Yup. The only bottled dressing I won't use is ranch,because they are all so sweet and to me, a ranch dressing needs to be savory. But I will use Italian dressing or Greek dressing to flavor lots of things. Most recently I used some Italian (olive garden) on some warm potatoes to make a quick tangy potato salad. I like Greek dressing on grilled meat. Lots of oregano. But no feta please! :)

The problem I have had with bottled salad dressing is also that they are too sweet for me. I have bought them while traveling and have generally been disappointed. On Alitalia, we had little bottles of Balsamic vinaigrette for our salads, and they were very good. It was something like this.

We get some very good ones. My husband always uses bottled when he's in a hurry at lunchtime. Most have only natural "normal" ingredients.

I stayed out of the other thread because of its tone. As of today, I have 5 bottles of dressing in the fridge. We generally have a salad with every meal. When dinner is running late, they are a life saver. My 2 favorites are the Blue cheese from Aldi and a Western from Butera, owned by Piggly Wiggly. It is the house brand, Food Club. I do make my own, such as Caesar, Peppercorn Ranch and a creamy garlic, plus a vinaigrette. When I was working I often took a salad. Who has time to make a dressing when rushing out the door? I am not ashamed to have them nor do I see them as a waste of money.

I posted this on the other thread.

"We prefer the bottled of any kind. I buy the smallest offered and a lot of different types. Bottled means one less step at supper or appetizers, and my husband can recognize what he likes. We have about 15 or so favorites that we cycle through.

ETA: I have never been one to make-or-cook-everything-from-scratch or it is not good. There are some excellent bottled dressings available."

I noticed the tone too. I chose to SOB.

Thanks Monty_Abby! That was the point, though if I can also provide a safe place for bottled dressing lovers, I'm happy to do so, even though I'm not really one of them. ;)

There are two salad dressings that we always buy: Marzetti's Blue Cheese and Marzetti's Ranch. They are found in the refrigerated section of the supermarket and are pretty good.

I also like using bottled dressings for cooking, and to make pasta, grain and potato salads - good stuff to have on hand for creative cookery.

I use any old bottled Italian dressing to marinate meat. I like the dry dressings too which come in a mix. I make my own thousand island dressing, and like a couple of the Western and Russian dressings, but they tend to be way too sweet. Most times a good cider vinegar is all I need, with a touch of EVOO ...

I agree with Islay that the ones made in Europe (that I have had, at least) are better than the American versions. I'm fine with bottled dressings if they are made with the right ingredients. Personally, I do have time to make my own salad dressings, which is why I do not buy the bottled versions. I don't think my sister makes any of hers, but she has different priorities.