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The BEST Honey French Salad Dressing Recipe

The Best Honey French Salad Dressing recipe is easy to make, and will make you crave more greens. The secret behind every great salad is the salad dressing. We all deserve to eat delicious food, and this dressing, with its sweet flavors is a perfect addition to your loved recipes.

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The Best Honey French Salad Dressing Recipe in a bottle and a pint of cherry tomatoes
Honey French Salad Dressing Recipe

“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 takes minutes, and the fresh flavor will set your salads apart. They are so much better than store-bought salad dressings. The sweetness of the honey makes this salad dressing perfect.

I love using raw honey in my recipes. If you’ve never tried raw honey, you can find it here on Amazon. Regular honey can also be used for this recipe.

History of Honey French Salad Dressing

Did you assume that French salad dressing originally came from France? So did I.

French Salad Dressing was created right here in the good old USA.

French dressing was a term for dressings made of parts oil and part 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. It’s one of those great recipes that is so easy to make at home and transforms a simple salad.

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Here’s How to Make Honey French Salad Dressing

Ingredients for Honey French Salad Dressing 

1/2 cup honey (I use raw honey) 

1/3 cup ketchup 

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 

1/4 cup chopped onion 

2 cloves garlic, chopped 

1 teaspoon paprika 

1/2 teaspoon celery salt 

1 teaspoon salt or liquid aminos 

3/4 cup olive oil 

Directions for Making Honey French Salad Dressing 

  1. Combine all ingredients except the olive oil in a blender and blend.  
  2. Once blended, add the olive oil to the blender on the low speed in a slow steady stream.  Process until all of the olive oil is combined. Sample the dressing and add sea salt and black pepper to taste. Add it to your favorite salad blend and enjoy!

So go ahead and try it. I’m sure the next time you make it, you will double the recipe and become a staple in your home. With a salad dressing like this, you will be eating more greens in no time. Make sure you use a good olive oil in the recipe.  

Try drizzling this dressing over avocados or raw veggies. A friend likes to dip her French fries in this classic vinaigrette. Yum!

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Honey French Salad Dressing

Tips for Making Classic French Salad Dressing

  1. Coconut aminos are an excellent substitute for salt.
  2. Make sure you use apple cider vinegar with the “mother.” It has numerous health benefits.  We could all be a healthier, don’t you think?
  3. You can substitute red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, sherry vinegar, and white balsamic vinegar for apple cider vinegar.
  4. Make homemade to sop up every drop of dressing at the bottom of the bowl.
  5. You can use a food processor instead of a blender.
  6. In addition to using this recipe as a green salad dressing, you can use it as a dip for raw vegetables.

How long does Easy French Dressing Recipe last in the refrigerator?

This classic French bistro salad dressing will last up to 5 days in the refrigerator when stored in an airtight container.

How to Make a Composed Salad

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How to Make a Composed Salad – Arranging Salad Leaves and Toppings

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Printable Version of Honey French Dressing with Daily Values

The Best Honey French Salad Dressing Recipe in a bottle and a pint of cherry tomatoes
Yield: 2 cups

The Best Honey French Salad Dressing Recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Best Honey French Salad Dressing recipe is easy to make and it will make you crave more salad because of how yummy it is! The secret behind every great salad is the salad dressing.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup honey (I used raw honey)
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
  • 1 teaspoon salt or liquid aminos
  • 3/4 olive oil

Instructions

  1. Combine all the ingredients except the olive oil in a blender and blend.
  2. Once blened, add the olive oil to the blender on low speed in a slow steady stream. Process until all of the oiive oil is combined.

Nutrition Information

Yield

8

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 91Total Fat 1gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 0mgSodium 473mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 0gSugar 20gProtein 0g

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Bruce

Thursday 13th of April 2023

If you're looking for a very sweet dressing like Marzetti's Honey French, you haven't found it, BUT don't move on without trying this one. It is an amazing balance between sweet, and vinegar tangy, and just plain tasty! I used red wine vinegar, because that's what I use in red things (like pickled beets), shallots (because I like them), and regular vegetable oil (to save money, and not add another flavor). So, I realize I'm not commenting on the recipe as written, but what I made is excellent, and I'm happy to give Kelly all the credit for this success.

Kelly

Friday 14th of April 2023

Hello Bruce! I love it when people make alterations! I do it too to tweak recipes to my taste. I'm so glad you loved it! Thanks for letting me know. - Kelly

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

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