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# Posted: 10 Jan 2008 12:07
Hi just joined and enjoying looking through all the topics. I used to love Crosse and Blackwell's low fat vinagrette dressing but havent seen it for ages. Can anyone recommend a tasty very low fat dressing please?
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2008 14:21
Liz
A simple one is freshly squeezed lemon juice mixed with natural yoghurt. Almost no calories and vitamin C in the lemon. Not as bad as it sounds!Quite nice really.
If you have some calories in your "budget" add a tiny bit of olive oil.
Laura
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2008 14:40
The lemon and natural yoghurt one - sounds nice - lovely and natural - I will try that.
These "low fat" dressings should be approached with caution I feel - most of them are just a load of chemicals all mixed together - take a look at "full fat" mayonnaise for example and then check out the "low cal" option - would you really be wanting to put all those chemicals and modified substances into your body!
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2008 14:57
Soya cream alternative has virtually no fat in it and is low calorie. Mixing in chopped herbs (coriander, parsley, basil for example) and lemon juice is lovely. That can also be used in cooking as a low cal sauce with fish and meats.
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# Posted: 10 Jan 2008 15:57
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# Posted: 11 Jan 2008 13:59
Hi everyone
on the subject of the lemon &yogurt dressing do you think a litle bit of garlic added to that would work?
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# Posted: 12 Jan 2008 13:35 - Edited by: Lizzyk
Thanks for all your suggestions. I like the sound of the yoghurt and lemon and adding coriander sounds good. I would rather make the dressings myself then I know what is in it. As for Hellman's mayo yes I use the standard one and have less - I am sure I can actually taste chemicals in the low fat variety yuk!!. Thanks once again for all your suggestions and they should make salads a lot less boring to eat.
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# Posted: 13 Jan 2008 17:02
a fave of mine is olive oil, lemon juice, lime juice, garlic and chilli puree. you only need a lots, its not many cals and it really livens up salad and the longer its in your fridge, the tastier it gets!
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# Posted: 4 Feb 2008 00:40 - Edited by: andrewf
Mustard is a very good, tasty and underrated ingredient used to pep things up and you don't need alot. There are lots of different varieties too. Both Lemon and lime juice can be bought quite cheaply in bottles at the supermarket, if you don't have access to fresh. Low fat Greek yogurt makes a nice dressing too mixed with mustard, fresh herbs, lime juice and balsamic vinegar. Black pepper also adds flavour to a salad.
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2008 11:10
As the others say, make your own. Our base mix is olive oil and wine vinegar, with dashes and sprinkles of soy sauce, Tabasco, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, herbs, pepper, whatever you like really.
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2008 12:17
I just use straight balsamic vinegar now instead of oil-based dressings. Did try asking for it in a hotel restaurant and got a bottle of plain old malt vinegar instead!
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2008 18:00
Quoting: bevymorris "low fat" dressings should be approached with caution absolutely - I find they taste awful, probably the artificial sweeteners. Calories wise what are we talking about when using a teaspoon of good quality EVO oil and a bit of balsamic (after all the salad it's going on is already low cal right?)
Emm
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2008 22:22
I use a little garlic infused oil, some balsamic and some wholegrain mustard. Though mostly the last two otherwise it's a bit fattening!
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2008 23:06
A local company near us, that makes wholegrain mustard, also makes an excellent raspberry vinegar, which makes a superb dressing with olive oil.
See www.cumberlandmustard.co.uk
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2008 01:10
I too love balsamic vinegar on salads, etc. and coarsely ground pepper.
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# Posted: 27 Feb 2008 18:10
on the subject of dressings... what about low fat creme fraiche? Fantastic! use it on my jacket potatoes, in mashed spuds as well as for desserts, when I have them! Any ides on what I can add to it?
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