Daily Fit Tip: Skip the creamy dressing
Whether for breakfast, lunch, dinner or a snack, salad is one of the healthier options out there. But these days, salads are so rarely made up of only healthy stuff -- now once-healthy veggies are drenched in things like cheese and fat. But the most offensive salad ingredient? Too often it's the salad dressing. Not all salad dressings are bad for you--vinaigrettes, for instance, are tangy and low in fat. But creamy dressings like ranch, Caesar, blue cheese and thousand island will pack a calorie wallop. In fact, some salads have a many calories as a cheeseburger, and it's all down to the dressing.
How can you dress up your salad without negating its health benefits? Make healthy dressing choices. Creamy ones are out -- instead, opt for vinegar and oil-based salad dressings. Noshtopia has a bunch of great ideas that you can check out here. And if in doubt? Make your own home-made dressings -- that way, you can control what goes in to your salad.
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4-24-2008 @ 11:53AM
Jacki said...
If you add some juicy ingredients to your salad -- like tomatoes, and grapes -- you might not even need dressing. I used oil and vinegar for a long time and then realized I didn't need it all. The great thing about skipping the dressing is that you really get to taste the foods in your salad!
Jacki
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