Salad dressing for E2L

[Rockerchick]

I am looking for a vegetarian non dairy low cal dressing for the Eat to Live food plan. I do not like balsamic vinegar and tried red wine vinegar but it is too bitter. Any other ideas?

Thanks!

BTW - something in a bottle, I dont want to make my own unless it is super easy hehe

 

[pixie9]

I've been using the dry packets (just herbs and spices) with equal parts water and olive oil, a clove of garlic, and a splash of lemon juice. If you go to Dr. Fuhrman's website, I believe he has the dry spices for sale and you can use them for salad dressing. I'm not sure how it tastes but I ordered it because I thought it looked good. I'm not a huge fan of vinegar either but I found it much more palatable(sp?) if I add some olive oil (not a lot though).

Carolyn


ETA: I have found NOTHING in a bottle that tastes as good as freshly made salad dressing (and believe me, I've looked). Plus the stuff in bottles usually has sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and a myriad of other non food items. Maybe someone else has found something....

 

[onedayatatime]

You can dilute tahini with water or vegetable broth, and add lemon juice, seasonings, garlic and see if you like that nutty-tangy taste on salad.

another dressing recipe I have somehwere is for a fat-free soy vinaigrette with soy sauce, mirin (Japanese or chinese rice wine), sesame oil --if you're interested, let me know, and I will dig it up. It's salty/high in sodium, but good.

HTH,
Barb

 

[charlotteyochem]

I toss salads with a little bit of EV Olive oil and rice wine vinegar. It's sort of sweet and very tasty!! Everyone else loves it, too.

 

[Jacque1038]

This is out of the "Living Cuisine" cookbook. I have trouble finding salad dressing that I like that is not supper fatty but I like this one.

1 cup diced tomatoes
1/4 Cup Lemon Juice
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon nama shoyu (I have trouble finding this item, it is a higher end raw food soy sauce so I just use tamari, Brag's or something else along those lines)
1 Tablesppon white miso
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1 Clove Garlic
1/4 Cup Fresh Parsley
1/4 Cup Fresh Basil
Pinch of sea salt to taste
Black Pepper to Taste

 

[Mocha]

On page 214 of the book, Dr. Fuhrman has a list of "Commercial Dressings with Less than 20 Calories per 2 Tablespoon serving". I haven't tried any on the list (there are 17 total) so I can't say for sure, but there are some that sound (from the name) like they might be what you are looking for. Here are a few:

Rising Sun Farm Oil-Free Roasted Garlic Galore
Rising Sun Farm Oil-Free Sweet Pepper and Dried Tomato
Spectrum Naturals Sweet Onion and Garlic
Spectrum Naturals Toasted Sesame

Good luck.

ETA: If you don't have the book with you or can't find the list, and would like me to list the rest of them, let me know.

 

[rjroubi]

When I don't make my own salad dressing, I enjoy Consorzio's Rasberry and Balsamic Fat free Dressing (it is totally E2L friendly)....I also add chopped Walnuts to help absorb the phytonutrients in the salad (plus it tastes really good).

 

[Cole7626]

Wishbone makes Salad Spritzers. There is only one calorie per spray and it has good flavor!

Nicole

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