Choosing an olive oil dressing for your salad is the yummy heart-healthy way to go, so here's some easy and tasty recipes/tips from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln:
Making an Olive Oil Salad Dressing
"Limited and not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating about 2 tablespoons (23 grams) of olive oil daily may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease due to the monounsaturated fat in olive oil. To achieve this possible benefit, olive oil is to replace a similar amount of saturated fat and not increase the total number of calories you eat in a day." Food & Drug Administration qualified health claim for olive oil. FDA article:
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01129.html
What healthier way to enjoy olive oil than as part of a salad dressing served over a salad filled with nutritious fruits and vegetables. Here's how to make a basic olive oil dressing using the guidelines for a classic French vinaigrette...
See entire article:
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_olive_oil.shtml
Making an Olive Oil Salad Dressing
"Limited and not conclusive scientific evidence suggests that eating about 2 tablespoons (23 grams) of olive oil daily may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease due to the monounsaturated fat in olive oil. To achieve this possible benefit, olive oil is to replace a similar amount of saturated fat and not increase the total number of calories you eat in a day." Food & Drug Administration qualified health claim for olive oil. FDA article:
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01129.html
What healthier way to enjoy olive oil than as part of a salad dressing served over a salad filled with nutritious fruits and vegetables. Here's how to make a basic olive oil dressing using the guidelines for a classic French vinaigrette...
See entire article:
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_olive_oil.shtml
Dressing is as important as the salad. Dressing is what utlimately makes the salad work. It's the orchestral finale.
You can have a great salad recipe, but if the dressing is bottled or pre-packaged crap, your salad, no matter how wonderful the ingredients, goes down with the dressing. Bottled and prepackaged dressings also often contain unhealthy ingredients. Unhealthy and un-tasty! So what's the catch? Why do people use them? Convenience you say? Too hard to make your own dressing? Well, I'm here to tell you that's a fallacy.
Here's some sound advice and great classic dressing recipes that are easy to make, from The Fresh Network, UK's raw and living food networking organization.
Sublime salad dressings...
You can have a great salad recipe, but if the dressing is bottled or pre-packaged crap, your salad, no matter how wonderful the ingredients, goes down with the dressing. Bottled and prepackaged dressings also often contain unhealthy ingredients. Unhealthy and un-tasty! So what's the catch? Why do people use them? Convenience you say? Too hard to make your own dressing? Well, I'm here to tell you that's a fallacy.
Here's some sound advice and great classic dressing recipes that are easy to make, from The Fresh Network, UK's raw and living food networking organization.
Sublime salad dressings...
For the eclectic and health-conscious, try the following dressing recipes from HealthRecipes.Com:
Cashew-Dill, French, Fresh Parsley, Poppy Seed, Tahini Salad...
www.healthrecipes.com/healthy_salad_dressings
Cashew-Dill, French, Fresh Parsley, Poppy Seed, Tahini Salad...
www.healthrecipes.com/healthy_salad_dressings
Check out these tasty dressing recipes from MedicineNet.com:
Recipe choices created with your health in mind, providing you with the nutritional value you need in a low-calorie recipe…
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Recipe choices created with your health in mind, providing you with the nutritional value you need in a low-calorie recipe…
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