Marzetti Simply Dressed Salad DressingJust Short of Crazy

I’m always on the look out for ways to incorporate healthier options into our diet. Em & I both eat a lot of salads, but salad dressings have a lot of ingredients that I’d prefer to avoid and if I can find a healthier option I’m willing to give it a try.

When I seen Simply Dressed from Marzetti it looked like a good health option. According to their site the dressings are “all natural, made with extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and canola oil, which provides omega-3.” The dressings don’t have preservatives, trans fat, high fructose corn syrup, MSG or artificial flavors. I like that a lot, plus Simply Dressed is available in 11 different flavors:

Simply Dressed Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Ginger Sesame Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Champagne Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Greek Feta Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Balsamic Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Blue Cheese Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Cesear Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Coleslaw Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Ranch Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Thousand Island Salad Dressing
Simply Dressed Pomegranate Salad Dressing

I decided to give the Simply Dressed Champagne Salad Dressing and the Simply Dressed Ranch Salad Dressing a try. Although, the Simply Dressed Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Dressing and the Simply Dressed Greek Feta Salad Dressing are on the “need to try” list as well.

I was really curious what the Simply Dressed Champagne Salad Dressing tasted like. I’m a fan of all things bubbly so I thought the Simply Dressed Champagne Salad Dressing might be a great choice. Strangely, Champagne tastes just like italian dressing. I didn’t get a champagne flavor or taste at all. I did try the Simply Dressed Champagne Salad Dressing on a strawberry salad, because Champagne is always great with strawberries

It was pretty tasty, but not as exciting as what I expected with the Champagne name.

This strawberry salad is so easy to make. Open a package of salad mix, put some in a bowl, then add some cut up strawberries, top with your choice of dressing. I think the Simply Dressed Strawberry Poppyseed Salad Dressing or the Simply Dressed Balsamic Salad Dressing would be a great choice. Easy, peasy. Tasty and good for you!

In addition to salads we like to have raw veggies for snacks. We generally have ranch salad dressing with our veggies so we were definitely willing to give the Simply Dressed Ranch Salad Dressing a try.

It tasted pretty good and would be a good replacement dressing. There is only 110 calories per 2 tablespoons of dressing, but there are 8 grams of fat. Lower than our regular brand, but still too many fat grams. Sigh, I don’t think Ranch dressing will be in our diet very much longer.

Be sure to check out Marzetti.com for fantastic recipes!

I was one of the bloggers selected by T. Marzetti Company and Clever Girls Collective to host a Marzetti Simply Dressed review. They provided me with product to test myself and compensation for my time. However, my opinions are entirely my own.

Cheers,