Homemade Ranch Dressing
This week I made one of the most popular salad dressings/condiments in the world! Homemade Ranch Dressing is awesome, and it’s great to put on almost anything. I personally love ranch on chicken tenders and fries. It is the bombdotcom. So if ya’ll like ranch, c’mon and get yer fix o’ this homemade goodieness. <— (Now that’s what I call grammar)
Does that look good or whattt?! I really love the fact that you know everything that goes into this salad dressing because you’re making it yourself. No nasty preservatives and ingredients you couldn’t pronounce in a million years. This way you can stay healthy and live without that yucky stuff.
The recipe comes from Brown Eggs and Jam Jars by Aimee Wimbush-Bourque. This cookbook is fantastic! The author is a friend of my mom’s. She lives on a “homestead” (as she calls it) in Canada where she grows a lot of her own food. She has a blog called Simple Bites. In the book, Aimee’s recipes utilize fresh ingredients. Everything looks good. My Mom made the Slow Cooker Cider Ham (YUM) and the Gingery Pickled Asparagus (not my thing, but she says they are delicious!)
The idea of living on sort of a farm sounds awesome and not awesome at the same time. Growing all of your own food is so cool, but no team sports. I’m not sure I could live without lacrosse!!!
There might just be a sneak peek for a near-future post in this picture… but you never know. Chicken tenders happen to go extraordinarily well with Ranch Dressing. And not just any ranch, some of the freshest Ranch Dressing you can get!
My handwriting is pretty messy. Compared to my classmates, I have surprisingly good handwriting though. It’s weird how the world works. But enough philosophy and more of this killer ranch! Ranch Dressing is the best. It goes with fries better than ketchup in my opinion. A ton of people here in Reno actually like ranch dressing on their pizza! That sounds disgusting to me. Maybe with this homemade ranch it would be okay, but with the store-bought crud it would just be fat on top of preservative-filled fat. Whatever you like to have with Ranch Dressing, get it! When you make this ranch you will definitely love it enough to scarf down whatever you’re eating. Say no to store-bought crud that says Ranch Dressing on the label and yes to homemade ranch!
And even a kid can make his own condiment… Like Me!
What do you like to eat with Ranch Dressing?
Click below to watch a short video showing you how to make Ranch Dressing, then scroll to the bottom to print out the complete recipe!
Homemade Ranch Dressing
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup yogurt or buttermilk (I used buttermilk)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (or 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley)- I used parsley
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste... I used 3/4 teaspoon)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground celery seeds (I used 1/2 teaspoon celery flakes)
Directions:
- Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl until lump-free and well combined. Transfer to a jar with a lid and chill for at least 2 hours, ideally overnight, for the flavors to blend.
- To serve, Shake well and toss desired amount with salad.
Here are a few more homemade salad dressing recipes you might enjoy:
- Green Goddess Salad Dressing by Kalyn’s Kitchen
- Blue Cheese Salad Dressing by RecipeGirl
- Southwestern Avocado Salad Dressing by Buns in My Oven
- The Best Balsamic Vinaigrette by Barefeet in the Kitchen
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Brooks: Love your recipe posts, but I’ve run into a problem with the latest one. The print button for your recipe for homemade ranch dressing isn’t working for me. It’s always possible the problem has occurred on my side, but please check it out and advise me, yes? Thank you in advance. Diane
That looks so delicious!
Ranch with raw veggies.
I am so grateful for this recipe! I am MSG-sensitive and only recently realized that store-bought Ranch dressing contains it — even the powdered versions. (Explains a lot of headaches!) Nice to know I can have my Ranch pain-free now… lol
Great recipe! Can’t wait to try it. How long does these normally keep for in the refrigerator?
I’d say eat it all up in a week or so time.
Way to go, Brooks! My Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend, and corn on the cob with bacon butter (from this site) and this dressing for the salad are on the menu. Both are definitely holiday caliber, so thanks! My 11 yr old niece and 10 yr old nephew are going to be charge of making both. 😉 Good for you encouraging kids to cook! When is your TV debut on one of the kids cooking shows?? (Maybe Chopped – Teens?)
As for “ranch” pizza – give it a try. Ranch dressing instead of tomato sauce works wicked with all chicken based pizzas! You like it with tenders…why not chicken pizzas?
Oh, and be careful on the lacrosse field. 😉 Us Canadians know how scary that can be – mostly for the Moms and Dads!
Love the ingredients…will definitely try this!
Made this using 1 tbsp dried parsley. Made buttermilk using lemon juice. Very good. Thanks for a recipe I will use often.
I just made this. I used yogurt and dill. This is the best ranch dressing ever!! Thank you!
Super delicious! Thank you for the recipe.
I will be trying your recipe. I live outside of Reno, on a homestead. I have a You Tube channel that has a lot of cooking, canning, sourdough bread, and more.
That’s cool. I actually live in AZ now!
How many calories, and fat does the home made ranch have?
I don’t know, sorry!
I can’t wait to make This! My question is how long will it last in the refrigerator?
I would give it about a week!
Great ranch dressing. I didn’t have celery seeds, but did have celery salt. I just doubled the amount and cut back on the salt( I use kosher salt). It came out delish. This is my new go to ranch dressing. I used fresh dill, but will try it with fresh parsley next time.
How can this be made thicker to use as a dip?
Maybe? Haven’t tried it.