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Dress for success

Posted on May 29th 2008 6:00PM by Maggie Vink

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

I have a child who loves salad. If fact, we often make whole meals out of salad topped with shrimp. My boy is happy when I add carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, and other sliced veggies on his salad, but if I even attempt to put a relatively healthy dressing on top he just about gags. He's a ranch dressing boy through and through. I'll keep offering him healthier choices, though.

After all, if you're eating a salad why add unnecessary calories with an unhealthy dressing? There are plenty of better alternatives that are every bit as tasty. Eating Light has several yummy salad dressing recipes to try:

This Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing has only 38 calories and 3 grams of fat per serving (2 tablespoons).
Each 2 tablespoon serving of this Creamy Dill Ranch Dressing has only 19 calories and 1 gram of fat.
Tangy Herb and Horseradish Dressing has 46 calories and 4 grams of fat in each 2 tablespoon serving.
Orange-Oregano Dressing has 27 calories and 2 grams of fat per 2 tablespoon serving.
Don't be deceived by the higher fat and calories in Roasted Garlic Dressing. Most of the 154 calories and 14 grams of fat (in a 2 tablespoon serving) come from olive oil -- a good source of beneficial monounsaturated fat.
There are only 19 calories and 1 gram of fat in this Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette. Plus, the tomatoes give you a healthy dose of lycopene!
This Asian-style Sesame Tamari Vinaigrette has 37 calories and 2 grams of fat per 2 tablespoon serving.

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Dr. J 5-29-2008 @ 7:22PM

I may be all wrong here, but I think you might be better served by you learning how to make a healthier ranch dressing :-)

Just judging by myself, I liked 1000 Island as a young child and NEVER have liked any other as much since. I've just learned how to make it low calorie, but still tasty!

Andrea 5-29-2008 @ 7:21PM

I agree with Dr. J. I think a great place to start might be with Nasoya Nayonnaise. It tastes like packing material on its own but it makes a great base for dressings (I just buy the powder envelopes) and has next to no calories.

I feel your pain, though. I don't have any kids of my own but I'm an aunt 5 times over. My sister's kids "love salad" also, but by the time they eat it it's more like ranch soup. Gross. I've tried, oh how I've tried, to get them to try something else/ go easier on the squeeze bottle. If I make it for them they cry for more. I don't see them often enough to make any real difference, so I give in.