I have been wanting to write this post for a long time. It seems that the question people invariably ask when they are eating tons of salad, is what low calorie dressing tastes good? Their are a few on the shelves at the supermarket that are good but are pretty expensive. If you ever noticed a lot of those bottles are 8 ounces. A cup! Three dollars for a cup! I can buy a gallon of gasoline for that! Yikes. The kind you can make at home really just beats the pants off the ones in the stores!
I have a list that I will share with you but I also saw that Martha Stewart had quite a few low calorie ones in her recent issue of Living. I made the one below from her magazine. I made this particular one because it reminded me of one my Aunt in AZ made for she and I. It was Spring and she whipped up this orange/garlic dressing and poured it over a bed of romaine. With toasted almonds on top it was absolutely delicious!
I would love to hear your favorites as well. If you would like, please share a name of a bottled one or a link to one that you make. A person can never have too many of these in their arsenal.
Citrus Vinaigrette
adapted from Martha Stewart Living, March 2009 Issue
recipe doubled
1/2 cup grapefruit juice
1/2 teaspoon grapefruit zest
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar, unseasoned
1/4 cup olive oil
Combine all ingredients together in a bowl and whisk together.
2 tablespoons 53 calories.
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These are some of the ones I collected over the years. I unfortunately do not know their sources.
Asiago Pepper Dressing
1/3 cup low fat buttermilk
1/3 cup low fat cottage cheese or low fat sour cream
1/3 cup finely grated asiago
4 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Process all in a blender. Makes 1 cup, one serving is 1 tablespoon, 13 calories per serving.
Carrot Ginger Dressing
1/4 cup minced shallot
1/4 cup finely shredded carrot
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons mirin (can substitute sherry)
2 tablepoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons freshly garted ginger
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Process all in a blender until smooth. Makes 3/4 cup, a serving is 1 tablespoon, 17 calories per serving.
Zesty Lemon Vinaigrette
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon dijon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon feenel seeds, crushed
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
Process all in a blender. Makes 1 cup, open serving a tablespoon, 16 calories per serving.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Four low calorie, high flavor dressings!
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dressings and sauces,
fruit
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13 comments:
I love citrus dressings!! They are full of flavor and not calories and fat!! And citrus is so good right now!! I can't wait to have a salad!
Oh, I can't wait to try the citrus dressing. One of my favorite salads has a citrus dressing and I have never made my own.
What a terrific variety of addition to make the salads less mundane.
They all sound so good. We really need to vary our dressings more!
These sound so good Lori, I love citrus anything!!
awesome. it's so hard for me to find a consistent dressing that i like. these have a lot of potential. :)
These sound great and I love your photo!
Michelle
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I'm a dressing hog - always on the lookout for perfect accompaniments. My very favourite is simple as can be - 10 Tbsp canola, 10Tbsp white vinegar, 4 Tbsp honey, froth it up and you've got a winner.
Oh my word, I can't wait to try these. Because a) I need to be eating more salads than comfort food these days, and these dressings will give my greens just the boost they need, and b) I am SO OVER spending $4+ on a bottle of Asiago Caesar dressing just to watch it go like water.
Thanks!
I'm so excited you posted these! I can't wait to try them!
Yum! This is a great post! I like how you stretched to different flavors as opposed to just 4 different citrus vinaigrettes.
These dressings sound good!
Love all of them, Lori! This should brighten up many a' lunch salad. Thanks!
I love homemade dressings too! Can't wait to try these.
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