Homemade Catalina Dressing

I was in the middle of making taco salad and realized I was all out of Catalina dressing. Found this recipe and made it, substituting apple cider vinegar for red wine vinegar. Family said it was the best taco salad they've ever had. Score!!

This gave me a good base to adapt my own recipe. I used olive oil, stevia and sugar free ketchup. Thanks for posting.

This is a nice dressing, although I think it tastes more like French dressing rather than Catalina (lucky us, we like both!). Certainly is simple enough to mix up, and I agree, Samy, homemade's always better.

Good flavor. Used celery salt vs celery flakes, because I didn't have any. Added 1 tsp mayo to help hold emulsion.

This was delicious and tasted almost exactly like the bottled dressing. It took a couple seconds to mix it up, I had everything in the house. Is not as red as the bottled dressing. I used Apple Cider Vinegar, Vegetable oil and also added a little garlic powder. My husband loved it, I'll definitely make this again!

Add 1/2 teas worcestershire and cut the sugar in 1/2

It isn't as dark orange as the Catalina's I have used before but a very pretty color none the less. It literally took me three minutes to have this blended and ready for dinner. Tangy and sweet. I will make it again.

Even though my red wine vinegar was a little sketchy, this turned out fabulous. I didn't have celery flakes, so I used celery seeds. Sweeter and runnier than store bought, but that just means a smaller amount goes a long ways. I will be using this recipe instead of store bought from now on!!!

I didn't have quite all the ingredients... I substitued celery seed for the celery flakes, garlic powder instead of onion powder, and basil instead of italian seasoning. Very pleased with the way this turned out! So close to bottled! I'll be making this often!!

Very good but incredibly sweet. I'll cut the sugar in 1/2 next time

I had the recipe using a zero calorie catchup, Mrs. Dash extra spicy, and evoo. I thickened it with xanthan gum and I omitted the sweetener and I got compliments and people wanting the recipe.

It was ok at first, but the aftertaste is ketchup. It needs more tang

I find it a bit sweet. Next time will half the sugar. I added chopped shallots and celery salt.

I thought the ratio of vinegar to oil was a little off, so I added an additional 1/4 cup of oil. This is a good base for red salad dressings. I'll definitely make it again.

Better than shop bought because you control the sugar content.

It turned out great. It was definitely better than what I buy In the bottle

I scaled to 1 serving as I just needed a few tbsps to make a copycat Big Mac sauce. I found it too sweet and oily, next time I would halve the sugar and oil. It definitely needs a little salt as well as it was flat. Good in a pinch as it uses pantry ingredients.

Yum! I've been searching for a Catalina recipe my husband would like and this is it! Made my tweaks and no more bottled Catalina!

Quite good. I did not use so much sugar. Will make it aagin as it is a favorite now.

While this did not taste bad, it was not a BigMac sauce knockoff because the Big M has mayo and pickles.

Very good, I hate the stuff in bottled dressings. I used half the amount of celery seed vs flakes. Also used grape seed oil. Made the perfect amount for my dressing container.

Love this recipe. Might use apple cider vinegar, olive oil next time and see how stevia tastes.

This was awesome. It is just like the catalina dressing I usually buy. Great job

Delicious recipe. I used a blend in equal parts red wine vinegar and braggs apple cider. Used smoke paprika instead of regular, and added about 1/3 of a small red onion. Pulverized in my la machine. Perfect for our chicken salad tonight!

This turned out well. I needed a quick dressing. Used a splash of honey instead of the sugar, olive oil and herbes de provence as that was the closest I had.

Very similar to the bottle store brand! I made a double batch in my Ninja today to pour over my Sombrero Pasta salad. It's now Chillin' in the fridge! I've made this before, just didn't post.

I added a little more sugar also I didn't have any of the spices except paprika. So I added onion and garlic powder. Now I can't get the bottled stuff, it just tastes gross. This is the best dressing ever!

I was in the middle of making taco salad when I realized that our Catalina dressing had gone bad. I turned to the internet to see if there was something that I could use instead when I came up on this recipe. Now the only problem that I have is keeping enough of this homemade Catalina in the house. My daughter loves it on everything she'll eat it on her chips and she'll eat it on everything she actually has started to eat salad which he never used to do! So thank God for this recipe I finally got her to eat salad! If they had a 8 star rating I would give them 10.

Wow, this was so easy! This is so good! Just reduced sugar to 1/4 cup (as many suggested) and chilling in the frig for tonight’s taco salad.

This is better than store bought! I don't say that lightly. My kids love it. My husband loves it! We were recently visiting family and they only had the bottled stuff. We all missed this homemade dressing. I don't even think about buying it anymore.

easy and very good, I have made twice.

Love this salad dressing!

Good dressing! I cut the sugar down to 2 Tablespoons and changed seasonings to my liking.

I found this dressing to be too sweet for my taste. Will make again, but reduce the amount of sugar.

Used half the sugar and added a little garlic powder. Did not have the seasoning blend so just skipped it. Yum!

I used white vinegar. Didn't change anything. My family loved this recipe. Don't think I will ever buy store bought again.