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I’ve made my share of copycat recipes. Some come out great, tasting and even looking like the original. Some… meh. Well this copycat Kraft Catalina salad dressing is even better than the original. That same fantastic French dressing-like flavor. A little tangy. A little sweet. And just the perfect consistency for a salad. For me, it’s spot-on what I am looking for in any dressing, be it a copycat or not.

There Goes The Self-Control. Again.
I have to exercise self-control around this copycat Kraft Catalina salad dressing. Or try to at least. I’m pretty heavy-handed with my dressing, specially if it’s one I love as much as this one. Instead of serving it in a bottle or cruet, I use some small sauce cups. The theory is that I put one serving of dressing into a cup and put that on my plate. That’s the theory anyways.
Perfect For Dunking, Too
I’ve been known to dunk my salad ingredients in my dressing. These little cups (that were supposed to be for portion control) make that even easier. Just poke that little piece of broccoli or cherry tomato or whatever, and into the dressing pool we go! This dressing is so good that dunking is not only allowed, it’s encouraged!
Also try my homemade Russian salad dressing.

Copycat Kraft Catalina Salad Dressing
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 dash paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons onion grated, to taste.
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 2/3 cup ketchup
- 1 cup vegetable Oil
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor. Process until smooth.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Even better, overnight.
- Stir or shake well before serving.
please include the volume of salad dressing that contain the nutritional components described. eg per 30 ml, or per 1/2 cup thanks. Diane King Peterborough ON
Thank you for the suggestion Diane. I am going to see if I can have the recipe card generate that information. It might take some investigating but when I come up with something I’ll happily post another reply here.
Regards
Mike
I made this today because I needed catalina dressing for my taco salad.
It was perfect! I forgot the to add the celery seeds and it was still great.
Thank you for posting this. 🥰
I’m glad you liked it, even without the celery seed. It is one of my favorites too.
Regards
Mike