Makeover Family-Recipe Salad Dressing

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Connie Pettersen of Aitkin, Minnesota tried lightening her mother-in-law's recipe and then let our Test Kitchen lighten it up further. The salad dressing dropped in fat and calories, but kept the delicious flavor of her mother-in-law’s original recipe.

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Makeover Family-Recipe Salad Dressing

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 10 Servings

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Ingredients

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 small onion, cut into wedges
1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
Sugar substitute equivalent to 5 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt-free seasoning blend
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 small garlic clove, peeled
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon celery seed

Directions

In a blender, combine all ingredients; cover and process until blended. Transfer to a small pitcher or bowl. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 1-1/4 cups.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Splenda no-calorie sweetener.

Nutritional Facts 2 tablespoons equals 76 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 167 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Makeover Family-Recipe Salad Dressing in Healthy Cooking April/May 2008, p7