Salad Dressing Alternatives pls?

Iwillshyne

Help! I am a big salad eater, I have one at least once a day. But I'm blowing way too many cals/sodium/fat on salad dressing; even with the low fat, carb or lite versions. Tried the lemon, olive oil & vinegar drizzle but would like another alternative. Any suggestions?
Thx in adv!

SergeantSunshine_reused

hmm I like the red vinegar

UsedToBeHusky

I get the little jar of artichoke hearts to put on my salad and use the juice as the dressing.

fitaliciag

i love olive oil and balsamic vinegar. also "Ken's" makes a great light caesar dressing and I love balsamic vinegrette

kiahpyr

Cottage cheese.

soifua

salsa - I add some beans and chicken ... SOOOOO yummy

april_beth

someone suggested salsa

i love having a salad with tuna on it - made tuna wiht light mayo...*drool*

GingerDarlene

Salsa is good as well

Beauty0619

a coworker i know who eats a raw diet makes her own. she blends strawberries, a little vinegar and a little evoo until creamy to make her own vinegarette dressing...hope that helps. i use hidden valley ranch lite...only 80 ca per serving.

april_beth

i love olive oil and balsamic vinegar. also "Ken's" makes a great light caesar dressing and I love balsamic vinegrette

cripes girl, you look AWESOME...(sorry, side note to topic)

fatty2fabby

balsamic vinegar
salsa

JNettie73

I enjoy either squeezing fresh lemon or lime onto my salads. I will also do balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

cc8088

1 (1 oz.) pkg. dry ranch style salad dressing mix
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. plain low fat yogurt

Mix ingredients until smooth to creamy. Refrigerate several hours before serving. 10 calories per tablespoon.

skinnybearlyndsay

Skinnytaste.com has some "skinny" salad dressing recipes. I haven't made any of them yet, but they look incredibly yummy.

shovav91

I add a mix of vinegar (red wine, apple cider, balsamic) with lemon juice and some oregano, garlic and red pepper flakes. Yum

jsteinberg87

I agree, Kens has a wonderful light balsamic vinegar dressing I use all the time

drog2323

Help! I am a big salad eater, I have one at least once a day. But I'm blowing way too many cals/sodium/fat on salad dressing; even with the low fat, carb or lite versions. Tried the lemon, olive oil & vinegar drizzle but would like another alternative. Any suggestions?
Thx in adv!

try adding some spicy mustard to your above concoction. you could add garlic or some red pepper flakes to liven it up.

try apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar.

balsamtic vinegar.

Alisha_countrymama

I just eat Ranch...it's low in carbs.

rainunrefined

Pico de gallo!

UsedToBeHusky

a coworker i know who eats a raw diet makes her own. she blends strawberries, a little vinegar and a little evoo until creamy to make her own vinegarette dressing...hope that helps. i use hidden valley ranch lite...only 80 ca per serving.

I have a strawberry vinagrette recipe but I haven't tried it yet.

sjtreely

Blueberry balsamic vinaigrette with EVOO is INCREDIBLE. When I was in ME doing my last half marathon, we found a store that had a ton of different fruit flavored balsamic vinaigrettes .... who knew! They were all good. Little expensive, but good.

up2me2lose20

I try to eat pretty clean, so I don't do premade salad dressings or seasoning packets.

Instead i use mostly just EVOO with balsamic vinegar, black pepper and basil.
I also have used lemon juice.
I also have tried some greek yogurt/honey/mustard combo's.
Also strawberries/greek yogurt/poppy seeds/EVOO/lemon juice blended is yummy.

NeuroticVirgo

I use red vinegar and some pepper. I also like using honey mustard (though the sodium is still a little higher), but it has so much flavor it seems to cover the salad with less dressing.

meowow

This won't help with the sodium.. BUT I pile on mild banana pepper rings! The juices and flavor of pepper rings is so mouthwatering/delicious to me, I don't need dressing!

sharonus

I am always worried about salad dressing because you can never tell how many calories are in it. We went to Red Robin (a burger joint) the other day and my seven year old son got a side salad with his meal. Great! But he was at the end of the table with his cousins and so I watched him pour the whole 2 ounce cup of dressing on his salad. I was stunned when I checked the website later and found that 2 ounce cup of dressing was 280 calories!

I like to use the fork dip method. I get whatever dressing I want "on the side". Then I dip my fork in the cup before each bite. I get a little flavor of the dressing each time, but I never overdo it. I usually end up eating about 1/10 of what they serve. Even if the dressing did have 280 calories, I only ate 28!

jenniferlynn12

Salsa all the way! :There's so many kinds, southwest, verde, pineapple kinds, etc etc... of course check labels but most are pretty low cal.

jdavis193

When I am at home I measure mine out. I usually do half the serving. I use Light Vadalia sweet onion I use just 1tbs sometimes just 1tsp.

chubbychristianchick

If you go to www.allrecipes.com you can type in the type of dressing and once you find a recipe just substitute for lighter ingredients.

staceyseeger

Here's my salad measured & weighed & logged in:

Mixed Greens
Red onion
low fat feta cheese
cucumbers
pepperocini
kalamata olives
grape tomatoes
grilled salmon
salt & pepper

The salmon really adds moisture to the salad. I haven't eaten salad dressing in 1 -1/2 years. I found I really like tasting all of the vegetables without dressing.

Iwillshyne

i love olive oil and balsamic vinegar. also "Ken's" makes a great light caesar dressing and I love balsamic vinegrette

cripes girl, you look AWESOME...(sorry, side note to topic)

...was thinking the same thing, ha!

SaishaLea

I have been adding a couple tablespoons of peach chipotle salsa to my salad. Or sometime having my salad with a whole wheat pita and some hummus does the trick