Homemade Ranch Dressing - Whole Jar...255 Calories!

I love ranch, but it's so fattening!! Until now. This whole jar of ranch is only 1.75 grams of fat and 255 calories! 1 cup dannon oikos plain greek yogurt, 1 packet hidden valley ranch mix, 1/2 cup 1% milk. Whisk together, chill 1 hour before use. Perfect consistency and tastes better than bottled!

Low-Calorie Creamy Balsamic Salad Dressing

This is a  low-calorie dressing with nonfat Greek yogurt as the base. Light on fat, heavy on flavor.Sweet and sour is a good description for the honey/balsamic combination with subtle flavor notes from the soy sauce and Dijon mustard. Yogurt smooths out the flavors. It’s excellent with any kind of lettuce/fruit and/or nut combination. I love it with chicken and sliced oranges, or dried cranberries and almonds or dried blueberries and toasted pecans.

Homemade Cranberry Balsamic Salad Dressing

 This is such a refreshing dressing!!!

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 can of whole cranberry sauce
• 1 tbs Honey
• 1 tbs tarragon, freshly chopped
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• 1/2 tbs pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup olive oil

mix it up and you got yourself a fabulous dressing to impress all your guests! mixing it in the blender is the easiest way to get the flavors blended.

Photo courtesy of French Bunny 

Homemade Honey Balsamic Salad Dressing

A balsamic vinaigrette is given a twist with an addition of a little bit of honey for sweetness and a taste of dry mustard for some spice.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 4 tbs honey
• 1 tbs garlic powder
• 1/2 tbs ground black pepper
• 1/2  tsp salt
• 1/4 olive oil
• 1/2 tsp dry mustard

mix together! 

Homemade Creamy Italian Dressing

I LOVE Creamy Italian dressing, I love anything creamy for that matter!! But most of them are on the No-No list, but if you use the fat free mayo, it reduces the fat dramatically.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup fat free mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp parsley flakes
• 1 tsp fat free parmesan cheese

Directions: pretty simple.......mix them up and badda-bing-badda-boom! 

Homemade Basic Balsamic Salad Dressing

I'm personally not a big fan of this kind of dressing, it's a little to bland for my taste but my grandmother loves it!

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbs red wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp parsley flakes
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp of parmesan cheese (use fat free if you got it)

Directions:  mix it up and you're good to go! 

Homemade Horseradish-Mustard Vinaigrette

This is probably one of my favorite salad dressings... I LOVE spicy foods and adore me some horseradish!!

Ingredients: 

• horseradish mustard
• red wine vinegar
• olive oil
• garlic powder
• ground black pepper
• parsley flakes
• onion powder 

Directions:  Combine 1/4 cup of horseradish mustard with 1/2 cup of red wine vinegar, 2 tbs of olive oil, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, pinch of ground black pepper, 1/2 tsp of parsley flakes. Mix it up and drizzle it on your salad! 

Homemade Russian Or Thousand Island Dressing

Everyone loves this infamous dressing on some super yummy Rubens!!

Ingredients: 

• fat free mayo
• vinegar
• ketchup
• finely diced pickle
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• ground black pepper
• paprika

Directions: 

Combine 1/2 mayo with 3 tbs of vinegar, 4 tbs ketchup, 1 finely diced pickle, 1 tsp each of garlic powder and onion powder, 1/2 tsp each of ground black pepper and paprika.  Mix it up and drizzle it on your salad! 

Homemade Italian Salad Dressing

Making your own dressing is soooo much healthier for you plus you actually get what you pay for unlike the bottled dressings which consist of mostly water.  Now who the heck wants to pay $3-4 bucks a bottle for water with a few spices??!! Certainly not I!

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup Red Wine Vinegar
• 1/4 cup Olive Oil
• 1 tbs Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 1 tbs Onion Powder
• 1 tbs Parmesan Cheese ( use the fat free kind if you can find it ) 
• 1 tbs Parsley Flakes

Directions:  Super simple.......mix it together!! and voila!! ( that translates to wah-la) hee hee