salad dressing

Poppyseed Dressing:
1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/2 tsp honey
1 tablespoon poppyseeds
1/4 tsp celery seed

Best to make a few hours before dinner and refrigerate so the flavors all meld together! This one is especially good for coleslaws or tossed-type salads.

Lemon Balsamic:
1 part olive oil to 1 part Balsamic (The richer the better-I like Trader Joe's Aceto Balsamica with the gold label)
dried basil and lemon zest to taste.
Whip it with an eggbeater to get a nice emulsified texture instead of a globby oily texture. My husband likes lots of lemon and usually adds lemon juice to this, but I like it just a little lemony. (YOu can also make it with the TJ's lemon olive oil instead of adding lemon zest.)

We put this on EVERYHING! And you can make a jar of it and keep it in the fridge, just shake it up and serve.

Homemade Chunky Gorgonzola
1/2 cup of TJ's Gorgonzola, crumbled
1/2 cup of nonfat sour cream (I like the Lucerne. Penn Maid and a few dairies make it to, but check the ingredients because sometimes they use soy as a filler.)
Celery salt- Just a dash!
Black pepper & garlic powder- experiment until you get the flavor you like. I like just a hint so it kind of stays 'under the radar'.
If it comes out too thick, you can use a little milk to thin it out. (We usually have it as more of a dip, rather than a dressing.)

I usually make this to use as a dip when I make fake chicken wings (buffalo-flavored chicken breast cutlets, really...) and it keeps well for salads the next day.

I keep it simple: a nice EVOO and quality basalmic with a pinch of salt.

This isn't low calorie, but a little goes a long way and it's worth every calorie.

Four rolled anchovies with capers. Mash it with a tablespoon of whole grain mustard. Add half a teaspon of cane sugar and the juice of one large lemon. Add four tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and combine. Food processor not necessary, esp if you like tiny chunks of anchovy or mustard like I do. Since it's so acidic, it pairs well with fibrous chewy things.

This makes 6 servings, 88 calories each of salty goodness. For a light lunch, I toss this with a cup of micro kale, a medium boiled egg, and a few almonds. For a hearty dinner nicoise salad, I serve this with a four ounces of rare broiled salmon, three boiled baby potatoes, a bit of blanched green beans, a boiled egg, all over a bed of frisee.

Ps, I used to make loaded salads with lots of good stuff, and somehow they just wouldn't come together. Now I follow the rules in this article and it all works

http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/cooking-tips/article/how-to-dress-any-salad-green

My all time favorite is a bunch of lime lol srry i that didnt help but its tru i squees like 2 whole lime on my chicken and salad

@fluffygo lime makes everything better!

rwm629 wrote: »

I do something that may seem a little goofy, but it works for me and I really like it. I buy a decent brand of light ranch dressing and mix it 50/50 with a good spicy store bought taco sauce. The ranch is 70 calories per two tablespoons and the taco sauce is 20 calories for two tablespoons. So the mixture ends up being only 45 calories for a 2 TBSP serving. It ends up tasting like a southwestern ranch dressing and I really like it.

I do this too!!!!!

When I am serious about calories and Fat I substitute homemade or store bought Salsa for dressing.

lillisag wrote: »

rwm629 wrote: »

I do something that may seem a little goofy, but it works for me and I really like it. I buy a decent brand of light ranch dressing and mix it 50/50 with a good spicy store bought taco sauce. The ranch is 70 calories per two tablespoons and the taco sauce is 20 calories for two tablespoons. So the mixture ends up being only 45 calories for a 2 TBSP serving. It ends up tasting like a southwestern ranch dressing and I really like it.

I do this too!!!!!

When I am serious about calories and Fat I substitute homemade or store bought Salsa for dressing.

I have done that also, but like the dressing mixture better. But salsa alone is so calorie cheap!