Healthy Salad Dressings

French Dressing

Ingredients:
1 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Measure all ingredients into a bottle or jar. Cover tightly and shake well. Chill several hours. Shake thoroughly before serving. Use the following variations with your favorite herbs and experiment with others. Some suggested herbs are chervil, chives, dill, sweet basil and oregano.

For variation, add any or all of the following:
1/2-teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon of dry mustard
One clove garlic

Use French dressing for:
Raw salad greens
Cooked string beans
Asparagus
Broccoli
Marinating and basting meat and fish


Variations of French Dressing
Herb Dressing:
To 1-cup French dressing, add 1-teaspoon dried herb or 1-tablespoon fresh herb. Use herb dressing on sliced tomatoes and raw salad greens.

Red Oil Dressing:
To 1-cup of French dressing, add 2/3-cup catsup and one clove of garlic. Use red dressing for tossed salad greens or on avocado with grapefruit sections.

Note
You may substitute lemon juice for the vinegar if you desire.


Guilt-Free Ranch Dressing

Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup light mayonnaise
One minced garlic clove
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon dillweed
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard

Directions:
Put all ingredients into your blender; blend and put in a jar. Chill before serving.

Tip:
Make a dressing that suits your taste. If you like blue cheese, add 2-tablespoons crumbled blue cheese. Or try adding one or more of the following: 2-tablespoons tomato paste -or- 1-teaspoon lemon pepper -or- 1-tablespoon chopped fresh basil.

Recipe makes 1-1/3-cup ranch style dressing.

Calories per tablespoon: About 17


Healthy Tomato Dressing

Ingredients:
One can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons grated onion
4 tablespoons dill pickle vinegar
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dillweed
1/2 teaspoon sugar or 1 package Sweet-n-Low
1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Directions:
In a jar with a tight fitting lid, combine all the ingredients for the dressing. Cover and shake well. Refrigerate (will keep for one week).

Recipe makes about 3/4-cup dressing


Mayonnaise

Ingredients:
One egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon sugar
One teaspoon of prepared mustard
Pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup olive oil (8 ounces)
Pinch of pepper
Juice of one lemon

Directions:

Suggested uses:
Potato or macaroni salads
Cooked vegetables such as broccoli, asparagus and/or cauliflower
Poached fresh salmon, halibut, scallops and other seafood (hot or cold)
Salad of cooked chicken, veal or shrimp
Canned tuna or salmon


Variations of mayonnaise:
Tarter Sauce:
To one cup of mayonnaise add 1-tablespoon finely chopped onion, 2-tablespoons chopped dill pickles, 2-tablespoons chopped parsley, 1-tablespoon stuffed olives. Serve tartar sauce with broiled seafood or fish.

Russian Dressing:
Add 1/4-cup chili sauce and 1/2-teaspoon Worcestershire sauce to 1-cup mayonnaise. Blend thoroughly. Serve Russian dressing with salad greens and/or seafood salads.

Flavored Mayonnaise Recipes

Pesto Mayonnaise

Ingredients:
1/4 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
2 teaspoons pesto

Directions:
Pour mayonnaise into small bowl. Stir in pesto. Serve at once or refrigerate, covered until ready to serve. Recipe makes about 1/4-cup.


Garlic Mayonnaise

Ingredients:
1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
Two cloves of garlic

Directions:
Pour mayonnaise into small bowl. Peel the garlic and squeeze it through garlic press directly into bowl. Stir well to blend. Serve at once or refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.

Recipe makes about 1/4-cup.

Per teaspoon:
Calories, 16, no carbohydrates, 1g fat, no cholesterol, no protein, no fiber, 25mg sodium.
Calories from fat: 56-percent.


Curry Mayonnaise

Ingredients:
1/4 cup reduced fat mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curry powder

Directions:
Pour mayonnaise into small bowl. Stir in curry powder. Serve at once or refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.

Recipe makes about 1/4-cup.

Per teaspoon:
Calories, 16, no carbohydrates, 1g fat, no cholesterol, no protein, no fiber, 25mg sodium.
Calories from fat: 56-percent.

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