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@figmentfan423 I am eating lots more salad and even beginning to like them, or at least not resent having to give up fried potatoes, fried squash, heck fried anything I like better than salad!
Sorry got a little sidetracked.
Anyway, I still use too much salad dressing and I know they are full of chemicals, carbs and calories, but just can't, or I suppose I should say won't, eat the salads without plenty of dressing. I usually go for ranch because it is lower in carbs than my favorite, thousand island.
Do you have any good salad dressing recipes or links to homemade dressing recipes you would care to share? I have a Vitamix blender and it does a great job, so making it creamy won't be a problem. I don't really care a lot for vinaigrette type dressings but will use them ever now and then for a change of pace. With fresh veggies coming in in about a month or less, I see a lot of salads (and yes, some fried squash) in my future.