Low calorie ideas for a salad dressing????
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My family laughs at me when it comes to eating a salad. They like to drown theirs, and I admit I use to as well. I'm not a fan of low cal, light, non fat dressings. I think you sacrafice the flavor for calories or fat free and then you just don't want to eat the salad anyway. So I take a shot glass, (crazy I know) 2 tablespoons fit perfectly and put my salad dressing in there. I then dip my fork into the dressing before I get some salad. You get the flavor of salad dressing with every bite and you use way way less salad dressing. Plus you get to actually taste the salad. When I'm done with a salad I usually have over half of the dressing in the shot glass left.
I am a salad dressing dipper too, for the same reason!0 -
Quick, easy, low cal to lo cal, low sodium, and low sugar, Plus it delicious! Can that be possible! Sure is!
scoop of Italian herbs
large scoop of dijon mustard
any kind of vinegar such as apple, wine, etc... (To make it the right consistency
stir and enjoy!!0 -
WOW!!! Such great ideas!!!
Going to try a few of them with next weeks planning!!
Quick question.. How long will the "Greek Yogurt Ranch" last in the fridge? I am the only one that would use it in my house and as a dipper myself I really don't use very much at a time.0 -
My family laughs at me when it comes to eating a salad. They like to drown theirs, and I admit I use to as well. I'm not a fan of low cal, light, non fat dressings. I think you sacrafice the flavor for calories or fat free and then you just don't want to eat the salad anyway. So I take a shot glass, (crazy I know) 2 tablespoons fit perfectly and put my salad dressing in there. I then dip my fork into the dressing before I get some salad. You get the flavor of salad dressing with every bite and you use way way less salad dressing. Plus you get to actually taste the salad. When I'm done with a salad I usually have over half of the dressing in the shot glass left.
I am a salad dressing dipper too, for the same reason!
I say "Dippers Unite!"0 -
Another vote for just plain balsamic vinegar here. I try to buy the slightly more expensive stuff, as the flavour is more complex than just vinegar because it's sweeter. I have some white balsamic vinegar that's really nice too, if you can find that.0
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Walden Farms. Calorie, fat, sodium, etc free and it tastes great!
Vinaigrettes are usually 25-35 cals per serving. Raspberry is usually my fav, but I use balsamic vinaigrette a lot too.0 -
Boathouse farms yogurt dressings are yummy! Just tried them for the first time recently thanks for an MFP friend and loved them! I also love Marzetti Simply Dressed Pomegranate Vinaigrette.0
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My favorite is Maple Grove Farms Fat Free Honey Dijon. I don't buy many items that are processed, but this one is low-calorie, tasty and I use just a little. Google it.
YES I love that stuff. Also their fat-free balsamic vinaigrette (although not for OP, maybe others would like it
The ideas about homemade "ranch" with Greek yogurt are great!
The other thing I do is in restaurants when they don't have a low-cal dressing, is ask for lemon slices and use the juice as a dressing with some cracked pepper, it's pretty tasty.0 -
Greek yogurt with a little bit of feta cheese makes a great dressing!0
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I second the Greek yogurt with ranch seasonings, although my absolute favorite "dressing" for a salad right now is just plain ol' avocado, mashed up with a tiny bit of garlic salt. I put it over any type of green and mix it all up to coat evenly so it doesn't seem clumpy. Good stuff!
This is what I do (minus the salt in the garlic powder :happy: )! I also let the juices from whatever meat I'm using as protein get in there a little bit for moisture.0 -
try Drew's varities0
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Marie's Blue Cheese Yogurt Dressing - 2 tbsp/70 calories
It's in the refridgerated area of the produce department. It's AMAZING.0 -
I know you said no oil and vinegar, but this isn't exactly that. 1 part olive oil, 1 part Dijon mustard, and 2 parts lemon juice, plus salt and pepper to taste. I LOVE it with salmon or chicken on a salad.0
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Wishbone makes a spray dressing. 1 cal/spray and you get perfect coverage.0
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I really like the bolthouse dressings!0
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WOW!!! Such great ideas!!!
Going to try a few of them with next weeks planning!!
Quick question.. How long will the "Greek Yogurt Ranch" last in the fridge? I am the only one that would use it in my house and as a dipper myself I really don't use very much at a time.
I have found it lasts about as long as the expiration date on the milk I used to thin it out.0 -
I found this salad dressing I absolutely LOVE made by Panera - I bought it at Target but it's probably other places too - it's a poppy seed dressing, super delicious and only 15 calories per serving. I also like those salad dressing spritzers - those are full of flavor and very few calories.0
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My favorite pre-made dressings are Whole Food's 365 Ginger Miso dressing and Annie's Goddess dressing. Both are roughly 50 calories per tablespoon.
Favorite outside-of-the-box dressing: baba ghanoush. If you add some cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and olives it it like a falafel salad (and mmmm for vegan gyro meat).
Favorite mix: balsamic glaze and wheat germ oil0 -
If a salad is all your having for dinner then I wouldn't worry too much about calor'ries. If you measure it out, it should be fine. By elminating oil and vinegar types you're cutting out most low calorie dressings.
I like goddess by annie's. It's a very unique dressing. If you like ranch you'll like it, doesn't taste like ranch though.0 -
I like my salad with mustard and pepper. Sounds strange, but it is quite tasty0
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