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There is no one healthiest dressing -- it all depends on your diet and what you need to reduce, eliminate, or increase. We can, however, point you in several exceptionally healthy directions. Many people advocate your basic oil and vinegar as the healthiest type of dressing, but you don't have to stick with something so simple. There are plenty of great recipe sites out there bursting with ideas. If fat is the enemy, as it is for so many of us, the Low Fat Recipes category in the Yahoo! Directory features a number of handy online resources for cooking smart.
FatFree.com, a mammoth recipe index, offers dozens of healthy salad-dressing suggestions. We found over 60 low-fat salad recipes at Epicurious, the online home of Bon Apetit and Gourmet magazines. Use the advanced search feature to specify low-fat recipes. And finally, the list of salad-dressing recipes at CooksRecipes.com includes several low-fat options, including old standards like Ranch, Thousand Island, and Bacon Mustard. (We're pretty sure they use Baco Bits in that one.) If you have other
nutritional concerns when choosing a dressing, try the Special Dietary Needs category in the Yahoo! Directory. There you'll find sites devoted to sugar-free and low-carb recipes. A little searching on some of the sites is sure to yield a few recipes that will tempt your salad-loving taste buds. A Yahoo! search on "low cholesterol salad dressing" also turned
up some enticing and heart-healthy options. You can even purchase and download an ebook titled 101 Healthy Salad Dressings. With all these resources at your disposal, it should be easy to find the perfect recipe for a healthy and well-dressed salad.
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