Delicious Homemade Ranch Dressing NOT from a packet that actually tastes like Ranch and not dried onions! Phew!

Today I'm going to show you how to make GOOD homemade ranch dressing using some of the homemade yogurt and whey we made yesterday.  I do realize that most people do not have homemade yogurt or whey sitting in the fridge, so I'll give you alternatives.  Ready?

Here's the picture of the yogurt and whey version.

And here's the picture of the milk and yogurt version.

 

You'll need:

1 1/4C Good Quality (Greek) Plain, UNsweetened, UNflavored yogurt (or homemade...see recipe here)

1/4C Milk or Whey

2T REAL Grated Parmesan 

2t Dried Parsley

1/4t Garlic Powder

1/4t Sea Salt

1/4t Black Pepper

Scoop or pour your yogurt into a jar. 

Add in 1/4C of whey or milk. You can always add

more if your dressing is too thick. Dressing too thick...

never heard of such a thing.

 

Add in cheese and spices.  I'm assuming the canned

parm would work in a pinch, but then you get all the

added starch and chemicals we really don't need.

Give it a quick stir.  I don't shake mine because the heavy 

cream tends to glop together at the top.

Put in the fridge for a couple of hours to let flavors meld.

Turns out I accidentally used my undrained yogurt and mine was

runny, but darn, did it taste good over a BLT, avacado and cheese salad!

This was reallllly good!  I was shocked to find that it REALLY tastes like ranch dressing should!  I know I've posted a Ranch Dressing mix in the past, but I was never really happy with how it always tasted completely of onions to me.  (That does make a great dip though!) This one, I love love love!  It really tastes just as good as Hidden Valley in the packet, but without the overbearing amount of salt.  Give it a try and let me know what you think!

Now, I know just enough to be dangerous, but those who know how to lacto-ferment foods would have made the dressing (only when using WHEY) and left it out on the counter for about 7 hours to 'ferment'.  THEN they would have put it in the fridge!  This scares me, even though I've read about it being done lots of times.  People even do it with homemade mayo!  They claim that the lacto-fermentation actually extends the time that this concoction will last in the fridge...up to a month!.  Can you imagine?  I can't.  I will try it someday, but not today.  As for now, I have noticed that I can use this up to a couple of weeks without any loss of freshness.  Might be because I used homemade yogurt.

I do like that it doesn't have anything nasty like chemicals, high fructose corn syrup or sugar in it.  My son wasn't fond of this, but I'm weaning him into it by mixing his bottled stuff 50/50 with this.  I will gradually add more and more until he likes this kind.  Ha ha ha ha said the evil mommy!  You are under my spelllll!!! 

If you try it, let me know what you think!  BTW, this is wayyyy cheaper than buying a bottle at the store!

How much?  I dunno.  But it is.

Oh, one more thing....this is so rich and creamy, I was thinking....mmmmmm, wouldn't this be really good with some bleu cheese added in?!  And I'm not the biggest fan of bleu cheese dressing!  It's that good! 

{Printer Friendly Version}

Pin It