love the dressing - I made it low-cal by decreasing the oil and adding water and more vinigar. I also used Splenda instead of sugar.

This is a good, easy dressing. I ran out of cider vinegar, so I combined it with red wine vinegar. I also subbed agave for sugar and used slightly less onion juice. I find most poppy seed dressings too sweet, but this was just right. It was perfect with Wasabi Secret Salad, from this site. It also went well with Mushroom Patacone Pita, sans pita and served as a salad.

This was very tasty. The only thing I changed was that I only used a little bit of onion. It makes a lot, so next time I'll cut the recipe in half. Served with Spinach Salad with Peaches and Pecans (recipe from this site). A great summer meal!

Good basic recipe and easy to make. I also make something similar except I use 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup regular vinegar, 1/2 medium onion cut up, 1 1/4 teaspoons salt, 1 1/4 teaspoons dry mustard. I use a blender and blend the above ingredients. Then I add 1 cup salad oil and blend only for about 10 seconds (or it can get too thick). Then I add the poppyseeds and only blend for 10 more seconds or less. Similar flavor, but not as sweet. Thanks for the recipe.

Very sweet but good. I did cut back slightly on the sugar but it still tasted grainy. I was concerned the grated onion would over power this so I tried onion powder instead. Next time I will try using a sweet onion.

Some would say the 3/4 cup of sugar makes this dressing much too sweet. I think it's just preference. If you don't want it too sweet, add 1/2 cup sugar and see if you think it needs more. Other than that, it's a fantastic recipe that has us hooked.

This is a very good recipe and easy to make. I served it warm over spinach, mushroom, egg and bacon bit salad and it was yummy.

Great recipe. I've made it a couple of times now and when it's past its "use by" date we use it to baste meat on the braai (barbecue). It is absolutely super. I vary it with the amount of seeds, sugar and type of vinegar and oil but it's just as good with any variation. Keep them coming. Susie Blue, Johannesburg, SA

This is very easy to make and very delicious! I served it over a romaine lettuce salad with mandarin oranges, blueberries, cashews and swiss cheese. I also cut down the sugar to 1/2 cup. I could have even gone with a little less sugar, but since this was for company I didn't want to play around with it too much. Some people were saying they used less onion than called for. Perhaps they misunderstood the recipe? It is not the onion you put in--it is the onion JUICE. I wasn't sure how I was going to get the juice out of the grated onion but I just picked it all up in my hands and squeezed it into a bowl. Worked great!

Great recipe. My family asks for this at cookouts and gatherings. I only grate about 2 tablespoons of an onion and that seems plenty.

This is an excellant recipe. I used to make it all the time for the restaurant I worked for. I like to cook the sugar, vinegar, onions and spices together. Then cool it down and add the poppy seeds.

This is both delicious and super easy to make ... a real winner. You can cut down on the amount of sugar without harming the taste; I started with 1/2 cup and added a tablespoon and found it plenty sweet enough.

Something different.

A local restaurant serves this dressing and it is my favorite! Great on a salad with chicken, dried cherries, mandarin oranges and almonds. Yum!

Very tasty recipe Cathy. I followed the suggestions of some of the other reviewers and used only 1/2 cup of sugar and maybe 1/4 cup of grated onion. I added a little balsamic vinegar (the brand I use is strong and rather sweet) for a bit more flavor. I mixed this in the blender, adding the oil in a small stream so I ended up with a mayonnaise-like dressing and then added the poppy seeds. On baby spinach with fresh raspberries and crumbled blue cheese, it was an ideal summer evening salad.

I would rename this dressing to Onion-Poppy Seed Dressing II. I only used a very small part of an onion, but it was way too much for this. Granted, I used a white onion. I would only recommend using a SWEET onion for this recipe. Otherwise, this dressing wasn't bad.