and the healthiest salaad dressing is...

 

Healthiest Fats

Salad dressing is solely responsible for turning many healthy meals into unhealthy ones. While it's understandable to want more flavor on your salad, make sure you're making healthy choices when it comes to your diet.

The first tip is that healthy fats are actually a liquid at room temperature. These oily fats are much better for your heart than dressing made with mayonnaise, for example.

 

Boosting Nutrition

You can increase the nutrition value of a salad by using citrus juices instead of dressing. Add a dose of vitamin C with sweet red grapefuit or orange juice. Sweet red peppers and kiwi are both great sources of vitamin C as well!

 

Healthy and Creamy

Non-fat yogurt makes a delicious and creamy guilt-free dressing. Thin out the yogurt slightly with water or vegetable juice and pour it over your leafy dinner.

 

Fat-Free Dressings

Salad dressings that contain little to no fat are obviously better for you. The juice of watery veggies combined with herbs make for a great tasting, fat-free dressing. Making the switch to fat-free dressing will save you hundreds of calories a day.

Good Fats

The healthy fats in avocados make a nutritious, creamy dressing. The combination of low-fat buttermilk and mashed avocado packs vitamins, minerals, and good fat. Avocado lovers might even forget that regular dressing even existed!

 

Anti-Aging Options

Fight aging while dressing your salad by creating your own homemade batch. Adding a dash of turmeric to your homemade dressing introduces antioxidants that kill off free radicals, and it will give it a spicy kick!

 

Vinegar Dressings

If you have fresh herbs available, douse them in vinegar and add them to a salad for an immediate flavor boost. An even better choice is rice vinegar, which is smoother than regular vinegar. This is a much healthier option than fatty or oily substances, and a little goes a long way.

 

Fruity Dressings

If you have a bit of a sweet tooth, then color your dressing with bright fruit flavors to keep the calories low. Fruit vinegars are naturally sweet, and you'll need less oil to create a dressing. You can also use fruit juices in small amounts to add that sweet flavor.

 

Avoid Hidden Sodium

Something to watch out for is sodium. Often, the "healthy" low-fat varieties of salad dressing contain a lot of sodium. That hidden sodium adds up fast, so make sure to check nutrition labels on bottled dressing for salt content.

 

Measure, Don't Pour

One of the biggest reasons why people are getting fat off of salads is portion control. Pouring a full cup of salad dressing onto your salad might make it more fattening than a hamburger. Keep an eye on measurements. Two tablespoons of dressing is more than enough for one serving of salad.