Skinny Salsa Ranch Dressing
Lighten up your favorite salad with this fantastic, salsa ranch dressing! It also makes a yummy sandwich spread or a dip for veggies and reduced-fat tortilla chips. Happily, each tablespoon has only 12 calories and 1 gram of fat.
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Makes 1⅓ cups total (21 tablespoons)
Food Facts
Salsa usually contains a combination of tomatoes, chili peppers, onion, and spices.
Healthy Benefits
Salsa is low in calories and contains just 20 calories per ¼ cup. Salsa contains no unhealthy fats – in fact, no fats at all! It’s loaded with vitamins such as A and C and contains healthy spices.
Shopping Tips
I like Lawry’s taco seasoning. For gluten-free use their chicken taco seasonings or McCormick’s chicken taco seasoning.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 0-Blue for 1 tablespoon
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 1-Blue for 2 tablespoons
WW SmartPoints 0-Green for 1 tablespoon
WW SmartPoints 1-Green for 2 tablespoons
WW POINTS PLUS 1 for 1 tablespoon
Food Facts
Salsa usually contains a combination of tomatoes, chili peppers, onion, and spices.
Healthy Benefits
Salsa is low in calories and contains just 20 calories per ¼ cup. Salsa contains no unhealthy fats – in fact, no fats at all! It’s loaded with vitamins such as A and C and contains healthy spices.
Shopping Tips
I like Lawry’s taco seasoning. For gluten-free use their chicken taco seasonings or McCormick’s chicken taco seasoning.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 0-Blue for 1 tablespoon
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 1-Blue for 2 tablespoons
WW SmartPoints 0-Green for 1 tablespoon
WW SmartPoints 1-Green for 2 tablespoons
WW POINTS PLUS 1 for 1 tablespoon
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 tablespoon 12 calories, 0.7g fat, 0g sat. fat, 0.6mg chol, 1g prot, 2g carbs, 0g fiber, 98mg sod, 1g sugar |
| FACTS: for 1 tablespoon Freestyle SmartPoints 6 calories, 0g sat. fat, 0g protein, 0g sugar |
Skinny Salsa Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
- ½ cup The BEST Skinny Ranch Dressing (3 ingredients) or store-bought light ranch dressing
- ½ cup jarred salsa, I like Pace Chunky Salsa (medium)
- ½ cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt
- 1½ teaspoons taco seasoning, see shopping tips for gluten-free brands
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together, ranch dressing, salsa, yogurt, and taco seasoning. Mix well.
- This dressing will keep in the refrigerator for at least 1 week. Even longer, depending on the shelf life of the buttermilk in the ranch dressing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoonCalories: 12kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 1gFat: 0.7gCholesterol: 0.6mgSodium: 98mgSugar: 1gPlus Points: 1
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