Thursday, September 2, 2010

Ranch Dressing/Dip

Here is a delicious, easy recipe for Ranch dressing. It's probably no less fattening than the kind in the bottle, but it's free of preservatives and artificial flavorings, and it tastes really wonderful. I've stopped buying salad dressings altogether. (I also have a recipe for balsamic vinaigrette.)

1/2 cup sour cream*
1 cup mayonnaise (not Miracle Whip)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon dried minced onion

*I use light sour cream.

Mix all ingredients and store in a squeeze bottle (the kind you use for ketchup or mustard). Store in the refrigerator. Keeps about two weeks.

1 comment:

Sharon said...

I'll have to try this -- I've got a recipe for homemade ranch (which Art and I like) but the boys claim to hate. Not sure why that is, but I'm ready to try another!

Even if I have to put it into a Hidden Valley Ranch bottle, I'd rather make my dressings than buy them any day.