Delicious Peachy Low-Fat, Low-Sodium Salad Dressing

For years I have been looking to replicate a salad dressing I enjoyed when I lived in Laguna Beach, California. It was the house dressing of a sushi house near the beach, and it had a nice light fresh taste with a little hint of fruit and it made an otherwise pedestrian salad the perfect prelude to what was usually a spectacular dinner.

I have also been looking for a salad dressing that I could include in my new low-fat, low-sodium, and low-calorie lifestyle. The problem with most salad dressings is that they can be either low, or non-fat, but not low in sodium. The best I’ve found is Maple Grove Farms of Vermont fat-free poppy seed dressing, but it has 120 mg sodium in two tablespoons. Last night I achieved both goals. In fact, this dressing is even better than the one I remember. All you need to make it is a food processor and the ingredients. I splurged and used 3 tablespoons on my salad last night and it only had 29.36 calories, .17 grams of fat, and 50.31 mg sodium.

Joel’s Salad Dressing Number 1

Ingredients

2 ribs celery
¼ C raw ginger
2/3 C non-fat sour cream
½ C non-fat plain yogurt
1 clove garlic
¼ C rice vinegar
Juice of one lemon
4 green onions (tops and all)
½ red bell pepper
1 peach
¼ t. dry mustard
Onion powder to taste
Fresh ground black pepper to taste
Cayenne pepper to taste


Add all ingredients to food processor and process until smooth. Refrigerate to allow flavors to blend and serve over fresh green salad. This recipe makes two cups and a 2 tablespoon serving has, 20.33 calories, 1.4 g protein, 4.06 g carbohydrates, .11 g fat, and 33.54 mg sodium.

Here is my recap for the last two days.

Daily Dietary Recap-4/11/2007
Calories	Protein	Carbohydrates	Sodium	Fat	% Calories from Fat
1291.04	61.53 g	200.51 g	1279.32 mg	23.51 g	15.55%

Daily Dietary Recap-4/12/2007
Calories	Protein	Carbohydrates	Sodium	Fat	% Calories from Fat
1378.49	64.77 g	216.22 g	1026.42 mg	27.38 g	18.27%