Recently I had a flashback to summers in the 1970s having dinner in the sun room, and salad dressed with sweet Catalina dressing. When I started eating more salad, I realized I needed to keep it interesting. I don't enjoy bottled dressings so much, and always prefer to make homemade, so I found a recipe for Catalina dressing and modified it to my taste.
The original recipe called for a cup of oil and more sugar and salt than I wanted, so I substituted a couple tablespoons of honey for the sugar, dissolving it first in the vinegar, and about 1/4 of the oil. I forgot the onion, left out the Worcestershire, and didn't miss it, but added some onion powder. It was perfect! Who knew a ketchup-based salad dressing would be so divine! I served it recently on a tossed salad with Romaine lettuce, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, shrimp and toasted slivered almonds. It was outrageously delicious!
Thank you Bill for sharing your recipes.
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