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Homemade Healthy Ranch Dressing

Homemade ranch dressing is healthy, creamy, fresh, and herby. Made with clean ingredients including dill, parsley, garlic, yogurt, sour cream, and buttermilk
Course Appetizer, Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword dressing, ranch
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • whisk
  • mason jar

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup greek yogurt
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
  • 1 teaspoon dill fresh
  • 1 teaspoon parsley fresh
  • 2 teaspoons chives fresh
  • 1 garlic clove grated or pressed
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon black pepper finely cracked

Instructions

  • Finely dice the dill, parsley, and chives and place them in a bowl.
  • Whisk together the sour cream, yogurt, buttermilk, and lemon juice.
  • Combine the diced herbs, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, and stir it all together. Add more salt or pepper to taste.
  • Pour the dressing into an 12 oz jar, close tightly with the lid, and store in the fridge for up to a week.

Notes

Try some of these delicious variations: 
  1. Change the herbs: Instead of doing the classic herbs, try mint, basil, tarragon, shallots, cilantro, oregano, or jalapeños.
  2. Add some sweet or heat: Make it sweet with a small amount of honey or agave. For a kick, add a little Tabasco or Sriracha.
  3. Try a green goddess: Combine all your ingredients plus half an avocado in a food processor to make a green goddess dressing.
  4. Mix up the acid: Buttermilk and lemon juice are the acid in this recipe, but you could use a teaspoon of white distilled vinegar or apple cider vinegar instead.
  5. Use different spices: Instead of garlic powder and onion powder, you could use paprika, cayenne for some heat, cumin, celery seed, dried tarragon, dried parsley, or dried oregano.