Salad Dressing Alternative
This isn't so much a treat, but more of a creative idea. Have you ever been at a salad bar and completely aghast at the lack of fat-free/ lite/ healthy dressings? Fear no more, I have accidentally discovered a good substitute for dressing... soy sauce! Most salad bars (especially cafeteria style/college dining halls) have it, and although it contains a lot of sodium, it's only 10 calories per tablespoon (compared to 45 for some regular dressings). Plus it's thin and liquidy, so you don't need to add a lot to get your whole salad covered. And one more great thing about it: it's portable! Soy sauce often comes in little packets with sushi or chinese food- so it's easy to bring with you and add to your salad at lunch time so you can avoid the soggy lettuce syndrome. Like I said, it is high in sodium but from my general understanding, as long you are not downing frozen meals or canned soups for every meal, and your blood pressure is alright, having more sodium every once in a while is ok. Hope this helps some of the salad eaters out there!
3 comments:
can you say sodium overload?
wow.
i got soy by accident when i was trying to get bal. vinegar once.
Thanks so much for your feedback! Oh I know it is high in sodium! I am not trying to fool anyone. I have this every once in a while since almost everything else is my diet is low sodium. But that's me. I would rather have a meal higher in sodium than one higher in processed fats and calories. I too usually opt for balsamic vinegar, but hey, variety is the spice of life!
~Michelle
Yeah, you only use a little.
Many fat free dressings also are packed with sodium
If you are worried about sodium , get a low-sodium variety, or tamari low sodium (try organic brands, they often also have low sodium versions) and mix with a little water and lemon juice.
Or I just use a lemon as dressing too.
Rememeber, sometimes you need fats, esp when eating salad. So if you are having a veggy only salad, use real olive oil mixed with vinager, just not that much of it or you wont absob the vitamins. But if you have good fast already (nuts, salmon/tuna, egg maybe) then the soy is a good option IMHO
great site, BTW> I wanted to make soemthing like this as I have heaps of ideas like yours.
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