If you happen to live in the greater Seattle area, you know that yesterday was the kind of day that makes gray skies all worthwhile. Sunny and seventy degrees, the streets and parks were full of Seattleites soaking in their vitamin D. As a result, we decided that we must grill out.
After some strategizing, I started a bread dough in the machine and we went out for provisions. We decided upon burgers, with blue cheese crumbles and sun dried tomatoes, and a spinach-strawberry salad.
The salad was fantastic. Spinach, strawberries and toasted almond slivers were tossed together and drizzled with a poppyseed-sesame vinaigrette. The only problem was the amount of sugar in the dressing recipe. The recipe calls for 2 cups of white sugar and Husband dutifully followed. I'm wondering if we can make it with about a third as much honey, or maybe splenda? I know that super-refined sugar substitute doesn't jive with the desire to be eating less processed food, but I cannot handle a 400+ calorie salad dressing. We will keep attempting and will share any good, healthier substitutes we find.
The burgers were ridiculously delicious. The rolls didn't rise as well as I had hoped but they were a good, dense, crusty roll for the burgers.
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My favorite low-cal, low-sugar, etc dressing is balsamic vinegar.
Reduce it ever so slightly over medium heat. Be careful not to reduce to the point where it starts to thicken, as it will thicken substantially as it cools, and balsamic taffy isn't really what we're going for. :)
Seriously though, just let a little steam come off it. It cooks off the hard edges and you end up with a sweet dressing that doesn't add any significant nutritional value but tastes amazing.
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