Homemade Ranch Dressing

[Ohiogal]

I just now mixed some of this up. YOW! It's SO GOOD! And none of those preservatives and chemicals and junk that they put in the kind you buy at the grocery store!

This is going to be dangerous.....

https://www.budgetbytes.com/homemade-ranch-dressing/

[wendyb-NC]

1. Thank you, it looks and sounds yummy.

I'll have to try it, soon. I need to be more thrift conscious, on my limited income.

[irisblue]

2. Budgetbytes is a very good resource.

[Ohiogal]

4. I do make a lot of her recipes on a regular basis.

My family loves this one in particular

https://www.budgetbytes.com/oven-fajitas/

[TEB]

3. I love ranch

I will try this tomorrow thanks for posting

[Ohiogal]

5. You won't be disappointed!

Make sure to share with the Boog.

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. That looks really good.

I've made ranch dressing from a couple different Food Channel recipes, and it's always so much better than store-bought.

I may have to try the cilantro-lime variation, it sounds tasty. I've pureed a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and added that to a large batch to make chipotle ranch, that came out great if you like spicy. I also sometimes put some sriracha in. But then, I like hot & spicy.

[Vinca]

7. Ooh, that sounds good. We're having salad tonight so I'm going to make it!

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Edit to update: it was very good and the only changes I made were to double the lemon juice and use Splenda instead of sugar. Got to pick fresh herbs from the garden for the first time this season, too! It's a keeper.

[Kali]

8. I use a different recipe, but my hint is keep a jar of dry ingredients in your spice rack

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makes it a lot faster to throw together. my version uses buttermilk and mayo for dressing or sour cream for dip, and yogurt works fine too

I keep an old bullion cube jar with this in it, use 2 good teaspoons to a cup each of mayo and buttermilk

3 Tablespoons of salt (~slight 1/4 cup)

3 Tablespoons dried parsley (~1/4 cup)

1 Tablespoon + a bit more black pepper (4 1/2 teaspoons)

1 Tablespoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon dry dill (or a bit more if you like)

mix well

you can always fake buttermilk by putting a Tablespoon of lemon or lime juice, or vinegar in a measuring cup and filling with milk to the 1 cup line, let sit for 5 - 10 minutes. for this dressing it will be a little thinner than real buttermilk but still taste so much better than gelatinous bottled dressing.

the one problem with homemade salad dressings is the texture when you go out to eat!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. That was my first thought in OP recipe..where's the

Buttermilk? Thought that was what made ranch taste like ranch? But see now that the recipe has lemon and milk.

[Kali]

13. it's all sour milk

[Luciferous]

9. Thanks, I have a kid that puts ranch on everything so we'll have to try this!

[dem in texas]

10. been making my own for years

Believe it or not, I first tasted ranch dressing in a small ranching town in Montana back in the 1960's. At that time, you could not purchase it in the store, in fact, I didn't t know the name of the dressing, but loved it and worked out my own recipe.

I have made it many ways. depending what I have on hand; buttermilk, plain yogurt or sour cream. I like buttermilk best, always half mayo, half, the milk product. If too thick, thin with a little water. Then add spices and seasoning, etc. If you are going to make a large batch to keep to keep for a few days, I would not use any fresh herbs, just the dried type. This is safer.

It is really good on ham tacos. These are a good way to use left over ham. Make the filling with chopped up ham, some left over chopped baked potato sauteed with a little chopped onion. Top with lettuce and tomato, maybe avocado. Spoon on homemade ranch dressing. Yum, Yum.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Sounds great! 3/16's of a teaspoon of garlic powder

Sorry that made me laugh.

Homemade dressings are so far superior in taste than bottled you can't even compare them.

Don't have the recipe I used handy..but made green goddess one time that was phenomenal. You hardly even hear of green goddess anymore but it's loaded with chopped green herbs..great for spring and summer.

[sir pball]

14. Green Goddess is a pretty close cousin to ranch

Technically you should omit the garlic powder and use your cream instead of buttermilk, as it's supposed to be very thick, but practically speaking when I make it I just take my basic ranch recipe and add an obscene amount of fines herbes and some anchovy paste. Yes, anchovy paste - it's probably the most important flavor in there!