Dressing

Mandi98U
Mandi98U Posts: 115 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What do you guys put on salad for dressing that isn't very high calories?
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Hot sauce or balsamic vinegar.
  • pluto2626
    pluto2626 Posts: 31 Member
    Apple cider vinegar or cottage cheese.
  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited February 2016
    Fat Free Thousand Island mixed with red wine vinegar to make it more watery.
    2 Tbsp of thousand island 50 calories.
    Dumped an avocado on the salad for good fat. Open diary
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    Pace Picante sauce

    I sometimes save calories for the dressing even though I dislike doing that. I think dressing is a waste of calories. Trying to change my mind set about it. Dressing is good use of calories for me because I will consume more vegetables if I use it.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Salsa, a little soy sauce and pb2 peanut butter powder (makes an awesome Asian satay sauce!), basalmic vinegar, or Trader Joe's Champagne Pear Vineagrette.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Low cal dressing. Good quality balsamic. Lemon juice. We don't really go in for dressings in the UK the same way as in the US so it doesn't often occur to me to add anything!
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    I either use very little dressing or no dressing at all.
  • Cynsonya
    Cynsonya Posts: 668 Member
    I have a good organic basalmic & olive oil dressing. 40 calories a tbsp. I stretch it by spritzing either straight basalmic or red wine vinegar on all my greens before adding the dressing.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    If im in a hurry...50/50 stone ground mustard and lemon juice.

    If i have more time, or a batch in the fridge...low cal home made zesty italian dressing.

    1c apple cider vinegar
    .5c water
    .25c oil
    1 tablespoon EACH oregano, parsley, italian seasoning, salt, pepper
    .25 c stone ground mustard
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    nordlead2005 wrote: »
    I either use very little dressing or no dressing at all.

    Me too. I use one tablespoon of ranch dressing or I skip the dressing.
  • melonaulait
    melonaulait Posts: 769 Member
    I've been making my own dressing! Even squeezing half a lemon or lime and adding herbs makes salad taste spectacular.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    I add a bun, a burger and some ketchup.....
  • dmcb24
    dmcb24 Posts: 56 Member
    Bolthouse farms dressings are delicious and low calorie! 45 caps for 2 tbs serving. In the veggie section with the Marie's dressings.
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
    Vinegar- different ones. I dont like oily dressings.
  • boombalatty123
    boombalatty123 Posts: 116 Member
    I usually make my own - 2 tsp of brown or Dijon mustard, herbs, salt, pepper, 2 Tbs. balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp olive oil. That's usually enough for a lightly dressed salad for 2 people. 35 calories. You don't even really need the oil, in which case it's more like 15 calories.
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    Just salsa you can buy some that say 0 calories and it just taste good with no guilt
  • viclrstew
    viclrstew Posts: 15 Member
    my favorite these days is one tablespoon of sour cream mixed with 2 tablespoons of salsa- a generous amount of dressing for only 35 calories.
  • AmazonMayan
    AmazonMayan Posts: 1,168 Member
    edited February 2016
    I like to top salads with some sprinkled dried basil, oregano, salt and pepper then drizzle balsamic vinegar over it. If I have calories to spare sometimes I'll also drizzle (from a measuring spoon) some olive oil. If I have company, I mix all this up in a bowl or gravy boat so people can dress their own salads. The trick is instead of traditional more oil less vinegar, I do 3 parts good balsamic to 1 part oil. It's always popular and I get requests to make it.

    If you have fresh basil, a handful chopped and mixed into your salad then add the other things is even better.
  • thatshistorical
    thatshistorical Posts: 93 Member
    Whole foods makes a garlicky kale salad that's pretty low cal. Ive never put the tahini in mine--just the vinegar, yeast, garlic, lemon, and a dash of soy sauce.

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  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    The trader Joe's light champagne vinaigrette is my favorite store bought dressing.
  • beckygammon
    beckygammon Posts: 73 Member
    Plain greek yogurt. It tastes creamy and indulgent but is macro freindly (for the low fat options) and is nutrient dense. :)
  • hittrain
    hittrain Posts: 38 Member
    There are good homemade ranch (greek yogurt and herbs mainly) and blue cheese (low fat SC/greek yogurt and blue cheese crumbles) out there. About 20-30 cals a Tbsp.
  • danadinunno
    danadinunno Posts: 19 Member
    I make my own using non fat plain Greek yogurt and the hidden valley Greek yogurt ranch seasoning. It's amazing
    If you like balsamic vinegrette. Skinny girls makes a bottle and it's under $2 at Walmart.
  • bellkat31
    bellkat31 Posts: 74 Member
    dmcb24 wrote: »
    Bolthouse farms dressings are delicious and low calorie! 45 caps for 2 tbs serving. In the veggie section with the Marie's dressings.

    Totally agree I even use the avacodo flavor dressing instead of mayo in a egg salad.
  • shellygw
    shellygw Posts: 33 Member
    Walden Farms makes 0 calorie dressings but they are very high in sodium. Walmart carries it.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    Few grams of roasted sunflower seeds. Little Parmesan cheese is great too.
  • Nuke_64
    Nuke_64 Posts: 406 Member
    dmcb24 wrote: »
    Bolthouse farms dressings are delicious and low calorie! 45 caps for 2 tbs serving. In the veggie section with the Marie's dressings.

    +1
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I like Good Seasons (make it fresh) Italian dressing. I make up the dressing according to the packet directions, but then I top off the cruet with vinegar so it's all the way to the top. It "lightens" the dressing and makes it last longer. I've never calculated the reduction in calories so I log it the same - I figure it's better to slightly over estimate since I'm probably underestimating somewhere else in my day.
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    Olive oil, balsamic vinegar and agave syrup + salt and pepper. 1tsp of oil and agave is enough for a big salad for two and not very high on calories.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    While I generally avoid low-cal substitutes for most things (because a smaller portion of the full-cal stuff still usually tastes better than a bunch of sadness to me), The OPA greek yogurt dressings are actually very good.

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