Low Calorie Salad Dressing RecipesLow calorie salad dressing recipes need to be low glycemic too so you can avoid sugar cravings! Most commercial salad dressings contain high glycemic ingredients and will cause you to crave sugar after a meal. It's so important to read labels, make your own whenever possible, and even in a restaurant just ask for oil and vinegar on the side. Restaurant salad dressings almost always have additives, usually maltodextrins.This recipe is one of our printable low glycemic index recipes.
To make your life easy, make a large portion of the low calorie salad dressing from the recipe below so you always have some on hand. Use a mason jar and shake well before each serving. You can vary this recipe by adjusting the amount of garlic, using fresh, chopped basil (1 T.) instead of garlic or lemon juice instead of vinegar. This recipe will be enough for several, large family salads and about 2 1/2 weeks of salad for a couple or single person.
Mix the ingredients in a mason jar and shake well. Refrigerate, shake and use as needed, 1/2 tablespoon of dressing for a single serving and 2 tablespoons for a large salad or enough to just cover the greens lightly. 11 calories per serving For another low calorie salad dressing see our Thai dressing here. This salad dressing also has 1/2 teaspoon of sugar which is acceptable when eating low glycemically. It works well with Asian food of course, but also on any main course salad which may include fish or chicken. When you eat a meal that includes a salad with one of these low calorie salad dressing recipes, you reduce the glycemic impact of the meal.
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