Suggest good salad dressings please!

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  • NatashaCeeLow1
    NatashaCeeLow1 Posts: 17 Member
    When I am being good, I make my own salad dressing. Something I would have turned my nose up at before probably. It is simple, some olive or canola oil, vinegar, and parsley or basil seasoning. Simple and easy. My kids even like it now.
  • LuckBeWithU
    LuckBeWithU Posts: 173 Member
    Maple Grove Farms of Vermont (Grocery Store)

    Honey Dijon
    Balsamic Vinaigrette

    Both Fat Free with an amazing taste...
  • myidiotbox
    myidiotbox Posts: 5 Member
    the walden farms zero calorie dressings have saved my butt many times over. i've tried all of them expect the brand new flavors and i'll admit some of them are disgusting (calorie free bacon ranch? no thanks), but the italian sun dried tomato, asian, jersey sweet onion and honey dijon are always in my fridge. here's a link to order online if you're interested in checking them out - http://www.waldenfarms.com/products/dressings.html
  • mrsjas2000
    mrsjas2000 Posts: 908 Member
    My fav is Kraft Zesty Italian, it is even good marinating chicken breasts in, and it is only 5 cal per tbsp
  • Ashley578
    Ashley578 Posts: 56
    I make my own ranch dressing and I LOVE it! Here's the recipe:

    1 cup Dannon Oikos plain nonfat greek yogurt
    1 packet hidden valley ranch (dressing, not dip)
    1/2 cup 1% milk

    Whisk together in bowl and chill for 1 hour before serving. This fills a canning jar. There is a lot of talk about HOW much milk to use, to get the right consistency and I found this dead on for 'regular' ranch or any other creamy dressing.


    The best part....the ENTIRE jar of dressing, is only 255 calories, 1.75 grams of fat, 42 carbs and 34 protein. That calculates to 8pts on the new points plus system. For an entire jar of dressing. I would hazard a guess that this would yield about 20-24 servings.
  • MeeshyBW
    MeeshyBW Posts: 382 Member
    Sometimes I will used balsamic vinegar sometimes dark sometimes white.

    Other times I might say to hell with it and go for a full fat option and use it as a treat. I eat very few processed foods so my view is I can treat myself to this sometimes. I like Briannas Honey Mustard or Ranch.

    Paul Newmans does phenomenal dressings but we don't have so many over here in the UK.

    We have something in the UK called salad cream. The only way I can describe it is a tart sort of mayonnaise. It;s a lot thinner than mayo.... it's just so difficult to describe! LOL There is a light version which is pretty low in cals.

    Sometimes I will make a dressing out of 2% Greek Yoghurt with mustard, Worcester sauce, pepper, garlic, lemon and sometimes a touch of oil.

    Failing that a good old fashioned squeeze of lime. :)
  • PaulaPalooza
    PaulaPalooza Posts: 137 Member
    bump. Been craving salads with lots of veggies, tomatoes... Mmmm. sounds damn good.
  • trackercasey76
    trackercasey76 Posts: 781 Member
    I use the juice from the jar of yellow pepper rings and a few spices.
  • SlinkySpencer
    SlinkySpencer Posts: 139 Member
    I don't like most light dressing too much either, so I usually opt to use a different food instead, like light cottage cheese or salsa, or even a tablespoon of guacamole (avocado is just full of good fats).

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