Salad dressing delema

I like most of the Bolthouse Farms yogurt dressings. Low in calories, fat, and carbs. I wasn't a fan of the OPA Ranch dressing. It was thin and tasted a little bitter to me.

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I usually make my own dressings.

I do a vinaigrette modified to have less oil. My normal version is equal parts red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, and French-style Dijon mustard, with whatever spices or herbs would be good with the other salad ingredients.

Switch out the acid and oil for a flavor change. Really the Dijon is my only constant, because it's a fantastic emulsifier, and the one I use is zero-calorie in the amounts I use.

Vinaigrettes are so delicious and easy and customizable that I don't understand why more people aren't making them.

Here is a tomato salad dressing. I have changed it up by using different flavors of tomatoes, vinegar, dressing and fat. Fire roasted tomatoes and mayo works well too. tasteofhome.com/recipes/low-fat-tangy-tomato-dressing

Here is a Creamy Cucumber Dressing. Great with salads, lettuce wraps and roast beef pitas. soupspiceeverythingnice.blogspot.com/2014/04/creamy-cucumber-dressing.html

Today I made an amazing dressing from skinny taste called zesty avocado cilantro buttermilk dressing which has 50 cals and 3 g fat for 3.5 tbsp. Otherwise I just have 1-2 tbsp of low fat honey mustard dressing from Walmart. For a long while I enjoyed Ken's roasted garlic Caesar but only had one Tbsp with my salad bc it's not low fat

All of the dressings made by the Skinny Girl brand are really good. Low fat carbs and calories

Bolthouse yogurt dressing as mentioned above
Salsa Verde avocado, Honey Mustard, Salsa Ranch, Ranch, and Caesar are 45 calories for 2 tablespoons
Cilantro Avocado, Sweet Onion, Roasted Garlic. and Balsamic are 40 & blue cheese 35 calories for 2 tablespoons

http://www.bolthouse.com/products/dressings/yogurt

For a vinegarette I like the Bernstein's light cheese fantastico. I add extra balsamic vinegar a splash oflemon and a couple cloves of fresh garlic to it. Or if you prefer a creamy dressing I make my own ranch with 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt, 1/4 cup light hellman's mayonnaise, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic (not garlic salt), 1/2 teaspoon granulated onion, 1/2 teaspoon msg (accent), 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley, 2 cloves fresh garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Needs to sit in the fridge for an hour or so. I use this as a dip but if you want to pour it add some low fat milk. The fresh garlic makes all the difference.

I use balsamic vinegar and olive oil - just sprinkle them over the salad - delicious, easy and cheap!

Classic vinaigrette is 3 parts oil to 1 part lemon or vinegar. Some lower fat alternatives are

Vietnamese or Thai salad dressings
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/09/sauced-nuoc-cham-recipe.html

Buttermilk based Ranch (use the smaller portion of mayo and sour cream)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/ranch-dressing-recipe_n_3769342.html

A salad dressing I use from an old Hilton Hotel cookbook on for what is essentially tagliata di manza is
equal parts soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, nut oil (sesame, walnut, hazelnut all work well)

Ken's makes light dressings that are only 80 cal for 2 Tbsp and taste normal, not weird at all.