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There is one staple in our house I am not sure we could live without, ranch dressing. My family loves it probably more than they should. I don’t mind serving it with lots of fresh veggies as long as they eat them. Usually carrots or celery are the go to dippers. I ran across this Buttermilk Ranch Dressing on Pinterest (you pinning yet?) I couldn’t resist any longer.
The true test came yesterday when I served the boys, spinach, broccoli and carrots with the buttermilk ranch, and guess what, they ate it all, even the spinach. They “loves the leaves”, they said. Shocking to me, how many 3 year olds eat spinach, fresh! I credit it to this extra yummy dressing, that gets even better as it melds together. I am just thinking of all the things I can smother in it. To make me feel a little better about eating it, I used fat free sour cream and low fat buttermilk.
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sour cream, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/4 onion, 1 large garlic clove, minced, 4 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley, 1 teaspoon sea salt or to taste, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon fresh dill or 1/4 teaspoon dried dill
Roughly chop the fresh dill and parsley
quarter an onion
Add all the ingredients to the food processor.
And process until smooth.
Pour into a jar or container and refrigerate at least a few hours before serving. The longer it has a chance to meld the better.
Serve with as many fresh veggies as possible.
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
Slightly adapted from Simple Bites
1 1/4 cups sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 onion
1 large garlic clove, minced
4 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
1 teaspoon sea salt or to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon fresh dill or 1/4 teaspoon dried dillCombine all ingredients in food processor or blender. Blend well.
Refrigerate for at least a few hours before serving. Taste and additional salt as necessary. This makes for a fairly thick dressing. If a thinner consistency is desired replace part of the sour cream with additional buttermilk. Serve on your favorite salad or fresh veggies.
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Since we have all the ingredience (sorry for my spelling) here in germany i think i will have to try this out because you cant not buy ranch dressing here and we love it esp. Caleb 🙂
Thanks for the tipp Jenna 🙂
Looks delish!! – and nothing in it you can’t pronouce!
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I usually make buttermilk ranch dressing from a recipe I found once on a blog but this one looks super delicious too! The one thing I have found is that it doesn’t last more than a couple days in the fridge before it gets all watery and yucky (probably b/c it doesn’t have all those preservatives in it that the store-bought dressings have).
I love Pinterest!! Slowly becoming addicted to it myself!!!
Thanks for a great recipe, my family loves ranch too! So great that you are enticing the boys to eat their veggies!
This looks great and I love that it is from scratch and not from processed ingredients. So much healthier. I also like that you didn’t use low-fat anything. We need fat, especially to absorb those nutrients in the veggies!
YUM! I love making my own dressing, this looks like a winner. That blue plate is beautiful! I’m pinning this recipe right now 🙂
YUM!!! We had homemade ranch last weekend while visiting at a friend’s farm, and it was awesome. I will have to try this recipe!
I’ve been looking for a good homemade ranch dressing because I don’t like the bottled kinds. Thanks for sharing! I’m here from Foodie Friday.
Hi Sweet Pea,
This is a great Buttermilk Ranch Dressing and I will really enjoy. I really prefer a homemade dressing and this recipe looks delicious! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week end and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Yum!
Sharing over on Facebook.
Thanks for linking up.
Ranch is the only dressing I will eat. Thank you for sharing on Thursday’s Treasures. <3 and Hugs! http://www.recipesformyboys.com/p/thursdays-treasures.html
I love this idea! I do buy bottled ranch because the kids like it, but don’t always love the ingredient list.
Thanks for linking up to Friday Food on Momtrends.com!
Hi,
This ranch dressing looks great and I have always wanted to make my own except I am not a fan of dill. What would be an appropriate substitution? Thanks!
Hi Lynn, Good question, I think you could either just omit the dill and maybe add more parsley or another fresh herb you really enjoy. The fresh herbs really give it such a yummy fresh bright flavor.