What's your favorite Fat Free Salad Dressing?

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  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Fat free dressing is actually a less healthy choice for you. The vitamins present in salad greens and many other vegetables are fat soluble and you need to eat them with a bit of fat to effectively absorb the nutrients. It doesn't take a lot of fat to get the job done, so maybe try a small amount of olive oil and vinegar or a vinaigrette you like.

    Here's an article about the downfalls of fat free dressing: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120619FerruzziSalad.html
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
    red wine vinaigrette
  • ninav1980
    ninav1980 Posts: 514 Member
    The FF Honey Mustard dressing from Chick Fil A goes excellent with their Market Salad, yum!
  • Holly_penguin
    Holly_penguin Posts: 149 Member
    The ginger dressing available in the refriderated product section is awesome and very very low in calories and fat. Just like the dressing you get at Japanese steakhouses. Yummy.
  • kyregi
    kyregi Posts: 55 Member
    Hidden Valley Farmhouse Originals - Pomegranate Vinaigrette

    It is not Fat Free, but much lower in sodium than most other store bought dressings (only 100mg per 2TBSP). And I think it is very yummy
  • Wtn_Gurl
    Wtn_Gurl Posts: 396 Member
    I found out that dressings in the refrigerated section of the produce department are the best tasting and not have that awful after taste of horribly nasty bottled dressing you get in the aisle.

    Lighthouse Poppyseed so far is my favorite! Check out the Lighthouse brands located in the produce section. they also dont have all kinds of chemical ingredients.

    i had to throw out the two diet dressings i bought in the salad dressing aisle., they were awful.
  • Wtn_Gurl
    Wtn_Gurl Posts: 396 Member
    Life is too short for fat free salad dressing. And, incidentally, fat aids in absorption of vitamins and minerals found in vegetables,so some fat on your salad is beneficial. If not from the dressing, avocado would be a nice choice. If forced, I'd dress my salad with a twist of lemon and maybe some balsamic. But actually I'd never do that, so lemon, balsamic, and olive oil is the way I'd go. It would still be only about 40 calories, depending on the amount of olive oil.
    Actually, to keep us morbidly obese (as a culture) the FDA encourages food manufacturers to list zero calories if a serving is less than 5 calories.

    I would like to meet the person who became morbidly obese by consuming food products labeled as zero calories but that actually contain fewer than 5 per serving. It would take a lot of Walden Farms to equal 100 extra pounds. Me, I became obese the old fashioned way: ice cream and chex mix.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Fair point. I didn't communicate my case well. I just meant that in the midst of an "obesity epidemic" the FDA should probably be working FOR us, not AGAINST us by encouraging food manufacturers to hide calories.

    Example: "Zero calorie" spray butter. Five sprays = 0 calories, except it doesn't. There are .8 calories in 1 spray, 4 calories in 5 sprays with .085 grams of fat in each spray. The bottle has ~ 830 calories and ~ 90 grams of fat. If a person attempting to lose weight uses 1/2 bottle/week, they are getting about 415 uncharted calories. But that's just spray butter, what about Splenda, cooking spray, etc.?

    Every day, someone on MFP asks why they are gaining/not losing weight and every day at least one person asks if the OP is weighing/measuring their food to get an accurate calorie count. If the calories are hidden, an accurate calorie count, no matter how scrupulously weighed/measured is going to be off. Sometimes way off depending upon the "calorie free" food eaten.

    something about spraying butter on food or spraying salad dressing on salads does not seem quite right.. its as if I am spraying sun tanning stuff on my food... I cant explain it but, its sorta unappetizing to me.
  • cnlargent
    cnlargent Posts: 199 Member
    Full flavor, and as little as needed to distribute the flavor throughout. That being said, I do like balsamic vinaigrette and thousand island.
  • kwantlen2051
    kwantlen2051 Posts: 455 Member
    Fresh lemon or red wine vinegar with a drop of olive oil.
  • ladymiseryali
    ladymiseryali Posts: 2,555 Member
    Fat is good for you. Why not have a serving size of your favorite dressing? No need to go fat free.
  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    I found out that dressings in the refrigerated section of the produce department are the best tasting and not have that awful after taste of horribly nasty bottled dressing you get in the aisle.

    Lighthouse Poppyseed so far is my favorite! Check out the Lighthouse brands located in the produce section. they also dont have all kinds of chemical ingredients.

    i had to throw out the two diet dressings i bought in the salad dressing aisle., they were awful.

    Honestly People, dressings are one of the easiest things in the world to make and you can control the ingredients and quality and make in as large a quantities as you like since they keep well (if they have garlic or onion i would limit it to a week though refrigerated) . it's well worth just making your own and enjoying it (and there are quite literally tens of thousands of dressing recipes on the web if you don't feel comfortable just throwing a few ingredients together)
  • booboo68
    booboo68 Posts: 302 Member
    Marzetti FF Sweet and Sour that another member suggested to someone else. Now my favorite!
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    i make one with 0% yogurt, Dijon, Red Wine Vinegar and, salt pepper and garlic. fat free until i add feta (most times i make it with a little feta or blue cheese)
    I don't buy dressing.

    STEALING! :drinker:
  • LindaFromNH
    LindaFromNH Posts: 49 Member
    For those of you worried I am not getting enough fat, trust me, I am LOL... I need to watch my fats, hence the request for some good fat free or light dressings... With what I eat with my salads I always have fat, so everything is absorbed as well... Thank you for all the ideas!!
  • kaydoh2014
    kaydoh2014 Posts: 33 Member
    Just something to keep in mind...your body will absorb the nutrients in the salad much better if you stay AWAY from fat-free dressings. You should use low-fat or reduced-fat in order to gain the most benefit from the veggies. My faves are any of the Ken's, but I also make my own with a touch of dark sesame oil, balsamic vinegar, dry mustard, ground pepper, and Cholula Lime "hot" sauce (it's not even remotely hot - you'll find it near Tabasco sauce though).
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    Fat free dressings make up for the lack of taste by adding sugar. My current favorite dressing is Litehouse Red Wine and Olive Oil. Like others have said, fat is an important nutrient. And good quality olive oil is delicious.

    Making your own seasoned vinaigrette is actually easy and fun. I do that all the time as well. Very tasty in a grated carrot salad.

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