Rockin’ Ranch Dip & Dressing

Summer is the perfect time to get more veggies into your diet. Most everything is in season, and they are at their peak of freshness.

If you’re going on a picnic, taking a trip into the city, or just relaxing around the house, have some washed and cut veggies ready to go along with a tasty homemade dip.

Hidden Valley Ranch (yes, it’s actually a real working ranch), made famous ‘Ranch’ dip and dressing with their original buttermilk secret recipe over 50 years ago. I may not have duplicated it exactly, but its still pretty darn good!

Rockin' Ranch Dip & Dressing

Marla Hingley

Not just for salad or veggies, try as a dip with potatoes wedges.

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Prep Time 40 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Servings 8

Ingredients

  

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• 3/4 cup GF sour cream or buttermilk/alternative for dressing
• 3/4 cup GF mayonnaise or Vegan Mayonnaise
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1 Tbsp dried parsley
• 1/2 tsp dried marjoram
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp dried dill
• 1/2 tsp cider vinegar
• Pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• In a bowl, whisk the mayo and the buttermilk together until smooth.
• Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Season with pepper and additional salt to taste.
• Refrigerate for a couple of hours to let the flavors blend.
• *For salad dressing, replace sour cream with buttermilk (or milk alternative)

Notes

-To use fresh herbs instead, mince the herbs finely, and use 3 times as much (e.g. 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, 1 ½ teaspoons fresh marjoram and thyme).
-To Make Buttermilk: put 3/4 Tbsp vinegar into measuring cup and add whole milk (or milk alternative) to bring to 3/4 cup - let stand 5 minutes.
-For dairy-free version, replace sour cream with silken tofu (blended until smooth in a blender)

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