Homemade Ranch Dressing
I’m really excited to share my homemade ranch dressing recipe with y’all today! A few weeks ago, I picked up a ranch dressing bottle off the grocery store shelf, turned it over and read the label. Ahem. I put it back on the shelf and came home to make my own homemade ranch dressing.
I was thrilled when my little-of-this and little-of-that method resulted in a bomb-diggety version of homemade ranch dressing! I’ve made it again a few more times and it’s just delish!
Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup green onions, chopped
- 1-2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup olive oil mayo or grapeseed oil veganaise
- 1/3 cup milk { more or less for the consistency you want}
- freshly cracked pepper (a few turns)
- 1/4 tsp. salt or more to taste
Using a food processor or blender, finely chop parsley, green onions and garlic. Remove herbs to a medium-sized bowl. Add sour cream and mayo or veganaise. Gently stir. Add milk {I used unsweetened almond milk}, salt and pepper and whisk until smooth.
Refrigerate in a jar for a day or two to let the flavors marinate together for the best flavor.
Have you ever made homemade salad dressing?
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XO
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Morning Myra,
I NEVER buy bottled salad dressing…the ingredients are a nightmare!
Your recipe looks so good…def will be serving this.
I love that you used Almond milk..I am slightly addicted to the unsweetened Chocolate Almond milk by Diamond…soooooo good with a little added natural stevia sweetener.
Janet xox
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I’m gonna make this! I’ve seen ranch recipes on the web, but I usually resort to the package/mayo/milk just because it’s easy and so much better than the bottle. Myra, thanks for the inspiration.
We are huge ranch fans in this house so I’m going to have to try this! Thanks for sharing.
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This looks fantastic! I have been trying to make all of our dressings lately and I will have to add this in. Do you have any suggestions what I could use instead of sour cream to make it vegan? Thank you for the inspiration!
What other kinds of dressing have you made?
Waaaaay back in the 70’s Hidden Valley Ranch had a mix to which mayo and buttermilk were added to make the dressing. This was before you could ever buy a bottle of ranch dressing off the store shelf. It was very good and my mother-in-law always had a freshly made jar on hand. I’m going to try your recipe, but substitute some buttermilk in there somewhere. : )
And before that there were the “Good Seasons” dressing mixes where you added the vinegar and oil to seasoning packets. (I am feeling pretty old remembering this stuff….) . But neither of those were truly “home-made.” My best friend’s mom always made her own French dressing – no seasoning packets, it was all from scratch. It was delicious and I still have the recipe!
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about making my own dressings as we increase our salad/raw veggie consumption. The bottled stuff is so loaded with ….. well, who knows what?!? Your recipe looks wonderful; can’t wait to try it. Thanks for this posting!
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@Suzanne, Suzanne, please share your homemade French dressing recipe!
@Lesley T,
I will be happy to do that! I’ll post it next week just as soon as I get home from visiting my Midwestern kids and grandchildren!
sounds yummy and simple – thanks for sharing! I really enjoy your blog!
Oooh, I don’t usually make ranch from scratch – but this looks wonderful!
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Oh yum! I’ve been trying to make my own salad dressings but haven’t gotten past honey poppy seed vinaigrette and balsamic vinaigrette. I’m going to have to try this out!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I was just thinking about making our own ranch dressing about two days ago and was wishing I had a tried and true, all natural recipe. Can’t wait to try it!
And Suzanne, I would also love to have the French dressing recipe if you would not mind sharing it. That is our family’s second favorite!
That looks so yummy!! So great to be able to make homemade dressings!
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Thanks for the recipe. My husband is a big fan of Ranch dressing, so I’m excited to try it. Just one question: How long does it keep? It is just me and my husband and I do more vinaigrette dressings, so I don’t want to make it to have it go bad in a couple of days. Thanks!
The dressing should keep for up to a week in the refrigerator. 🙂
We are a ranch packet-mix-it-up-ourselves-family, so I’m SOOOO excited to try this one out! Thanks Myra!
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Our daughter began cooking “organically” within the last year & started making most everything from scratch — she’s even churning their butter now (using her Kitchenaid mixer & not the old-fashioned way her great-grandmother did :o) She said that she adds dill to her ranch dressing recipe (very similar to yours) & that gives it that “ranch” flavor.
to make Almond milk sweeten i used ZYVIA instead of sugar which worked perfectly and very much healthy. thanks zyvia
How long do you think this dressing keeps in the refrigerator? You’re showing it as a dip, but I assume it works poured over salads as well?
It should be fine for 2-3 weeks in the fridge. I have used it as a salad dressing. It’s fabulous!