I needed 1 cup of French dressing for another recipe and didn't have any in the fridge. I found this, tried it, and LOVED it. I used it in my recipe and on my salad for lunch today. I used cider vinegar and whirled it in the blender until completely smooth....I was really happy with its thick consistency. It took about 5 minutes from start to finish and is better than ANY bottled version.
Ok let me just say before I start I find it irritating when people don't follow the recipe exactly and then rate that recipe based on the results of their tampered with creation. On that note I followed this recipe to the "T" and it was o.k. a little to ketchup-y for me. My son liked it... as a stand in for ketchup on the side of his steak he is four:-)
This is awesome!! I use homemade red wine in place of the red-wine vinegar and you're right it is fantastic that way. Thanks for sharing. I will make this often.
I followed this recipe exactly...no changes whatsoever. I will have to keep looking. This dressing is okay, but WAAAAYYYY to vinegary. As in that's all I taste. I will try again with a different vinegar, but for now, this one is just "ehh"...
This recipe is really good but I found it was very vinegar-y. I made exactly the way it is written and used Red Wine vinegar instead of the white vinegar. I ended up having to add about twice the amount of ketchup to offset the flavor of the vinegar though. I will probably half the vinegar next time but was very impressed overall!! This was the first time I made homemade salad dressing and am in awe as to why I have been buying it all these years!! YUM!
Thanks Maggie for sharing a classic French dressing recipe. Not oily didnt seperate and kept very well...
I'm off today so inbetween cooking I'm trying to catch up on my reviews. (the kids monopolize the computer) I made this dressing two weeks ago which I actually used with a packet of onion soup mix as a marinade for chicken pieces. It was delicious! So much cheaper to make your own!
This french dressing is really good. My wife likes it too. Like another reviewer said why buy dressing when you can make this great dressing so easily?
