Alternative Salad Dressing and Mayonnaise Recipes for Carbohydrate Addicts
We've decided to stop using store-bought mayonnaise and "ranch" dressing (we used to use Best Foods® mayonnaise and Teri was fond of Hidden Valley® Ranch dressing). We've been searching for homemade alternatives to the store-bought varieties, and we'll share the great recipes we've found.
Why switch from store-bought? Several reasons: we want to eliminate most processed foods, and the mayo and ranch dressings make up the majority of the store-bought processed foods we eat. Expense is a factor, as well: we spend a fair amount of money buying the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing (even at Costco, it's expensive).
Best Foods mayonnaise contains sugar and soybean oil*, and Hidden Valley Ranch dressing has sugar and some less-than-appealing preservatives and fillers**.
Though they both claim '0 grams carbohydrates per serving' on the nutrition information label, they are allowed to round down to the lowest whole number, which means that each serving could have as much as .999999999 grams of carbs. If you are trying to cut carbs, these hidden carbs add up (since most people eat more than a single 'serving' as defined on the label you're probably consuming more carbohydrates than you think).
Alternative recipes list
Here what we've found so far. We present a list of ingredients so you can see if you might want to try it, but if you want the full recipe, follow the links!
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