A homemade yogurt salad dressing please?

rigsby1967

I have been refurred to WW (though haven't started yet) but have decided to ditch [STRIKE]all[/STRIKE] most rubbish to eat more healthy from now .

I have got a terribly sweet tooth and will find it impossible to totally give up my sweet stuff but I'm sure what might help is a home-made recipe for a sweet-ish yogurt salad dressings to have with salads (i can eat yogurt till it comes out of my ears :eek:) So does anyone please have any yogurt salad dressing recipes please . Also is there any threads for us trying to lose weight?

Thank you :A

LameWolf

How about raita? Dice up cucumber really small, add chopped fresh mint (dried will do, if you haven't any fresh) and mix all with plain yogurt.
You can make as much or as little as you need, and adjust the proportions to suit your personal taste!:)
HTH:o

rigsby1967

LameWolf wrote: »

How about raita? Dice up cucumber really small, add chopped fresh mint (dried will do, if you haven't any fresh) and mix all with plain yogurt.
You can make as much or as little as you need, and adjust the proportions to suit your personal taste!:)
HTH:o

Thank you Lamewolf
Is this the type you get from indian restaurants, if it is i love that one .

rigs

bossymoo

If you can mix the yoghurt half and half with light creme fraiche or light mayo, then add some whole grain mustard, a dash of vinegar and seasoning, this makes a lovely hm coleslaw dressing...
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meg72

Second the Ratia, I have been experimenting with my HM yogurt for salad as also need to lose weight. I really love it witha bit of chopped fruit, I have tried apple, pear, pineapple and peach so far and love them all. I also tried cranberry sauce but think I used too much sauce.

LameWolf

rigsby1967 wrote: »

Thank you Lamewolf
Is this the type you get from indian restaurants, if it is i love that one .

rigs

Yes, I first came across it in an Indian restaurant, and it's listed in the sauces section of Rose Elliott's book "Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking". I just had a wee look, and she also suggests substituting fennel or dill for the mint, for a different taste, though I've never tried doing that myself, as I love mint too much!:D

ETA Bossy your dressing idea sounds really nice, I'll have to give that a go!

Liverpudlian

Try Yoghurt, a dash of sugar/ honey, powdered ginger (1/2 tsp) and a pinch of cinnamon. When drizzled over salad leaves, or even fresh fruit, it is just divine!

Need2bthrifty

Rather than making your salad dressing sweet why not try putting some fruit in your salad, I love having grapes, kiwi, strawberries, peaches, pineapple, orange or even grapefruit in my salads.

I haven’t tried it with yoghurt but I have used Pomegranate Molasses as an additional flavouring in my oil & vinegar salad dressings, gives it a sweet/sour kick....Mmmmm...Niiice!!!

Valli

here's one

Total low fat (0%) yoghurt mixed with juice of half a lemon and half a lime (or a whole lemon) and the puree from a couple of cloves of garlic which have been roasted and left to cool - (squeeze it out & ditch the skin). You could add a bit of chopped coriander, too - maybe a tablespoonful.

rigsby1967

Oh yum, thanks for all of these, i'm going to have to try them all now, including the coleslaw dressing, they sound really nice .

troll35

I do several salad dressings which according to my calculations work out at around 50 calories for enough for one of my large salads. My basic salad dressing is 1 tbsp low cal salad cream which I thin down with 2 tbsp water, shaking them together in a small tub. Depending on my mood and/or the contents of my salad I also add one of the following-
1/2 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 tsp sweet chilli sauce
1/2 tsp horseradish sauce
1/2 tsp honey