Salads are delicious. But we all know the real secret behind a great salad…the salad dressing. Honey French Salad Dressing is super easy to make and it will even make you crave more greens!
“The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been sitting on the grocery shelf for weeks, even months – even years.” – Julia Child
Julia Child has a point. Making your own salad dressing literally takes minutes and the fresh flavor will set your salads apart. The sweetness of the honey of makes this salad dressing perfect.
Did you assume like I did that French salad dressing originally came from France? Nope. French dressing used to be a term for dressings made of oil and vinegar. A little company you probably never heard of…Kraft…started bottling salad dressings and their first creation was the French salad dressing that we have all come to know and love. So…French Salad Dressing was created right here in the good old USA.
I love using raw honey in my recipes. If you’ve never tried raw honey, you can find it here. Regular honey can be used for this recipe also.
Homemade Honey French Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw honey
- 1/3 cup organic ketchup
- 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon organic paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon organic celery salt
- 1 teaspoon salt or liquid aminos
- 3/4 cup organic olive oil
Directions
- Combine all ingredients except the olive oil in a blender. Once blended, add olive oil to the blender on low as a steady stream. Process until all of the olive oil is combined.
So go ahead and try it. I’m pretty sure the next time you make it, you will double the recipe and it will become a staple in your home. With a salad dressing like this, you will be eating more greens in no time. Also try drizzling this dressing over avocados. Yum!
Notes:
- Liquid Aminos is a wonderful substitute for salt. Bragg’s Liquid Aminos is a certified NON-GMO liquid protein derived from soybeans.
- Make sure you use apple cider vinegar with the “mother.” It has numerous health benefits. We could all be a little bit more healthy, don’t you think?
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Enjoy!
Pauline
Monday 16th of November 2020
This dressing is so good, even my picky husband loves it! I’m making it for the second time in a month. There are only two of us and it’s a lot more then 6 servings for us. I keep it in an empty salad dressing bottle and we just grab it from the fridge when we make a salad. Thank you for sharing!
Kristi
Saturday 26th of October 2019
Spot on delish! Julia was right~ of course :) dressing of my salad dreams.
Kelly
Saturday 26th of October 2019
Hello Kristi! I'm so glad you liked it. Thanks for letting me know. Kelly