When you’re trying to eat healthy a salad is a good option… that is until you pair it with a fattening dressing. But unless you’re a rabbit, there is little joy in a bowl full of bland, dressing-less greens. So what’s a weight watcher to do?

Take heart, and try one of these new low-fat salad dressing recipes. Andrew Schloss, chef and author of numerous cookbooks has partnered with the Canned Food Alliance to create “Dressed to the Nines,” a set of healthy, easy-to-prepare salad dressings that not only ditch the fattening oil used in most recipes, but also sneak in extra fruits and veggies. The oil traditionally found in salad dressings is replaced with a puréed canned fruit or vegetable, cutting virtually all the fat and unnecessary calories.
“To put these dressings in perspective, consider that two tablespoons of an average bottled vinaigrette contain 150 calories and 16 grams of fat,” says Schloss. “Our dressings range from 14 to 46 calories per two tablespoons with a range of 0 to 2.5 grams of fat. Now that’s an ideal choice for any health-conscious American looking to get one step closer to getting the recommended 4.5 cups of fruits and vegetables each day.”
The “Dressed to the Nines” collection offers 11 varieties of infinitely versatile dressings that are designed for salads, but also are great on pasta, or used as marinades, grill sauces, pan sauces, wraps and sandwich spreads.






