Salad Dressing recommendation ?

Balsamic Vinegrette, low calories Catalina, or Renee's light caesar....

Why not just go for good fat instead of low fat? A little extra virgin olive oil, balsamic, salt, pepper, garlic powder oregano.

Lately I have been using two different low to non-fat homemade dressings....they're "different", but are tasty to me
1. Miso-ginger dressing
1 tbsp miso paste
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp grated ginger
a little sugar or stevia to taste

2. Nutritional yeast cheeze sauce (great with chopped raw veggies, like carrots or celery)
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
1 tbsp unsweetened soymilk
a little garlic powder
a little spice of choice (I like to use curry or chili powder)
This mixture tastes best after heating (something happens to the nutritional yeast, I guess)

3. Soy sauce and lemon juice!

Hope this helps!

If you want low fat - just use straight balsamic. It's really good with some red pepper flakes. Let the goodness of your veggies shine through!

If fat is not an object, add some good quality olive oil to your balsamic. (I think plain and not EVOO tastes way better and is less processed)

I just started using Cape Cod dressings. They have excellent ingredients. Try their sweet and sour Poppyseed. A new favorite of mine.

I am hooked on Newmans Own Light Cranberry Walnut vinagertte

bolthouse farms light honey mustard is made with yogurt (sounds weird, but is delicious) and is only 45 cals/2 tbsp. its my favorite!

I make ranch dressing out of GREEK yogurt, 1% milk and the salad dressing mix packet. Tastes JUST AS GOOD as the real stuff, and the ENTIRE recipe is only 360 calories... One serving (2TBSP) is approximately 90 calories total. It would be even less if you used skim. You could save even MORE calories if you skipped the pre-mixed packet and made it using just the herbs. ONLY 25 CALORIES per 2 TBSP serving according to the recipe builder. ( I used the Chobani Plain nonfat greek Yogurt listing 8 oz. and 1% milk to build the recipe)

The same amount of Kraft is 160, Hidden Valley 140.

RECIPE:

8 oz. Greek yogurt no fat
1/4 cup milk 1%
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dill
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp parsley

It is a bit strong if you put much more of the spices in but you may want to put each spice in to taste, just make sure the ratio is correct. One part everything else to two parts parsley. You may not need to add all of the milk either, just use the milk to thin the dressing to your taste.

EDIT: I went in to the recipe builder and entered all the ingredients and if the database has the correct data for the yogurt, this is what it totaled ... AS listed it makes about 1.25 cups (20 Tablespoons) at 18 calories per 2 Tablespoon serving.

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Newman's Own Light Balsamic is so good! It has 45 cals per 2 Tbsp.

Yes to this one! It's one of my favorites. That and just plain olive oil and vinegar with a little sea salt.

I mix a packet of Hidden valley Buttermilk Ranch with greek yogurt and 1% buttermilk.

Oh, I'm gonna try this one.

Go with out dressing, ....use the juice from tomatoes and juice from fresh lemons...:)

I am partial to the light raspberry vinegarettes (any variety).

A little olive oil and some red wine vinegar, or rice vinegar with a touch of Maldon salt.