Looking for LOW FAT Tartar sauce

I'm trying to find a LOW fat (NOT fat free) Tartar Sauce. The fat free stuff is watery and revolting, but I just shouldn't be eating the regular stuff. Has any one seen a low fat version? Preferably some place out here in the NW suburbs, as I'm not about to travel too far for this.

And somewhat related, several years ago, we found a tuna salad dressing, that was essentially the mayo, relish, and various seasonings, that just needed tuna (or crab, chicken, or other meat) added. But I haven't seen this for a long time. Another discontinued product?

j r wrote:I'm trying to find a LOW fat (NOT fat free) Tartar Sauce. The fat free stuff is watery and revolting, but I just shouldn't be eating the regular stuff. Has any one seen a low fat version? Preferably some place out here in the NW suburbs, as I'm not about to travel too far for this.

And somewhat related, several years ago, we found a tuna salad dressing, that was essentially the mayo, relish, and various seasonings, that just needed tuna (or crab, chicken, or other meat) added. But I haven't seen this for a long time. Another discontinued product?

Would you be interested in making your own? When I get back to Bloomington I have a nice recipe that I think is relatively low in fat.

I like to use a base of 1/2 Hellman's regular mayo and 1/2 plain yogurt. With all the added goodies (chopped pickle, onion, parsley, etc...) I almost can't tell the difference.

Wow....swear I wrote a post here, but must have not uploaded it.

It's convenient to buy it, but like the other two posters, I also make my own. It's fast and easy. The easiest is simply adding some relish to some reduced fat mayo. I particularly like Whole Foods brand (of course, I prefer full fat, but like you, try to cut calories in some places). I sometimes also add some low-fat sour cream to the creamy base part.

If you want to get more crazy and creative, tartar sauce is primarily mayo with chopped pickles, maybe some chopped onion, and some type of acid liquid - like pickle juice or lemon juice. While that is the base, people have added lots of things from Worcestershire sauce to hot sauce, from capers to dill. I add what's around at the time.

Fage fat-free plain yogurt makes an excellent substitute for sour cream, without the off-taste I find in FF sour cream.

Why not just mix Hellman's light or light mayo with pickle relish...you can buy the kind that is not sweet, there is a kind that looks like pickle relish but it is dill flavored. Doctor it up with other seasonings and yogurt, etc.

See link

http://www.bubbies.com/prod_pure_kosher ... lish.shtml

also Heinz makes a dill pickle relish, also Mt. Olive- note the small amount of calories in it.

http://www.low-carb.com/mtoldipire.html

My recipe for semi-ho tartar sauce:

1/2 C. Hellman's low-fat mayo
2-3 T. finely chopped cornichons or gherkins [use a small pickle for better crunch]
1 T. finely chopped shallot [or onion]
1 T. finely chopped capers
1 t. tarragon vinegar [cider vinegar, white wine vinegar or lemon juice would be ok, too, but the hit of tarragon is very nice in tartar sauce]

Proportions approximate.

Add some sweet relish if you want to sweeten the mix up.

Giovanna