Salad.. great. Dressing.. AWFUL?
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Make your own dressing. I have a couple of bad azz recipes, if you're interested in something other than plain ol' oil and vinegar. :happy: You'll never buy store bought dressings again
I would love to have some of these recipes!0 -
Olive oil and red vinegar w/ salt and pepper all damn day.0
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Make your own dressing. I have a couple of bad azz recipes, if you're interested in something other than plain ol' oil and vinegar. :happy: You'll never buy store bought dressings again
I would love to have some of these recipes!
I posted them already - they're towards the bottom of page 10 -
I love to eat salads - low calorie, lots of essential vitamins and nutrients. I spice mine up with a little meat and cheese so as to try to keep it a balanced meal. Then I get to the dressing.. and I wince every time. Is salad dressing a huge blow to my meal? Most of the content is fat, even if the calorie content is not THAT detrimental. Can someone who knows more about nutrition than I help me?
I usually make my own and use olive oil.
Also, it sounds like you have a negative relationship with dietary fat. Fat isn't the devil and fat doesn't make you fat. Fat is an essential macro-nutrient for heart health, organ function, brain function, hormone balance, etc. Everyone should be getting around 20-30% of their calories daily...more if you do low carb, Paleo, etc.0 -
I love to eat salads - low calorie, lots of essential vitamins and nutrients. I spice mine up with a little meat and cheese so as to try to keep it a balanced meal. Then I get to the dressing.. and I wince every time. Is salad dressing a huge blow to my meal? Most of the content is fat, even if the calorie content is not THAT detrimental. Can someone who knows more about nutrition than I help me?0
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I always enjoy a little salsa on my salad, Gives it a nice flavor.0
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Bolthouse Farms Yogurt dressing is pretty awesome. I buy the Blue Cheese and love it; and I don't even like yogurt! I'll put a little lime juice and olive oil as well.0
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FLAVOR. I agree with those who say don't worry about a little fat, esp. olive oil, but if you want to keep calories down while enjoying a full-fat dressing, focus on dressings with a lot of flavor because then you can use about half the dressing and still get plenty of dressing. Adding a little bit of good salt--not table salt, the good salts really have a much better flavor--helps by offsetting the natural bitterness in greens. It's that bitterness that most people are trying to mask with dressing.
Here's one thing I do...I put the greens in the bowl and then dress them. THEN I add the other ingredients. Why? You just need enough dressing to flavor and overcome the bitterness in the greens. The other ingredients don't need it. If you dress after adding the ingredients, you take in far more dressing than you need and you're masking some pretty nice flavors from tomatoes, peppers, meats, etc.0 -
I love to eat salads - low calorie, lots of essential vitamins and nutrients. I spice mine up with a little meat and cheese so as to try to keep it a balanced meal. Then I get to the dressing.. and I wince every time. Is salad dressing a huge blow to my meal? Most of the content is fat, even if the calorie content is not THAT detrimental. Can someone who knows more about nutrition than I help me?
That fat is good for you! Just not too much of it.
Buy or make luscious high-fat salad dressings. DON'T go for low-cal dressings - they are AWFUL - not to mention all the extra junk thrown in there that is not very good for you.
Don't put your dressing on your salad. Put it in a little custard cup. When you eat your salad, dip your fork in the dressing and then take a bite of your clean (undressed) salad greens. A tiny bit of dressing will cling to the times of your fork, your bite will taste wonderful, and you won't eat very much dressing.
I much prefer this method to the old drown-the-greens-in-dressing method. Like the new 'clean' taste of my salads!!0 -
After a long debate and eating mostly salads to jumpstart myself into the whole diet thing, I made a mistake one night and fell in love. I worked a double and during the second part of work sat down hungry and ready to tear into my salad only to find that I forgot my dressing. The only thing that looked like it may work was mayo, not a chance! So off to a DRY salad. Like you I love adding some meat and cheese. I love fresh home made turkey, but with mine I love putting in some almond slivers and cranberries. The cranberries have enough zing, sweetness and moisture on their own that I found I didn't need the dressing. That was the start of omitting dressing. Good luck!0
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After a long debate and eating mostly salads to jumpstart myself into the whole diet thing, I made a mistake one night and fell in love. I worked a double and during the second part of work sat down hungry and ready to tear into my salad only to find that I forgot my dressing. The only thing that looked like it may work was mayo, not a chance! So off to a DRY salad. Like you I love adding some meat and cheese. I love fresh home made turkey, but with mine I love putting in some almond slivers and cranberries. The cranberries have enough zing, sweetness and moisture on their own that I found I didn't need the dressing. That was the start of omitting dressing. Good luck!
http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/usda/dried-cranberries-(sweetened)
Unsweetened cranberries still have that zing, but they are anything but sweet.0 -
I love to eat salads - low calorie, lots of essential vitamins and nutrients. I spice mine up with a little meat and cheese so as to try to keep it a balanced meal. Then I get to the dressing.. and I wince every time. Is salad dressing a huge blow to my meal? Most of the content is fat, even if the calorie content is not THAT detrimental. Can someone who knows more about nutrition than I help me?
Tsp of extra virgin olive oil
Tsp or 2 of white wine vinegar
juice of a lemon
salt and pepper
You can vary of course:) I found it to be quite nice; I even marinated some chicken in it. Hope you have a great day:)0 -
There are some amazing infused balsamic vinegars and olive oils out there. Cranberry lime. Blood orange. Espresso. Black Cherry. Pomegranate. Limited only by your imagination (and budget).
Olive oil bars are getting popular. It sounds entirely strange to go sip on olive oils but its really good. And a few drops is all the flavor you need for your salad.0 -
Funny, I just posted this to another topic too. I use a T. of no-fat plain yogurt and a healthy sprinkle of Spike Gourmet Natural Seasoning.0
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i use balsamic vinegar or just squeeze fresh lemon over mine.. or eat them sans dressing.
Also you can make your own with a greek yogurt base if you really want the dressing. Lots of recipes out there.0 -
http://www.waldenfarms.com/products/dressings.html
Walden Farms dressings taste great...I have tried a few different ones.0 -
Try Bolthouse Farms yogurt dressing ( the caeser parmegianno is awesome) It is natural and made with yogurt, tastes great and no funky aftertaste!
Wonderful stuff here! I think I am addicted to it. In fact I am going for some baby carrots and Caesar right NOW! I like every flavor I have tries but the Caesar totally rocks!
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http://www.waldenfarms.com/products/dressings.html
Walden Farms dressings taste great...I have tried a few different ones.
Different strokes for different folks. I tried two flavors of Walden Farms and binned them both immediately. Never came close the the fridge. Vile imo.0 -
http://www.waldenfarms.com/products/dressings.html
Walden Farms dressings taste great...I have tried a few different ones.
Different strokes for different folks. I tried two flavors of Walden Farms and binned them both immediately. Never came close the the fridge. Vile imo.
Agreed. There is no real food in them. Its straight chemicals. gross.0 -
Thanks for all of the feedback! I'll have to give some of these recipes a try. I didn't know that some of that fat I dreaded was needed to process nutrients. Also, the fork tine method sounds like it might be my new go-to so portion control is not so tempting! =P0
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To respond to the comments about Walden Farms...Raspberry Vinaigrette contains:
Triple Filtered Purified Water
Apple Cider Vinegar
White Vinegar
Salt
Natural Flavors
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Lemon Juice
Xanthan Gum (thickener made from vegetables)
Cellulose Gel
Splenda
Sodium Benzoate (to preserve freshness)
I personally wouldn't say it is loaded with chemicals. What were you reading?0 -
I tend to use a bit of houmous or cottage cheese as a sort of dressing when I make salads to take to work I just dump it on and mix everything with it so it sticks0
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I love Caesar dressing on my salads. I don't even care if it's not a Caesar salad--cobb, chef, greek, everything gets Caesar. Honey badger don't care! Honey badger don't give a... *ahem*
Anyway, there's nothing wrong with a little fat and some extra calories, as long as you're keeping it in check. ... As long as the caesar isn't sweet. Sick!0 -
A measured teaspoon of olive oil or walnut oil is enough to make 2-3 cups of greens taste good to me. That's about 40 calories, which is not awful. Then I add vinegar or lemon juice.0
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Thanks for that link - tons of great recipes in there and I LOVE blue cheese. I appreciate it!0
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I like a little raw garlic, red and black pepper, olive oil and sesame oil on my salads.0
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To respond to the comments about Walden Farms...Raspberry Vinaigrette contains:
Triple Filtered Purified Water
Apple Cider Vinegar
White Vinegar
Salt
Natural Flavors
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Lemon Juice
Xanthan Gum (thickener made from vegetables)
Cellulose Gel
Splenda
Sodium Benzoate (to preserve freshness)
I personally wouldn't say it is loaded with chemicals. What were you reading?0 -
I can't stand pre-made salad dressings. They're usually too sour or sweet for me.
There's this olive oil and balsamic vinegar store where I live, where you can try them before you buy a bottle. I love this place so much. The basic aged balsamic vinegar is AMAZING. My sister bought me a teensy bottle of lavender balsamic vinegar a couple of weeks ago, and I've been using it on everything, including the huge salads I make for lunch.
To dress my lunch salads, i splash some olive oil and balsamic vinegar I get from that store, and sprinkle some salt and pepper. The olive oil and balsamic vinegar are of such high quality (and affordable!) that I don't need much else!0
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