Fat Salads

If your like me, you drench your salads in ranch dressing.  You can add up to 300 calories per salad this way. OUCH!  But if you make a few changes to your salad, like changing the dressing, taking off the bacon, crutons, and fatty cheese; salads are a great way to lose the pounds.  Try and add a salad  a day to really add those vitamins and fiber to your diet.  Here are some great recipes I found on Tone It Up.

Maple Vinaigrette
* less than 10 calories!
- For salmon salads, sweet dressing or just for dipping veggies– I like my low calorie ‘Maple Vinegarette’
- 1/2 cup White Rice Vinegar
- 1 tbs Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 tsp Maple Extract
Asian Soy Vinaigrette
- For Chicken Chop Salads, Sashimi Salads or Asian Spinach Salads I like to make my ‘Asian Soy Vinegarette’
- 1/2 cup White Rice Vinegar
- 2 tbs Olive Oil
- 1 tbs Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Organic Brown Sugar (you can use two packets of stevia instead for a lower calorie dressing)
Balsamic Citrus Dressing
- I like this dressing with my chicken and avocado salads
-1/2 cup balsamic vinaigrette
-2 tbs olive oil
-1 fresh lemon squeezed
-1 fresh lime squeezed
- 1 tsp sea salt
Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
*keep refrigerated
- This dressing is great with kale salads, marinades or in chicken wraps
-1/4 cup White Rice Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 2 tbs Plain Greek Yogurt
- 1 tbs Honey
- 2 fresh Lemon squeezed
- 2 tsp Poppy Seed
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 2 Small Packets Stevia
‘Creamy’ Italian
* Keep refrigerated
- For those of you that want something more creamy- this will hit the spot
-1 cup low fat or fat free Greek Yogurt
- 2 tablespoons white rice vinegar
- 1 shallot minced
- 2 Packets stevia
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- 1 clove garlic pressed
- 1 tsp sea salt
- A little ground black pepper