Homemade salad dressing

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  • hroderick
    hroderick Posts: 756 Member
    not homemade, but Walden Farms has ZERO calories and many flavors. I buy from Walmart
  • ski2020
    ski2020 Posts: 2 Member
    I don't like to use artificial sweeteners but make an exception for dressing. I use any Italian and sprinkle on a pack of Stevie in the raw. At home or eating out. Love the sweet Italian dressings.
  • ski2020
    ski2020 Posts: 2 Member
    Did I say Stevie.....meant to say stevia!
  • Channging
    Channging Posts: 1 Member
    I looove those tangy Greek salads you usually find at a pizza place. Ran across a recipe online a while back, and it's now a staple at my house: Shake all this up in a mason jar, no need for refrigeration.

    1/2 cup olive oil
    1/3 cup red wine vinegar
    1-1/4 tsp garlic powder
    1-1/4 tsp dried basil
    1-1/4 tsp dried oregano
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp pepper
    1 tsp onion powder
    1 tsp dijon mustard

    I like my salad with cucumber, red onion, pepperoncini, kalamata olives, and a little feta cheese.... and sometimes grilled chicken too. :)
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,862 Member
    Here are a couple of salad dressings with lower oil content than traditional vinaigrette (3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar or lemon).

    Generic Asian: 1 part soy sauce, 1 part balsamic vinegar, 1 part sesame or hazelnut oil
    Ranch: Buttermilk, garlic powder, salt & pepper, a little mayo and a little sour cream.
    Vietnamese or Thai: Fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, garlic, chilli.
  • shannonreidwiltshire
    shannonreidwiltshire Posts: 50 Member
    edited March 2018
    try2again wrote: »
    Great ideas! Without doing the trial & error thing myself, does anyone have a version of blue cheese dressing that they like?

    Not homemade but this one is my favorite: https://www.litehousefoods.com/products/opa-litehouse-blue-cheese-dressing

    Or this one: https://www.bolthouse.com/product/chunky-blue-cheese/
  • UltraVegAthlete
    UltraVegAthlete Posts: 667 Member
    Tahini and molasses combined. Voilà
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Olive oil/ lemon juice/ garlic

    Olive oil/ ginger/ lime juice/ chilli

    Olive oil/ balsamic vinegar

    Those are my favourites :smile:
  • evivahealth
    evivahealth Posts: 571 Member
    edited March 2018
    My favourite creamy salad dressing ingredient is light tahini. Delicious!

    I usually mix it with lemon juice and a touch of olive oil, salt, pepper and sometimes I add sumac as well. So so good on roast vegetables, kale or chickpeas. Also a great addition to anything involving lamb. Just be careful because tahini is kinda high cal.

    I also second the Vietnamese style dressing with fish sauce and lime. YUM.

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