homemade salad dressings

Have you ever tried Walden Farms? Zero calories.

I quit using oil. I take a little garlic red wine vinegar and add some McCormick salad seasoning.

I'm generally not a big proponent of low-cal substitutions (in general I find they also lack flavor and satiety)

But I am a big fan of the OPA Greek Yogurt salad dressings (especially the blue cheese). I'm sure one could re-create them at home, though I can't say I've tried.

withaflourish wrote: »

abetterluke wrote: »

withaflourish wrote: »

Have you ever tried Walden Farms? Zero calories.

Zero taste....

Edit: Zero taste is unfair...it has a taste. It's just not good.

I like them. I couldn't make the leap to oil and vinegar because..eww. It satisfies my need for a creamy clinginess to the salad.

Ah see I like the oil based dressings. Especially just oil and lemon juice. Creamy dressing is nice sometimes but I don't really miss it if I don't have it.

I make a slightly lighter version of ranch dressing by swapping regular mayo for olive oil blended mayo. There's a whole board on MFP devoted to recipes that you might want to go search for ideas. You'll probably find quite a bit more there.

I don't even make the vinaigrette anymore. I have a spritz bottle I fill with olive oil and spritz my salad with it. I know how many spritzes it takes to make one tablespoon. Then a splash or two of vinegar, some sprinkling of seasoning (McCormick's Bacon and Chive is GREAT!) and then a drizzle of honey. Toss together and then sprinkle a little cheese if my calorie allotment that day allows.

I play around with flavored oils and vinegars often to keep salad interesting. On occasion, I use unflavored Greek yogurt as a base for a creamy dressing as it is healthy and offers protein

i dont desire to make the time to make my own dressing. i like the bolthouse farms ones though.

Not really a dressing but I love spinach with cut up slices of strawberries on it. They make it nice and sweet and adds another portion of fruit to my day.

Lemon juice (instead of vinegar), with some salt and pepper is plain and nice on simpler fare. Otherwise, I will also do the vinegar and dijon mustard. No oil is needed unless you want some, but I find if you want to water the vinegar down a little bit, put some salt and some water into the dressing. Salt will cut the acidity and the water will literally water it down. No need for the oil (or all those extra added calories).

I bought the home made dressing containers (they have french dressing, italian dressing, and even an easy ceasar salad dressing recipes printed on the side of the container). I modify as necessary to cut the cals or change the taste. Homemade dressings are way better tasting (fresher in my opinion too).

Good luck!

3 parts evoo, 1 part vinegar of choice, 1 tbsp dijon mustard, 3 cloves chrushed garlic, tsp italian spices.
shake well and pour. Needs no refigeration.

Depending on the type of salad I like straight balsamic vinegar, yogurt mixed with seasonings and some lemon juice to make a 'ranch,' or salsa and yogurt for taco salad.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/ranch-dressing-recipe_n_3769342.html

Use the larger quantity of buttermilk and smaller quantity of mayo and sour cream in ranch dressing. Lower calorie than classic vinaigrette which typically is 1 part vinegar or lemon to 3-4 parts olive oil.

Another lower calorie dressing I like is 1 part balsamic vinegar, 1 part soy sauce, 1 part nut oil (hazelnut, walnut or sesame all work well).

withaflourish wrote: »

Bintychops wrote: »

Evoo??

Extra virgin olive oil

or Elves vomiting on orangutans

If im feeling like i need some fat i'll add olive oil, some days i am not feeling it though.


Balsamic vinegar
crushed carlic
salt
pepper
dijon mustard
water
shake shake shake

sometimes- 2 tablespoons of olive oil.