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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,147 Member
    My typical choice is margarine or soft butter, depending on what I've got. Other choices are peanut butter, pesto sauce, Greek yogurt, and oil.
  • lulucitron
    lulucitron Posts: 366 Member
    avocado is very healthy for you where mayo isn't. If I don't keep my healthy fats at a certain daily level, then I really see it in my hair and skin.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    reduced fat mayo is around half the calories for an equal amount of regular mayo.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    lulucitron wrote: »
    avocado is very healthy for you where mayo isn't. If I don't keep my healthy fats at a certain daily level, then I really see it in my hair and skin.
    why isnt mayo healthy?
  • 1shauna1
    1shauna1 Posts: 993 Member
    I like to mix a little olive oil mayo and Dijon mustard; still gives the creaminess but cuts down on the cals.
  • jenmckane86
    jenmckane86 Posts: 50 Member
    Typically I use OPA ranch dressing- it's yogurt based I think. Or I will use a mayo/mustard/onion mix. It is soooooo good with ham. And because of the mustard and onion I can use less mayo.
  • AdmireDeVoll
    AdmireDeVoll Posts: 46 Member
    I put a half serving of bolthouse farms Greek yogurt ranch dressing. A full serving is 45 calories. It's the only ranch I've found that doesn't have that diet taste
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    Take the bread slices. Weigh them.
    Take a butter knife, spread a thin layer of mayo, return the rest of the mayo to the jar.
    Weigh the slices again. Is it even a gram of mayo?

    Personally I load my sandwiches with hot spicy mustard (http://www.loewensenf.de/sortiment/senf-klassiker/p/loewensenf-premium-extra-scharf.html)
    tons of tomatoes, cucumbers, roasted zucchini mushrooms, leafy greens. Toppings are only limited by your sense of creativity and sense of adventure.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Renzi27 wrote: »
    I tend to eat a sandwich of some type for lunch - usually either ham or turkey. In order to keep the calories down I've been wanting to cut out the mayo, but cannot stand a dry sammie! Mustard is OK sometimes but really not something I WANT to eat.

    What do you put on your sandwiches so they're not dry - if anything? Looking for tasty alternatives..

    PS - can't do the low fat/no fat mayo either - that stuff is just awful! Thanks.

    I am a huge mustard fan. I have all kinds of different ones in my fridge but my "go to" is a sweet hot mustard. I never use "cheap yellow mustard". I prefer dijon, coarse brown, Dusseldorf style, and when I want a real kick I use a horseradish mustard. If I am eating roast beef, I use a horseradish sauce.

    Maybe try a few different ones and see if something trips your trigger.

  • mpat81
    mpat81 Posts: 353 Member
    Second the horseradish sauce, it is awesome on roast beef. Salsa or piccalilli for turkey, laughing cow French onion or apple butter for ham.
  • acheben
    acheben Posts: 476 Member
    edited September 2015
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    Take the bread slices. Weigh them.
    Take a butter knife, spread a thin layer of mayo, return the rest of the mayo to the jar.
    Weigh the slices again. Is it even a gram of mayo?
    Yep, it's usually 5-7g (35-50cal) for me. I just work it in to my daily calories.

    I do replace the mayo in tuna salad with roasted garlic hummus.
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    I use a stone or dijon mustard, low cal but very flavorful
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I agree with there being all kinds of mustard; I love horseradish mustard. And durkees (which I don't actually know what it is, but it's amazing).
  • kimberlyhurt
    kimberlyhurt Posts: 128 Member
    a wedge of laughing cow cheese is great on sandwiches and light on calories
  • tiffanybrooks530
    tiffanybrooks530 Posts: 140 Member
    Wow! all these toppings sound good, my fav is avacado, dijon mustard, and if you still looking for more ideas I just started lemonaise...pretty good mayo alternative and they have flavors, I have the simple low fat version, but if you don't want low cal they have some other tasty looking options. http://www.gourmettrading.com/ojai-cook/
  • amgreenwell
    amgreenwell Posts: 1,267 Member
    grey poupon, honey dijon mustard, horseradish sauce, low cal italian dressing, any sort of vinegarette, avacado spread
  • datsundriver87
    datsundriver87 Posts: 186 Member
    I'll put habanero jelly on my sandwich sometimes, I can make a turkey and cheese sandwich with habanero jelly that's under 250 calories and tastes great with the right ingredients.
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    Renzi27 wrote: »
    In order to keep the calories down I've been wanting to cut out the mayo, but cannot stand a dry sammie!

    I'm like @standenvernet - I cut the bread. Bread is relatively low in nutritional value anyway, so I'm not missing anything. I say this as a pretty proficient bread baker... my family does miss my bread.

    Instead of a sandwich if I'm packing a lunch I take something like a Ploughman's Lunch - I'm quite fond of turkey (or other meats) sausage like a kolbassa; add in some chunks of cheese, maybe some olives or pickles or pickled veg; I'd also have some non traditional items like some nuts or yogurt along with it. Sometimes a salad.

    At home I'll quite often have a bread-less sandwich - 4 slices of sliced turkey + 1 slice of provolone or some other cheese = 140 calories with decent protein. Have two if you like and still about the same as a sandwich with bread. No mayo needed, not that I need an excuse to put some mayo on. I don't fear calories from mayo/fat.

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