Salad dressing blunder !!

chatal36

Im in search of a low calorie salad dressing that tastes great. I usually like ranch or cesear but the fat free ones of thos tast like crap! Any suggestions?

Also ive recently been adding crasins and nuts to my salad (soo good) Anyone have any other salad suggestiongs? They can get really boring but are a staple in many of our diets !
Thanks :happy:

MisdemeanorM

my absolute favorite thing on salads ever is lemon juice - just plain ole lemon juice - and cal free!

Also, I like cubed fresh peaches on my salad.

Healthyby30

I love making my own vinaigrette dressings Or you could just do some olive oil and vinegar (red wine is my fav). Balsamic goes great with salads with fruits! (I HATE Italian dressing at the store but love mine )

ZebraHead

Kraft Fat Free French dressing taste as good as regular French dressing IMHO. I don't think you would be disappointed if you tried it.

messyhare

I can certainly relate to this post!! My fridge has SO MANY dressings I have tried and HATE!

I finally tried Maries Yogurt dressing and really it's the closest to real I've found. AND only 70 calories for the 2T's! They have several flavors - I'm stuck on the blue cheese right now.

rclarke05

I, as well, do just plain olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Lately, I've tried to stay away from the processed dressings. If I were forced to choose a bottled salad dressing, I would buy Paul Newmans. Yummy!

apetty21

Have you ever tried the salad dressing spray? I love the honey mustard and it's low in cals. It gives you the flavor without drowning you salad in dressing. Here is a link to Wishbone's caesar spritzer.

http://www.wish-bone.com/Dressings/1926/Caesar-Delight-Vinaigrette.aspx

gambitsgurl

I love Kraft lite Toasted Sesame

aprilwoo97

If you prefer a creamy dressing that is a bit lower in fat and calories, I've been enjoying Kraft's light 3-cheese Ranch. It's less than half of the fat than regular ranch, but has a much better flavor than most reduced fat creamy dressings.


Also, there's a specialty spice store called Penzey's. There are several across the country, but they have a website that you can order from as well. They have a Buttermilk Ranch seasoning base. You can add it to light sour cream or plain yogurt, or even make a ranch flavored vinaigrette with it.

janet6567

Ken's Raspberry and walnut dressing is low fat and has fewer cals. i make a salad with romaine, avacado, red onion, mandrine oranges, dried cranberries and sliced almonds. It's a nice change from garden or ceasar dressing. I also mix low fat buttermilk with some of the regular dressings and that tastes great.
I also make a salad with red pears, red onion, walnuts and a little crumbled blue cheese and use a low cal blue cheese vinagrette.

laurenbausch

Try Litehouse Toasted Sesame and Ginger. . .Soooo yummy! My fiancee likes Ranch, Thousand Island, etc., but he actually likes this one too! It's so yummy! I've even used it on Subway sandwiches rather than the sugary Sweet Onion Sauce. It has only 40cal./2 Tbs.

marulm

If creamy dressings are your preference use fat-free Greek yogurt as a base, then add whatever low-fat addition. I have used fat-free feta cheese, no-salt seasoning, salsa, etc. I make several batches of Greek yogurt every week because it is a little pricey to buy, then you can use it instead of mayonnaise, sour cream, salad dressing, in smoothies and on and on.

potluck965

I switched over to olive oil and rice vinegar. The rice vinegar is a very different taste sensation from your average wine vinegar.

I like putting lots of interesting things in my salads, like a few walnuts and a little shredded cheese and grapes as well as all kinds of veggies, including broccoli and mushrooms. I'd rather do that and have a lighter dressing than using up so many calories on the dressing.

chatal36

Yes! I was looking at the yogurt dressings the other day and i didnt want to waste the money if i wasnt going to like it! I think i might just try the bleu cheese one that soungs good.
-3 cheese ranch- i didnt know they made that in light. I will def be checking that out!!
-Toasted sesame and ginger is a popular response that one might be worth a try too !

MadiCole

I've been using fat-free zesty Italian dressing. It's about 10 calories per serving and awesome with romaine lettuce. It's definitely a taste I had to get used to though. :laugh:

NatalieWinning

I didn't much like the light ranch in the beginning, either. I'm a little more okay with it. In my search I got a few I don't mind at all: Light red wine vinaigrette, Light balsamic Vinaigrette, Raspberry Vinaigrette with extra virgin olive oil, and Free Zesty Italian fat free dressing. All from Kraft. I also found out that if I use a tbs or 2 and toss it, it goes a lot farther. I liked a lot of dressing when I could choose high calorie! This trick helps.

Sunflower seeds have less calories than walnuts. I found this out when I went way over calories once! I would have liked the sunflower seeds just as well.

The more I eat them, the more I don't mind the fat free creamy things that were unacceptable to me before. Like cream cheese, ranch dressing, miracle whip. I'm still holding out on sour cream, though.

amycal

I have some Ken's low fat Balsamic vinaigrette that I like. It is very zesty

denisesilvius

If you are looking for a low-cal salad dressing have you tried Maries yogurt dressing. It is really good. I have switched to that rather than the regular Marie's dressing and I do feel like I am compromising at all!!!!:happy:

rachelblank427

I love Ken's light ceaser salad dressing .So good, and only 60 cal per serving. I also use Kraft Italian free, its like 10 calories and tastes pretty good. I try to avoid ranch because I only love Hidden Valley and the fat free is not yummy.

lkm111

Here is my absolute favorite salad:

Field greens or the Very Veggie bagged salad
Grape tomatoes
Black or Kalamata olives
1 oz. block of tomato-basil feta cheese, crumbled
1 T sesame seeds
Red onion (when I'm in the mood)
2 T Kraft Greek dressing

Even if I'm out of one of the ingredients, it's still tasty!

I also love the Kraft Light Toasted Sesame, and I think the Newman's Own has some good flavors.

NicCa90

i have yet to find someone who thinks this is as good as i do but no one will even try it!! i like to have
- salad with walnuts and raisins like you said
- i also steam up either a large whole carrot or a few baby carrots i cut that up and throw it in there..i love steamed carrots they are one of my favorite foods!!

but heres the weird part.... a bunch of my family including myself LOVE pickles..so i always cut up at least part of a pickle and i use pickle juice as a dressing sometimes!! it sounds really weird and probobly has alot of sodium buuuuut it has sooo much flavor to it that i love it and its calorie free!!!
- if i dont do that there is this french dressing that is light and its only like 15 calories per serving..it is sweet so it goes really well with the raisins too..
-another thing i do is crush up a couple crackers and throw that on top..it gives the salad a good crunch..and adds flavor..

dont get carried away though..these are all suggestions i do on different salads..not all on one!!

Deebo958

Love Kraft Light Three Cheese Ranch. My fav for salads and also for a raw veggie dip. I used to love Paul Newmans light honey mustard but the last bottle I bought was gross...don't know if they changed the recipe or if I just got a bad batch.

sheisbrown

Trader Joe's has a really good fat free balsamic vinagarette. It has about 25 calories per serving. I think its pretty tasty.

garedds

I like to add pineapple to my salad and then I rarely need dressing. ALso I will sometimes substitute cottage cheese for dressing.

Lisagonz

wow you guys know your dressings. i just sprinkle vinegar on my salads.

TheFutureIsMine

Here's a salad I've been eating a TON of lately
-red leaf lettuce
-thin strips of yellow or orange pepper
-red onion
-strawberries
-blueberries
-a sprinkle of goat cheese
-grilled chicked strips ( I marinate a few chicken breast at a time with Krafts Roasted Red Pepper dressing for a few hrs before grilling, then quickly grill it while I'm making the salad or grill it all at once and have it on-hand in the fridge)
-and my new favourite salad dressing - Renee's Asian Sesame - soooo delicious with this salad. yummmm

The_Wallflower

Here is something I learned.. I hated low fat dressing so instead of deprive myself I use the dip method! I just dip the tip of my fork in my fav dressing and then stab some salad... you are probably only consuming the same amount of cals you would globbing fat free on it, if not less! It helps I promise!

Sheepdoglady

For a low cal, fat free dressing I make my own.

Mix 2 finely chopped garlic cloves (8 cal) with some lemon juice, mustard powder (13 cal) and cidar vinegar (0 cals) or balsamic vinegar (20 cals depending on which brand you use) and add a little salt and pepper to taste.

I vary my salads, but I like :

chopped satsuma
spring onions
red onions
lettuce
celery
apple
yellow pepper

mixed with the above dressing.

If you want to add olive oil, incidently, it is a whopping 119 cals per tbsp!

brityn

Im in search of a low calorie salad dressing that tastes great. I usually like ranch or cesear but the fat free ones of thos tast like crap! Any suggestions?

Also ive recently been adding crasins and nuts to my salad (soo good) Anyone have any other salad suggestiongs? They can get really boring but are a staple in many of our diets !
Thanks :happy:

Try buying fat free plain yogurt and mixing it with a powdered ranch packet. I've tried all different flavors and that's my 'go to' dressing now