Summer Salad Dressing Made Healthy

Last weekend, a friend asked me to “clean up” a salad dressing recipe she found online. She knows that, as a health coach, I have extensive knowledge about food and nutrition that allows me to see the toxins in seemingly healthy foods. I find recipes online that need to be “cleaned up” all the time- something appetizing might be full of non-organic, processed foods, and added sugars. I wrote this post to show you that, just like I substituted the salad dressing’s ingredients for healthier ones, you can “clean up” any recipe you find online to make the healthiest version possible.

Delicious salad, ready to eat!

ALTERED SALAD DRESSING RECIPE

½ cup of vegetable oil Olive Oil

½ cup sugar Honey

¼ red wine vinegar

1 ½ tsp soy sauce Coconut Aminos

½ salt

¼ pepper

REASON FOR CHANGES

• Vegetable Oil->Olive Oil: Vegetable oil has more trans fats, which aren’t good for your heart, and can increase cholesterol
• Sugar->Honey: Honey is a natural sugar filled with vitamins, while processed white sugar goes quickly into your bloodstream, increasing blood sugar, because it is processed and lacks nutrients.
• Soy Sauce-> Coconut Aminos: Coconut Aminos are similar to soy sauce without the high sodium levels.

Making simple changes to a recipe can really increase how healthy it is for your body. I hope you take the simple changes that I made to this salad dressing recipes and change any unhealthy recipes you may have been following.

Here’s a link to the original recipe, which includes a salad that has my stamp of approval, as long as you buy all of the ingredients organic! https://findjerseyfresh.com/recipes/romaine-broccoli-crunch-salad