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A High Calcium Salad Dressing

This “Parsley Dill Dressing” recipe is a tasty way to add more calcium to your diet. The dressing contains 74 mg. of calcium in a ¼ cup serving. I don’t find it hard to use ½ cup on a big salad made of mixed greens, red cabbage, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, chicken and sunflower seeds. Add a little salmon, tuna or chicken for more protein and to make a complete meal. This dressing is also good on grilled or baked fish.

Parsley Dill Dressing Makes 1 cup dressing

¾ cup Fat Free Plain Greek Yogurt
½ cup minced parsley
2 Tbsp. fresh dill or 2 tsp. dried dill
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. 100% maple syrup
1/8 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. olive oil

Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth.  Refrigerate.

Nutritional Analysis for ¼ cup dressing: 94 calories, 5 grams protein, 4 g. carbohydrate, .3g. fiber, 7 g. fat, 77 mg. calcium, 96 mg. sodium

For a Full Meal Salad that will fill you up mix together:

2 cups mixed greens
1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
½ cup canned garbanzo beans
½ cup sliced or chopped tomatoes or cherry tomatoes cut in half
1 ounce sliced cooked chicken
1 Tbsp. sunflower seeds
½ cup Parsley Dill Dressing

Nutritional analysis for salad: 435 calories, 29 g. protein, 36 g. carbohydrate, 5 g. fiber, 22 g. fat, 268 mg. calcium, 416 mg. sodium

 

posted on 2/18/2019