Melinda in NC,

I love Ranch dressing, but not the calories. So I fill a plastic bottle 1/3 full of light Ranch, 1/3 of lemon juice, and a 1/3 of red wine vinegar and shake it up really good. It covers a salad or cooked veggies really well, without hardly using any dressing and it goes a long way. Very tasty!

I make my own raspberry vinegar using sugar substitute, I love sweet dressing on salad. Otherwise, red wine vinegar, lemon or lime juice and a little bit of sweetener, or the vinegar is too harsh on my throat. Oh yes, and lots of chopped coriander really moves a salad up a notch 🙂

One teaspoon (5 ml, i.e. 5 g) of olive oil = 45 kcal, good for skin, hair, brain 😀

I am a fan of the Newman’s Own Lite Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing. 35 calories for 2 TBS.

Where do you buy lite ranch dressing??

Hi Melinda I like wee splash of extra virgin olive oil, balsamic, squeeze of lime juice and grated lime zest. The lime makes it taste really zingy.
I can eat loads of salad if it has a nice dressing on it.
Elaine 🙂

Well, even though a tbsp of olive oil weghs in on the budget with about 90 kcal, I ofttimes use it for my salads nonetheless. That’s due to the reason that I have carrots or paprika in the salad and the ycontain vitamins like A or E. Those are liposoluble which means your body needs some kind of fat to be able to retrieve those vitamins.

I think this whole diet is about leaving healthy and when I jump on salad, I want to get the most benefits out of it.

I ofttimes also work with fat-free yogurt for dressings:
100g 0,1% fat yogurt
1EL lemon or lime juice
any kind of fresh herbs, chipped in small pieces
1 teaspoon of olive olive

If it is to less to coat a whole salad, just add some low cal vegetable stock.

Enjoy.