Too much Christmas food

Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good, simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise
"A Ross" wrote in message
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In article , "Beverly"
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Our department held their annual Christmas carry-in earlier this
week. I
was really surprised at the number of salads this year. They
weren't the
calorie laden salads but lettuce with fresh fruit, feta cheese,
etc.

I'm planning to take a salad and shrimp with cocktail sauce to my
DH's family party. The salad will be mixed greens with raisins,
walnuts, chopped apple, and blue cheese with a raspberry/pecan
viniagrette--very easy to throw together. I figured I'm under
enough stress this time of year to worry about overeating or
out-cooking my in laws (not too hard to do, as one will bring a
bag of baby carrots and dip, and the other will bring cool whip
bowls to carry home leftovers).

Amy

"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message
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Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good, simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise

This is what I do:

Use 3 parts red wine vinegar to 1 part extra virgin olive oil. Make sure
both are of good or great quality, it makes a huge difference. Mix the
vinegar with herbs/spices you like first. Add garlic powder, a sprinkle of
salt, freshly cracked black pepper, thyme, parsley (Italian broadleaf), or
any number of others you like.

Then add the olive oil, whisk and mix with salad greens. I like baby greens,
arugula and spinach, with a little radicchio. Yumm..

Martha

In article 6XpCb.3446$5Q6.2478@okepread04, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good,
simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise
"A Ross" wrote in message


Hi Elise,

Actually, I buy it. There's a brand called Ken's that makes a fat
free and a low fat version. Maple Grove farms has a nice, tangy
raspberry dressing, as does Marie's. Not sure if those brands are
available in all areas...

If you're looking for a recipe, cooks.com or recipesource.com.
Great search engines, lots of recipes.

Amy

"A Ross" wrote in message
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In article 6XpCb.3446$5Q6.2478@okepread04, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good,
simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise
"A Ross" wrote in message


Hi Elise,

Actually, I buy it. There's a brand called Ken's that makes a fat
free and a low fat version. Maple Grove farms has a nice, tangy
raspberry dressing, as does Marie's. Not sure if those brands are
available in all areas...

If you're looking for a recipe, cooks.com or recipesource.com.
Great search engines, lots of recipes.

Amy

Knott's Berry Farms makes a good low-cal raspberry vinaigrette, too. I use
it often.

"A Ross" wrote
Hi Elise,

Actually, I buy it. There's a brand called Ken's that makes a fat
free and a low fat version. Maple Grove farms has a nice, tangy
raspberry dressing, as does Marie's. Not sure if those brands are
available in all areas...

If you're looking for a recipe, cooks.com or recipesource.com.
Great search engines, lots of recipes.

Amy

I have loved all of the Ken's dressings except maybe the low fat blue
cheese. I still get the good Marie's stuff and just eat less.

Laurie - headed home tomorrow!

After reading your post, the light came on. I've been wondering what to
bring for the office potluck. I'll bring fresh fruit and veggies, so we'll
have at least one thing that's healthy to eat.

Cat

"Beverly" wrote in message
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"Chrys" wrote in message
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You can sure tell what time of year it is. My company has had a steady
supply of donuts, cakes, candy, cookies, etc. since the week before
Thanksgiving. They keep coming. Why does everyone feel the need to
make
all this stuff? I've been resisting so far, I know it's a very slippery
slope. One piece of chocolate would end up being 10 before the day was
over.

Our department held their annual Christmas carry-in earlier this week. I
was really surprised at the number of salads this year. They weren't the
calorie laden salads but lettuce with fresh fruit, feta cheese, etc. My
plate was filled with salads and one piece of baked chicken. The number
of
desserts was much smaller this year and I limited myself to a couple of
bites of my favorites.

Thankfully I'll be able to avoid the abundant supply of candy, cookies,
etc
that appear in the office this year. I had some vacation I needed to use
before the end of the year and the company gave us 2.5 additional days of
vacation recently. Yesterday was my last work day until January 5. I'm
hoping to avoid the 5 pounds I often gain during the holidays.

Beverly

The salad sounds fabulous! Shrimp are a good idea, too.

Cat

"A Ross" wrote in message
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In article , "Beverly"
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Our department held their annual Christmas carry-in earlier this
week. I
was really surprised at the number of salads this year. They
weren't the
calorie laden salads but lettuce with fresh fruit, feta cheese,
etc.

I'm planning to take a salad and shrimp with cocktail sauce to my
DH's family party. The salad will be mixed greens with raisins,
walnuts, chopped apple, and blue cheese with a raspberry/pecan
viniagrette--very easy to throw together. I figured I'm under
enough stress this time of year to worry about overeating or
out-cooking my in laws (not too hard to do, as one will bring a
bag of baby carrots and dip, and the other will bring cool whip
bowls to carry home leftovers).

Amy

I buy a lovely raspberry f/f dressing made by Girard's. A bit pricey, but
worth it.

Cat

"A Ross" wrote in message
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In article 6XpCb.3446$5Q6.2478@okepread04, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good,
simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise
"A Ross" wrote in message


Hi Elise,

Actually, I buy it. There's a brand called Ken's that makes a fat
free and a low fat version. Maple Grove farms has a nice, tangy
raspberry dressing, as does Marie's. Not sure if those brands are
available in all areas...

If you're looking for a recipe, cooks.com or recipesource.com.
Great search engines, lots of recipes.

Amy

Another great, but GREAT salad dressing is Lite-House lo-fat ranch with some
kind of salsa in it. Sorry, that's the best I can do to describe it. It is
kind of pink in color. Tastes wonderful and isn't too high in calories. I've
only had it once at the office, but I'm planning on buying some for home
first chance I get.

Cat

"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message
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Um, how do you make your vinaigrette? I am looking for a good, simple
homemade salad dressing.
Elise
"A Ross" wrote in message
...
In article , "Beverly"
wrote:


Our department held their annual Christmas carry-in earlier this
week. I
was really surprised at the number of salads this year. They
weren't the
calorie laden salads but lettuce with fresh fruit, feta cheese,
etc.

I'm planning to take a salad and shrimp with cocktail sauce to my
DH's family party. The salad will be mixed greens with raisins,
walnuts, chopped apple, and blue cheese with a raspberry/pecan
viniagrette--very easy to throw together. I figured I'm under
enough stress this time of year to worry about overeating or
out-cooking my in laws (not too hard to do, as one will bring a
bag of baby carrots and dip, and the other will bring cool whip
bowls to carry home leftovers).

Amy

On 12/15/2003 9:03 PM, SnugBear wrote:
"A Ross" wrote

Hi Elise,

Actually, I buy it. There's a brand called Ken's that makes a fat
free and a low fat version. Maple Grove farms has a nice, tangy
raspberry dressing, as does Marie's. Not sure if those brands are
available in all areas...

If you're looking for a recipe, cooks.com or recipesource.com.
Great search engines, lots of recipes.

Amy


I have loved all of the Ken's dressings except maybe the low fat blue
cheese. I still get the good Marie's stuff and just eat less.

Laurie - headed home tomorrow!

I'm a fan of the Ken's dressings as well. My current mission, however,
is to figure out how a local restaurant makes their honey mustard
dressing. I need to do some experimenting...

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jmk in NC