bbq. It is very sweet and my tri tip is already marinating. The thing I liked about the recipe I used was that it called for fresh onion and fresh garlic. Do you think that your dressing would be good for a marinade with the added fresh onion and fresh garlic? I put all the ingredients in my food processor and also added home grown and dried cayenne pepper.

How long can I store it in the fridge for before it goes bad?

Hi, my family and I loved this recipe! Would like to know if it needs to be stored in the refrigerator or can it be stored at room temperature. I put the leftover dressing in the fridge for four days and it seemed to congeal and change consistency, didn’t know if that’s normal.
Thanks!