Recipe Type: Dressings & Sauces
Sriracha Dip, Dressing & Spread
Americans are adding more spicy (hot) foods to their diet. Sriracha chili sauce has been available for decades. Recently, several fast food and sit-down restaurants have offered sriracha flavored spreads and dips. Grocers offer sriracha flavored mayonnaise next to regular sriracha chili sauce. Sriracha mayo made from full-fat mayonnaise has ...
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20 Calorie Aioli
Ajo is Spanish for garlic. Aioli is a garlic flavored mayonnaise used as a dip or spread. Aioli made using full fat mayonnaise has about 100 calories per tablespoon (15 ml). Four tablespoons (1/4 cup) has about 400 calories. That easily negates using it as a dip for low calorie ...
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Reduced Calorie Tartar Sauce
Full-fat tartar sauce has 100 or more calories per tablespoon. My original tartar sauce recipe made with reduced fat mayonnaise has about 95 calories per 2 tablespoon serving. The number of calories can be reduced even further by replacing half of the mayonnaise with low-fat (2% fat) Greek or natural ...
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Basic Pizza Sauce
Basic Pizza Sauce is a simple, low fat, pizza sauce recipe for two 12″ to 14″ pizzas. Adjust all seasonings to taste.
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25 Calorie Thousand Island Dressing
One memory I have growing up in central Phoenix was an occasional visit to Bob’s Big Boy restaurant for their double decker cheese burger with Thousand Island dressing. The meal was superior to McDonald’s Big Mac™ and fries. Their was no secret to Bob’s sauce. Thousand Island dressing has been ...
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25 Calorie Homemade Ranch Dressing and Dip
Buttermilk based ranch dressing has been an American favorite since its inception in the 1950’s. This homemade ranch dressing and dip has about 60 percent less calories than commercially prepared full-fat ranch dressing without sacrificing flavor. Like all processed foods sold today, what you get is not the same ranch dressing ...
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Spicy Asian Marinade
Spicy Asian Marinade goes well with chicken, seafood, beef, and pork. You can make the marinade mild, medium, or spicy by adjusting or omitting the amount of hot sauce. Marinade seafood 30 minutes to one hour, and chicken, beef, and pork 3 hours to overnight. Never used leftover over marinade that ...
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Puff Pastry Apple Turnover
Are you tired of apple turnovers that are more turner than apple? With typical supermarket bakery turnovers you get about 1 tablespoon of apple filling per turnover. A teaspoon holds the filling in one-half of this turnover. The ratio of pastry to filling is 3:1 by weight or 1 ...
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Easy Mushroom & Wine Gravy
Easy Mushroom & Wine Gravy is a simple gravy you can make using wine or broth. Most of the wines’s alcohol evaporates during cooking leaving a wine flavored mushroom gravy. Easy Mushroom & Wine Gravy goes well with poultry, fish, pork, beef or mashed potatoes. Wine or lemon juice retains the ...
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Mint Vinaigrette Recipe
Mint Vinaigrette, unlike most condiments, has no oil and only 6 calories, zero fat, and 1 mg sodium per 2 tablespoon (30 ml) serving. It is a simple blend of fresh mint (spearmint or peppermint), red wine vinegar, and fresh garlic. Traditionally, mint vinaigrette is made using a mortar and pestle to ...
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