Comments on: Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing Ideas

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:26:34 +0000

I’ve never used Greek yogurt, but I think it should work just fine. Yes, I would say that you can just replace the mayo one for one in this recipe. Hope it works well for you!

By: Brady

Brady — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:13:10 +0000

Laura,
I just saw this recipe for homemade mayo using Palm shortening (which I know you love) and thought of you!
http://www.nourishingtreasures.com/index.php/2012/04/12/easy-no-fail-mayo/

By: Patty

Patty — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:18:45 +0000

Could I use greek yogurt in this? And if so would I just replace the mayo with the same amount of yogurt or do I need to mix the two? I just found this site and am looking forward to trying out your recipes.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:53:28 +0000

I have made ranch dressing from a recipe I found on the internet, it is great. I have a herb garden also like this woman that wrote this recipe. Not putting down this recipe, I will make it. It is very handy to have ready when you are in a hurry. I want to share this with you, It is so cute, recipe is just great. i AM NOT TO GOOD ON THE COMP. I am a senior. google
“THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS” or .com to it.
HOMEMADE RANCE DRESSING. It is so good on salad and as a dip, we went crazy with this. it is not low cal but can make it different, she even explains what you can add in. I also make up recipies like she does. thought this great including pictures.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:19:18 +0000

I usually use 3 tablespoons for one packet.

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:14:43 +0000

How many tablespoons of this mix would equal a packet? Like when a recipe calls for a packet of ranch?

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:45 +0000

I us Helmans or Kraft olive oil mayo, it has 50% less fat than reg mayo and it tasted great.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:50:52 +0000

Thank you for this recipe! I’ve been wanting to try it and recently stocked up on bulk spices to make larger quantities of things like taco seasoning (and I LOVE that sausage seasoning recipe!), but just hadn’t done it yet. Found myself at the grocery store…tired, getting late, eying a frozen “dinner in a bag” that was a cheesy ranch chicken kind of deal. Sounded really good, but at $6 that just completely went against my frugal nature. I ended up buying a block of American cheese and when I got home, mixed up some of this ranch dressing mix really quickly and then using cooked chicken breast, elbow pasta, milk, shredded American cheese, sour cream and this ranch mix to make my own. Threw in some broccoli and had a quick one dish meal. It was delicious!

I read the comment earlier about someone not wanting to make it in large batches because of the ingredients separating out. I mixed up a double batch in a mason jar and blended it with my stick blender the first time and the parsley was finer and didn’t separate out like the bigger flakes. I used onion POWDER to begin with (1 Tb minced onion = 1 tsp onion powder) so it all mixed together nicely. I made another batch quickly while things were simmering and this time I put the parsley in first and ground it up a bit with the stick blender, then added the rest of the ingredients and blended well. I think that will virtually eliminate the settling problem.

Again, thanks so very much for sharing this recipe. I quit buying processed foods a couple years ago and it’s so hard to find a decent ranch without MSG. I think I would use this most often as a seasoning, such as in a chicken coating or like I did tonight. We just don’t use a lot of ranch dressing in general. I am looking forward to trying it as a dressing/dip though!

By: catloveschanel

catloveschanel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:35:13 +0000

Thank you for this. I have been married for 7 months and have been impressing my husband with my cooking. Now he has a few extra pounds and this is his favorite dressing. I put 1 spoon less salt in and used 2 cups of nonfat yogurt. When you put the non fat yogurt in the cup I pour milk around it – and this is an excellent buttermilk alternative. Thank you so much. Will try the Catalina, too.

By: Heather E.

Heather E. — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:27:59 +0000

FYI: I make a 6 times batch for a pint jar of mix.

1.5 C + 6 T Dried Onion
1 C. parsley
1/2 C. Salt
2 T. garlic

Enjoy!