Cooking Mommy: Light Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Light Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

I set out to find a delicious light dressing. I love my Nana's poppy seed dressing, but it is not really diet friendly. I am doing Weight Watchers and needed to find a yummy dressing. This is more than I could have hoped for. I am not a huge salad person. I like a good salad, but I'm not one to go order one at a restaurant usually or anything. I LOVE this dressing! I will eat this on a diet or not! I have been eating it almost every day on a salad, sometimes twice a day. My favorite combo so far is romaine, sunflower seeds, and craisins with this dressing. I actually went to the store and bought 2 other light dressings that I found a website had rated as some of the top best light dressing. I do not even want to touch those now due to this dressing. It is a sweet and creamy, delicious dressing! I know this would be wonderful on a spinach and strawberry salad. I've also put grilled chicken on my salad and it's yummy that way too! It is also super easy to make!

Ingredients
1/2 cup light mayo (I like to use the Kraft one made with Olive Oil)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk (1% or fat free)
2 Tbsp white vinegar
1 Tbsp poppy seeds

Directions
Combine all in a small jar, put on lid, shake vigorously until combined. Store in fridge.

Weight Watcher Points/Calories: 2 Tbsp is only 1 point or 61 calories!

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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.