Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes

Six ways to maintain a healthy weight and live a heart-healthy life: get plenty of sleep, cook more often at home, follow a healthy eating plan, cut back on foods that are high-in-fat, stay active, and fit in some quiet time to meditate or relax.

Phoenix Healthy Food Examiner, Tiffani Maynor, created three salad dressing recipes that are heart-healthy, delicious, contain antioxidants and boosts metabolism.

Sweet honey raspberry dressing: Ingredients

2 tablespoons Heavenly Organics' neem honey

1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar

1/4 cup of raspberries

1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar

1 blender or food processor

Directions:

1. Blend apple cider vinegar, raspberries, and balsamic vinegar.

2. Blend in honey; toss mixture with salad and serve.

Mandarin red wine vinaigrette dressing: Ingredients

3 mandarin oranges

1/2 cup Pompeian brand red wine vinegar

1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil

1/2 teaspoon of white pepper

1 tablespoon of parsley flakes

2 tablespoons of red bell peppers (diced)

1 teaspoon of Truvia sweetener

1 blender or food processor

Directions:

1. Squeeze juice from three mandarin oranges; retain a little bit of the pulp for texture and set to the side.

2. Use a blender or food processor to blend mandarin orange juice with a little pulp added, red wine vinegar, and Truvia sweetener.

3. Blend in flaxseed oil and extra virgin olive oil.

4. Set food processor or blender to pulse.

5. Pulse in red pepper and parsley flakes. *Note: The intent is to break down red bell pepper into smaller bits to retain texture and flavor.

6. Mix contents with salad and serve.

Dill pickle mustard vinaigrette dressing: Ingredients

1/4 cup of Dijon mustard

1 dill pickle (1 ounce size)

1/2 cup Pompeian brand pomegranate vinegar

1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

1 teaspoon of basil (finely chopped)

1/4 cup Pompeian brand grapeseed oil

1 blender or food processor

Directions:

1. Add dill pickle to blender with pomegranate vinegar; blend ingredients until smooth.

2. Blend in mustard, black pepper, basil, and grapeseed oil; blend contents for one minute.

3. Mix contents with salad and serve.