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Healthy Recipe: Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
Why not take advantage of the season's fresh strawberries and make this fruity salad dressing? It's refreshing and tangy — just the perfect topping to fresh greens from the garden. Since Japanese research shows that vinegar turns on genes that help fight fat, it's even more reason to make this incredibly easy salad dressing.
Another Reason to Dress Your Salad With Vinaigrette
Ranch, blue cheese, and thousand island might make your taste buds happy, but they're pretty disappointing when it comes to nutrition. If you've been trying to fool yourself into thinking that a concoction of vegetables and saturated-fat-laden creamy dressing is healthy, it won't take long for your waistline to notice.
Enter your salad and weight-
friendly dressing, the vinaigrette.
Healthy Eating Tip: Use Salsa as Salad Dressing
If you're looking to cut calories at lunchtime (or anytime really), ditch the fatty salad dressings and try topping your veggies with salsa instead. This south of the border condiment is incredibly low in calories; two tablespoons contains just eight calories. The tangy tomato concoction offers a spicy kick with plenty of flavor to go around, making salads anything but dull.
Healthy Eating Tip: Dealing With Salad Dressing
Salads are a staple of healthy eating, and if you're trying to lose weight you might be adding them into your daily diet. While the greens may be low in calories, chances are good the dressing is not. Many dressings are high in fat, as well as calories.
Healthy Eating Tip: Handle the Ladle With Care
Salad greens count as a superfood in my book, but salad dressings . . .
Annie's Salad Dressing Breakdown
I'm a huge fan of Annie's Naturals Salad Dressings, and I appreciate that there are organic options. All the dressings are made from natural ingredients for a fresh and zesty taste. There are many flavors to choose from and even some low-fat ones.
Make Your Salad Dressing Sing!
The same old oil and vinegar dressing can become rather dull and uninspiring. If the salad dressing blahs are keeping you from eating your greens, it is time to experiment and try some new things. I have a few suggestions for you to try.
Tomato Paprika Salad Dressing
Occasionally, I am prone to salad dressing ennui. I just can't take another balsamic vinaigrette. However, I recently found this antioxidant rich, tasty new tomato dressing that certainly cures my boredom.
Speak Up: What's Your Favorite Health Food?
Do you have a favorite health food that you can't live without? Every day I'm telling you about the nutritious and delicious gems I love, (like Annie's Low-Fat Gingerly Vinaigrette) so now it's your turn.
Is there some new health food you've discovered that you think others should know about?
Annie's Naturals - She Can Dress My Salad Any Day
Salads are good for you. That we know. But when you drown it in hydrogenated oil, sugar, salt, and artificial ingredients, you're practically undoing all the good.
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