How to Make the Healthiest Salad Dressing: 5 Recipes for Salad Dressings

Posted by Matt on February 8th, 2010 at 05:50pm

Fresh garden salads can be great healthy and nutritious dishes perfect for lunch or as a starter, perfectly healthy until salad dressing gets added to the mix. Usually loaded with fat and calories, salad dressing can turn the healthiest salad to a calorie bomb. If you absolutely need salad dressing for your salad, then here are five of the healthiest salad dressing recipes around.

Fat Free Mustard Vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup mustard
• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• Black pepper, freshly cracked
• Red pepper, optional
• 1 tablespoon lime juice, optional

Instructions

1) Combine all ingredients in a resealable plastic container.
2) Shake well to combine before use.

Hummus Vinegar Salad Dressing

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup hummus
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• Red bell pepper, finely minced
• 1 pinch salt
• Black pepper, freshly cracked

Instructions

1) Combine hummus, vinegar, garlic, peppers, salt and pepper in a resealable plastic container.
2) Stir well to combine  before use.

More Healthy Recipes for Salad Dressing

Easy Low-Fat Salad Dressing

Lucy’s Low Fat Caesar Dressing

Lemon Citrus Balsamic Salad Dressing

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