I LOVE RANCH DRESSING! There! I said it! Everyone else in my house thinks it's horrible, but I just love it. BUT...I actually do not like the pre-made, store bought ones. Funny, when I go to a restuarant, I like their ranch, but not the bottled kind. Maybe because it has 10+ ingredients I would never add to MY food. Some of which are:
phosphoric acid (fake lemon flavor)
xanthan gum (thickener, eww)
modified food starch (another weird thickener)
monosodium glutimate (flavor enhancer) wait, why not just make it taste good in the first place?
artificial flavors (no idea)
disodium phosphate (increases shelf life...great)
sorbic acid (preservative)
calcium disodium EDTA (preservative that may cause kidney damage and blood in the urine. Double great)
disodium isonate (flavor enhancer...again, why not just....oh, never mind)
disodium guanylate (flavor enhancer)
I don't know about you but I don't keep these types of strange chemicals in MY pantry. But I'll show you what I DO keep:
Ranch dressing should be no more than a few ingredients most of us have on hand. So here's what I do:
I go snip some chives, parsley and dill if I have it (I only grow dill in summer, so I use dried). I happen to be blessed with 365 days of gardening (Southern California) so I go pick my salad greens and carrots and radishes or whatever I have.
So this recipe calls for buttermilk, which you can buy. But, your gonna buy it and chances are you will only use a teeny bit of it then it will sit in your fridge and then your gonna chuck it. Instead, make buttermilk as needed by mixing in a bit of lemon juice to your milk. Let it sit and within 5 or 10 minutes it turns all chunky and gross but, folks, that's buttermilk!!!
So, just mix together (I like to use a mason jar)
1/2 C sour cream,
1/2 C buttermilk,
1/4 C mayonnaise (you can leave this out if you don't like it),
2 garlic cloves crushed or minced,
1 tsp salt,
1/4 tsp pepper,
1-1/2 tsp dried dill (a bit less if it's fresh),
1/4 C chopped chives,
1/8 C chopped parsley,
dash of Worcestershire sauce :)
Shake your jar all up and taste. Add more salt, pepper or whatever till it tastes right to you. Keep playing with the recipe till it is perfect for you because Ranch is important. :)
Bye! I gotta go eat that salad, now :)
I LOVE RANCH DRESSING! There! I said it! Everyone else in my house thinks it's horrible, but I just love it. BUT...I actually do not like the pre-made, store bought ones. Funny, when I go to a restuarant, I like their ranch, but not the bottled kind. Maybe because it has 10+ ingredients I would never add to MY food. Some of which are:
phosphoric acid (fake lemon flavor)
xanthan gum (thickener, eww)
modified food starch (another weird thickener)
monosodium glutimate (flavor enhancer) wait, why not just make it taste good in the first place?
artificial flavors (no idea)
disodium phosphate (increases shelf life...great)
sorbic acid (preservative)
calcium disodium EDTA (preservative that may cause kidney damage and blood in the urine. Double great)
disodium isonate (flavor enhancer...again, why not just....oh, never mind)
disodium guanylate (flavor enhancer)
I don't know about you but I don't keep these types of strange chemicals in MY pantry. But I'll show you what I DO keep:
Ranch dressing should be no more than a few ingredients most of us have on hand. So here's what I do:
I go snip some chives, parsley and dill if I have it (I only grow dill in summer, so I use dried). I happen to be blessed with 365 days of gardening (Southern California) so I go pick my salad greens and carrots and radishes or whatever I have.
So this recipe calls for buttermilk, which you can buy. But, your gonna buy it and chances are you will only use a teeny bit of it then it will sit in your fridge and then your gonna chuck it. Instead, make buttermilk as needed by mixing in a bit of lemon juice to your milk. Let it sit and within 5 or 10 minutes it turns all chunky and gross but, folks, that's buttermilk!!!
So, just mix together (I like to use a mason jar)
1/2 C sour cream,
1/2 C buttermilk,
1/4 C mayonnaise (you can leave this out if you don't like it),
2 garlic cloves crushed or minced,
1 tsp salt,
1/4 tsp pepper,
1-1/2 tsp dried dill (a bit less if it's fresh),
1/4 C chopped chives,
1/8 C chopped parsley,
dash of Worcestershire sauce :)
Shake your jar all up and taste. Add more salt, pepper or whatever till it tastes right to you. Keep playing with the recipe till it is perfect for you because Ranch is important. :)
Bye! I gotta go eat that salad, now :)
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