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Easy Salad Dressing Recipe
Just because you are having salads as your meal it does not mean that you have all fat free meal...
When you are on a diet, you will want some healthy salad dressing recipe to support your program. It is important to remember that because you are having salad as your meal it does not mean that you have all fat-free meal. Some salad dressing may contain fat in quite amount to make all your diet efforts are useless.To make a healthy salad dressing, you can use the following as your guidelines: - Reduce saturated fat content in the creamy dressings. Replace 1/2 cup of mayonnaise with half pureed avocado. This makes a delicious green dressing.
- Replace the oil in dressings. Simply use strong brewed tea for substituting one-third of the oil in standard vinaigrette. Tea helps to balance acidity of the vinegar. Or whisk in other liquids, such as broth, fruit juice, fruit nectars, fruit purees, vegetable juice, or vegetable purees. If using thin liquids such as fruit juice or broth, thicken the dressing with cornstarch, arrowroot or gelatin so that it coats the greens better.
- To make tomato-flavored vinaigrette with extra body, you can cut 1 fresh tomato in half and grate the halves on a hand grater into a bowl (the skins will be left behind). Use the fresh tomato pulp to replace about one-fourth of the oil. Another way to add body to a reduced-oil dressing is to puree it in a blender with 1/4-cup well-cooked rice or a chunk of cooked potato.
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For much more variations, here are some alternate low-fat creamy salad dressings recipe made from basic one:Each of the following makes about 1 1/2 cups. Basic Low-Fat Creamy Dressings
3/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup fat-free sour cream1 tsp each Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Whisk together till evenly blended. Then you can make the following variation of it:
Variation 1: Low-Fat Green Goddess Dressings
Stir in 3 tablespoons each chopped scallions and chopped fresh parsley, and 1/2 crushed garlic clove. Variation 2: Low-Fat Russian Dressings
Add 1/3 cup bottled chili sauce, 2 tablespoons each chopped celery and pimiento and another 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Variation 3: Low-Fat Creamy Italian Dressings
Add 1 teaspoon jarred roasted garlic, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 chopped scallion, and 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil. Variation 4: Low-Fat Ranch Dressings
Replace the white wine vinegar with cider vinegar. Add 1/2 cup shredded carrots, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, 1/2 teaspoon each sugar, dried celery flakes and celery seeds, and 1/4 teaspoon onion powder.
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