Salad dressings

robynrstiles
robynrstiles Posts: 41 Member
edited November 16 in Food and Nutrition
What is the best brand/type of salad dressing to use? My favorite is ranch but know that's hard to find types that are healthy.
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  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    I make my own. Sour cream with any spices I want; or add hot sauce or sriracha- yum! Or add a little ranch dressing (powdered from Penzeys) mix to the sour cream. Or any vinaigrette- easy to make, honey mustard, too! We have like 6 bottles of random dressing but I try to make my own when I can. Knowing those bottles have been in the fridge forever grosses me out.
  • megomerrett
    megomerrett Posts: 442 Member
    I just use either:
    Olive oil & balsamic
    Or
    Olive oil & a squeezed lime
    That sort of thing
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    Tessamae's dressings are pretty awesome, but they are pretty pricy. I make my own most of the time.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited March 2017
    I just use Kraft Italian dressing. I must admit I've never had a creamy dressing on a regular salad, other than ceaser salad.
  • rakowskidp
    rakowskidp Posts: 231 Member
    I make my own or use the excellent Bolthouse Greek yogurt dressings.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    Olive Garden lite dressing (grocery store).
  • p_fitnesslife
    p_fitnesslife Posts: 8 Member
    You should check out Walden Farm brand. It calorie-free and it taste great. Just look into it if you have time.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited March 2017
    I love walden farms honey dijon! SOOOOO good. I also love the sesame ginger one. I go through a bottle every few weeks. Not very "healthy" though because its basically just chemicals LOL.
  • pomegranatecloud
    pomegranatecloud Posts: 812 Member
    Homemade
  • angerlo
    angerlo Posts: 13 Member
    I use Walden farms and they have a good variety
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    What you like that fits in your calories. If you can find one that adds something you want to include in your diet, I suppose that's good too.

    I like vinaigrettes, so I make my own with good vinegar (different types) and EV olive oil. I use less olive oil than in a standard recipe, I've found you really don't need much. If I really want to cut calories I sometimes use just balsamic or vinegar (again, different types, but commonly red wine vinegar) plus a good spicy brown mustard.

    For various Asian style and some cucumber/tomato-based salads I do a mix of sriracha, soy sauce, and lemon or lime juice.
  • jenbeck18
    jenbeck18 Posts: 32 Member
    Kimblesnbits13 wrote: »
    Bolthouse farms! Theyre in most grocery stores near the salads refrigerator section (not the usual salad dressing aisle) They're yogurt based salad dressings and only around 40-45 cals/2 tb try their ranch! I have their salsa ranch, creamy garlic, and creamy balsamic they're all equally yummy.

    This! Boathouse also makes OPA dressing and its fantastic
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    I like Bolthouse, Kraft Calorie-wise, or some olive oil and a balsamic glaze (way more flavor than regular balsamic and a little goes a long way)
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    I am a huge fan of vinaigrettes.
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  • dw920
    dw920 Posts: 41 Member
    I'm doing a Whole45, so I'm either making my own Ranch, buying Tessemae brand dressings, or just using olive oil, lemon juice, and herbs.
  • ggeise14
    ggeise14 Posts: 387 Member
    My favorite is just Aged Basalmic (from Love that Olive) and #2 is Panera's Poppyseed Dressing (fairly low in calories compared to others).
  • disasterman
    disasterman Posts: 746 Member
    I either make my own with olive oil and balsalmic vinegar plus whatever I feel like or, if I'm really into saving some calories I use salsa.

  • treegirl97
    treegirl97 Posts: 70 Member
    I've been having the Kraft Raspberry Vinagrette lately. Only 30 cal per tbsp so not too bad.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    If you like creamy dressings like ranch etc, get the litehouse or bolthouse farms greek yogurt types. Very good and way fewer calories.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Nowadays I'm happy with just some Dijon mustard and red wine vinegar.. but if I want to splurge on some blue cheese dressing once in a while, nothing wrong with that.
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    My best friend only eats ranch. She just eats 1 tablespoon instead of 2. At first it was hard, but now she's used to it. I prefer vinaigrettes.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    jenbeck18 wrote: »
    Kimblesnbits13 wrote: »
    Bolthouse farms! Theyre in most grocery stores near the salads refrigerator section (not the usual salad dressing aisle) They're yogurt based salad dressings and only around 40-45 cals/2 tb try their ranch! I have their salsa ranch, creamy garlic, and creamy balsamic they're all equally yummy.

    This! Boathouse also makes OPA dressing and its fantastic

    Another vote for Boathouse Farms. Many of their dressings are light and tasty. Another favorite of mine is Hendrickson's Sweet Olive Oil and Vinegar dressing. It's thin, tangy, sweet, and coats a salad easily with just 2 tbsp @ about 70 calories.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    A squeeze of lemon and a tbsp of grated parmesan with some pepper actually goes a long way.
  • Emily3907
    Emily3907 Posts: 1,461 Member
    I generally make my own, but if I want something quick, I like Ken's steakhouse dressings. However, I am not a fan of creamy dressings, I prefer vinaigrettes.
  • Losewtforlife4him
    Losewtforlife4him Posts: 423 Member
    I use buttermilk ranch (Walmart) and it's 55 calories for 1 tablespoon. I put that in a plastic container filled with my greens and other veggies and shake it up and it's amazing how perfect just 1 TBS of the dressing is and it's still ranch. The buttermilk is lower calories than other ranch. It's 110 calories for 2 tbs
  • greenfrog2006
    greenfrog2006 Posts: 8 Member
    Fat free sour cream and hidden valley ranch packets. Less calories than any light ranch and has more flavor
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    edited March 2017
    I either make my own (olive oil, dijon mustard, and lemon juice with some salt and pepper) or use olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  • strshllw84
    strshllw84 Posts: 256 Member
    Skinny girl brand is amazing, no sugar, low sodium, low calorie.
    I personally have taken a liking to just olive oil drizzle with a bit of salt.
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