Salad dressing
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Is there a medical reason for avoiding fats? I generally use regular or light dressing in moderate amounts.
Newman's Light Sesame Ginger is 38 calories for 2 Tbls. Great on a salad with grilled chicken, almonds, mandarin oranges and snap peas.
Greek yogurt & milk can be a great base for dry ranch dressing packets.3 -
bleu cheese is my favorite
sometimes I just use sour cream instead of dressing
not sure if either is low calorie, but more flavor means less dressing needed3 -
No medical reason. I'm just trying to lose weight so trying to keep my calories down. Those sound like good options I will definitely try.0
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Have you tried roasting your veggies? I recently discovered it and I'm loving it, it completely changes the taste and is not as boring as steamed. I don't usually have salad dressing but when I do I like balsamic or vinegar.3
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For store bought options, I like the Litehouse yogurt based dressings (in the refrigerated section, usually with produce). Most of them are 60 calories for 2 Tbsp.
For homemade, I like to make a vinagrette with garlic, olive oil (1 T), vinegar (2 T), dijon mustard (1 t) , honey (1 t) and salt and pepper. I also sometimes mix Greek yogurt with salsa, depending on what's in my salad.
Last night I made salmon and roasted root veggies for dinner and I made a buttermilk dill dressing with chopped shallot (or garlic), 1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk, 1 T mayo, 1T dijon mustard, 1 T sugar and dried dill. It was pretty yummy and 54 calories per serving.5 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »bleu cheese is my favorite
sometimes I just use sour cream instead of dressing
not sure if either is low calorie, but more flavor means less dressing needed
I use nonfat Greek yogurt on tacos instead of sour cream.1 -
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Might sound daft but I was surprised how much salt and pepper makes a salad taste better! Also balsamic vinegar and maybe just mixing up some new toppings - a few almonds or some seeds or some chopped apple/strawberry4
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lemon juice. either mixed with olive oil salt and pepper or on its own.3
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There is a raspberry vinaigrette by Maple Grove Farms (sugar free) very low calorie (5 calories for 2TBS) that I like. My favorite is Wishbone fat free chunky blue cheese. It is only 30 calories for 2 TBS. I eat this all the time and have thinly sliced steak and Treasure Cave blue cheese crumbles on top of my greens. I have this almost every day.4
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Dijon mustard and red wine vinegar with salt and pepper is my go-to.5
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my father in law uses only vinegar on this salads... you can find some amazing infused vinegars all over the place. tastes great and has zero calorie (I think)...3
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Bolthouse Farms makes some pretty amazing dressing. In the cooler section near the vegetables usually.2
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Having good fats with vegetables aid in vitamin absorption - just a little tidbit. That being said, I like hummus (you can thin it with a little water) and this:
http://gimmedelicious.com/2015/09/27/creamy-avocado-cilantro-lime-dressing/3 -
Might sound daft but I was surprised how much salt and pepper makes a salad taste better! Also balsamic vinegar and maybe just mixing up some new toppings - a few almonds or some seeds or some chopped apple/strawberry
I totally agree with the nuts and seeds. I put pumpkin and sunflower seeds and Chia in every salad I eat!
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Having good fats with vegetables aid in vitamin absorption - just a little tidbit. That being said, I like hummus (you can thin it with a little water) and this:
http://gimmedelicious.com/2015/09/27/creamy-avocado-cilantro-lime-dressing/
That dressing sounds amazing!
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I buy super fancy vinegars and just use those. The Olive Mill Stores has a great selection. I especially like the white peach balsamic and the serrano chili honey balsamic vinegar. They're like 15-30 calories per serving.3
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I only use a variety of hot sauces. Rather save my calories for ice cream. And hot sauce rocks.1
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Some awesome dressing and super natural healthy ones can be taking from raw vegan recipes. Here is a video of 5 different ones that can be tried out and they are pretty healthy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_z9xhwjOOw2
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