Can you recommend a healthy yet yummy salad dressing?

tusher2011
tusher2011 Posts: 201 Member
edited September 27 in Food and Nutrition
I am NOT a salad eater. The few times I do eat them, I like creamy italian dressing. Obviously, I want to stay away from creamy. So besides lite italian, is there a another dressing you guys eat that you would recommend. Salad is on the menu for tonight and I'm getting ready to run to the store in a few. I have had ceaser, peppercorn, raspberry vinagretts in the past and liked them.

Do the totally fat free ones even taste good????
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  • inchik
    inchik Posts: 35 Member
    i like olive oil and balsamic vinegar
  • Sc4ever
    Sc4ever Posts: 33
    Kens makes some good dressings I like Raspberry Pecan and Oil and Vinegar
  • Dnsnyder
    Dnsnyder Posts: 263 Member
    Walden Farms makes decent tasting calorie free dressings...yes ZERO calories. =-) They're acutally pretty good.
  • lingading
    lingading Posts: 258 Member
    I like wishbone fat free chunk blue cheese. 35 calories for 2 tbls, I mix it with hot sauce to stretch it across a big salad for 0 added calories :)
  • newsarahd
    newsarahd Posts: 15
    Any of Ken's light options are great!!
  • lecia125
    lecia125 Posts: 126 Member
    I just found Kraft Light Asian Toasted Sesame 50cals per serving! I tis very yummy, I love it on broccoli slaw!
  • ddwin
    ddwin Posts: 78
    Marie's Yogurt Ranch Dressing!!! Yummy! and half the fat and calories of regular ranch.
  • hclayton46
    hclayton46 Posts: 38 Member
    I looove the Kraft Light Raspberry vinaigrette. I think it has about 45 cals per 2 tablespoons. I'm a huge ranch fan, but I love this stuff.
  • AnneMK5
    AnneMK5 Posts: 110
    Paul Newman's Light Honey Mustard
    Bolthouse Farms - Raspberry Vinagrete Olive Oil dressing
  • SouthernAngel
    SouthernAngel Posts: 24
    Farmer Boy Greek Dressing. Heaven in a bottle. I put it on chicken, salad, and dip my veggies in it. SOOOO good! I buy it at Publix, but they only have it every few months. Not sure where else they sell it.
  • leahsevilla
    leahsevilla Posts: 127 Member
    for a salad dressing that isnt full of preservatives and other gross chemicals: http://www.marzetti.com/products/marzetti/product.php?bc=45&cid=

    very delicious too
  • mielikkibz
    mielikkibz Posts: 552 Member
    home made blue cheese with low fat sour cream, worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, pepper, garlic, can throw in a bit of blue cheese crumblies if you wish :)
  • BuceesNana
    BuceesNana Posts: 302 Member
    A squeeze of fresh lemon or lime?
  • MeganJo
    MeganJo Posts: 69
    Mix together some lime juice & cilantro. Toss it on a salad with bell peppers, onion, tomatoes & chicken/steak. It's awesome =]
  • kdet07
    kdet07 Posts: 117
    Ken's "light options" balsamic vinegar is YUMMY. hubby loves their parmesan peppercorn, and he's mr anti-salad. Any of the flavors in that line are yummmmm-o. :o)
  • cccathyyy
    cccathyyy Posts: 207 Member
    Kens Light Options are really good, my favorite are the parmesan peppercorn and the vidalia onion. Yogurt dressings in the refrigerated section are good too... My fave is Bolthouse Farms Ranch! :)
  • Sparksfly
    Sparksfly Posts: 470 Member
    I use Hannah's Tzakiki sauce (25 cals a tablespoon) sometimes with hot sauce mixed in. You definately get that creaminess that a lot of people look for in a salad dressing.

    Also, I mix 2% Fage greek yogurt with some ranch (powder) mix for my salads. That comes out to around 15-16 calories a tablespoon.

    I don't even miss regular salad dressing!
  • SimplyFreckled
    SimplyFreckled Posts: 444 Member
    You can use Salsa or even mix salsa and Avocado for a delicious guac..
  • nisharae
    nisharae Posts: 204 Member
    Bolthouse Farms makes yogurt based salad dressings .. they are yummy and 60 cal for 2 TBS (in refridge section next to fruit etc) also trader joes has a reduced fat ranch parmesean for 30 cal for 2TBS... yumm yumm...
  • Sarahr73
    Sarahr73 Posts: 454 Member
    Balsamic vinegar and citrus juice (equal parts of both), my favorite is either orange or lemon. I just use half the fruit, I think it's about 1-2 tbls or so depending on how juicy of a fruit you get.
  • virgo1978
    virgo1978 Posts: 73 Member
    Target's Market Pantry Red Wine Vinegrette and Paul Newman's Own Lighten Up! Light Lime Vinegrette. Both are really low in calories and taste great! I like the creamy dressings too. :) These ones are my favorites for summer though.
  • jfox625
    jfox625 Posts: 8
    truthfully you have to get your fat from somewhere and I most of the time use regular salad dressing. I carefully measure it. I sometimes will do a light dressing. I like Ken's light sweet vidalia onion.
  • marindak
    marindak Posts: 168
    Hendrickson's Sweet Vinegar and Olive Oil. Yum. I put it on Cucumber salad, salad, chicken, pasta, etc. :heart:
  • sandrichelle
    sandrichelle Posts: 12
    I never cared for any light or fat free dressing. I would rather do 1/2 the serving of a nice, real blue cheese and mix in a tbspoon fat free milk to make it cover. I had wishbones power fruit vinegarette today....and that was yummy!!
  • orenjisoda
    orenjisoda Posts: 9 Member
    Marzetti Light Balsamic Vinaigarette - 50 cals per serving

    or my all-time fave

    Newman's Own Lighten Up! Sesame Ginger - 35 cals per serving
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    I have grown accustomed to just balsamic vinegar and red pepper flakes. It's especially good on spinach salad. If I want to pretend it's creamy, I mix balsamic with dijon mustard and thin it out with water a bit.

    Thankfully I like the taste of my veggies, otherwise I don't think these dressings would really cut it :wink:
  • tusher2011
    tusher2011 Posts: 201 Member
    thanks guys! off to the store:)
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    Kraft has a lite ranch that taste fine to me. i think it is 25 calories. Or you could try cucumber dressing it is creamy. I toss just greens with the cucumber and add dried dill all over. I love Italian dressing myself. i just buy the lite stuff and put it on everything.
  • anbegley
    anbegley Posts: 163 Member
    My husband and I ran across this one in one of our cookbooks. If you like a hint of lime, this was soooooo yummy.

    Honey Lime Dressing

    Plain Yogurt, 0.33 cup
    Sour Cream, 5.28 tbsp
    Honey, 2 tbsp
    Fresh Lime Zest, 1.5 tsp
    Lime juice - 0.04 cup
    Salt, 0.25 tsp
    Pepper, black, 0.25 tsp

    I copied out of my recipes so sorry for some of the odd numbers. Can convert at cooks.com

    Best of luck
    Angela

    oops..here are the numbers we got for 2 TBLS a serving. The hubby was also wanting low sodium


    Per Serving: (cal) 45 (protein)1 (fat)1 (fiber) 0 (sodium) 114 (carbs) 8
  • kblue2007
    kblue2007 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Newmans Own Light Balsamic is 45 for 2tbsp
    Newmans Own Sesame Ginger is only 35 for 2tbsp
    Newmans Own Rasberry Walnut is 70 for 2tbsp

    Good line of dressings. Good luck!
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