Many times my friends get frustrated with a reduced calorie diet and that makes them fail on trying, others on the contra ire think that buying industrially processed salad dressings bring flavor to their salad without realizing the quantity and quality of the fat and other ingredients not so good for your body.
This is why this week im going to dedicate it to publish some salad dressings, easy to make and with an ideal caloric content to put up some flavors to the salads without exceeding daily limits allowed on a reduce calories diet.
We have done traditional mayonnaise, now let’s spice thing up, and what better way to do it than with ginger. Ginger oil brings great aid in heath as digestive, antiseptic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, stimulating and even aphrodisiac properties. It can be found in asian markets or in the asian section at your local grocery store.
This dressing suits great to roman lettuce, mustard greens, or even bitter greens such as radiccio or chicory.
INGREDIENTS
1 Egg yolk<
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1/8 tsp fresh ground pepper
1/4 tsp Mustard Powder
1 Lemon Juice
1/4 Cup Ginger Oil
PREPARATION
In a glass bowl mix the egg yolk, salt, pepper and mustard powder until the salt is dissolved.
Add the lemon juice
While whipping, gradually add the ginger oil to make the dressing.
The ginger oil is very spicy, use moderately, this dressing keeps well in the refrigerator up to a week
NUTRITIONAL FACTS
Serving: 1 Tablespoon
Calories 50
Carbs 44 g
Fat 3 g
Protein 3 g
Sodium 49 mg
Sugar 1g
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