Lower the fat in italian salad dressing idea.. So good.

For all of you who are able to eat salads....I just made italian dressing tonight and I substituted out a portion of the oil for a cornstarch and Water mixture.

Here's what I did:

Mix 2T cornstarch with 1/2 cup water. Heat until boiling and thickened. After heating add more cold water as necessary to make a consistency slightly thicker than oil. refrigerate to cool.

While your cornstarch mixture is cooling, mix together 1T garlic powder, 1T onion powder, 1/4t pepper, 1t sea salt, 1 heaping T oregano, 1T basil, green pepper or "veggie" flakes if you have them. 1/2 t of sugar (optional)

put 1/4 cup of olive oil, 2T apple cider vinegar, the juice of 1/2 a lemon or lime into a bottle or container that has a lid. Add your seasonings.

When your cornstarch mixture has cooled off, add it to your other ingredients. shake Shake Shake. Taste the yumminess.. flavor will improve after a few hours as the dried herbs get undried.

Serving size is 2 tablespoons. Here is nutrition information per serving:

76 calories

4 carb grams

7 fat grams

If you want fewer calories, use less oil and more of the cornstarch mixture. You don't even have to use any oil at all, but I LOVE the taste of the really strong EVOO.. Next time I'll try less to reduce my cals even more.

Also, if you don't want to mix the spices, use a good season's packet and their measuring cruet and just sub the cornstarch/water mixture for as much of the oil as you desire.