Comments on: Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing Ideas

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!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:29:50 +0000

I would say that 3 Tablespoons of each mix would equal the amount you’d find in a seasoning package.

By: Faith

Faith — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:23:11 +0000

i made this dressing the other day and it was great! i also used it to make the ranch potatoes which were wonderful as well. thanks so much for the recipe :) i have a question i was wondering if you could answer though…my mother in law has a “taco soup” recipe that calls for a pkg of ranch dressing mix and one pkg of taco seasoning. do you know how much of the ranch dressing mix and taco seasoning mix of yours i would use to be the equivalent to that?

By: Rachel Bernhardt

Rachel Bernhardt — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:48:47 +0000

I love this recepe, I used regular helmans mayo, and buttermilk, and dry mix to make the dressing. It is wonderful, and HALF the calories and fat comparing the bottled Hiddenvalley ranch. So it taste better, has wholesome ingredients and is better for you, bye bye store bought! Thanks Laura!!

By: Racheal

Racheal — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:01:10 +0000

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! This is fantastic thank you for sharing! I did not have sour cream, so I made it with mayo and fat free yogurt..my oh my.. i think I’m in love :)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:44:58 +0000

I used a refrigerated egg and mine did fine. Of course, I only made one batch with one egg, but it was delicious.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:41:45 +0000

I have done this too, and it works really well. The milk has to be room temp. for a little bit, then put the vinegar or lemon juice in and let it set for about 20 or 30 minutes. I have also done it in a last minute time and it still served its purpose.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:37:08 +0000

I just made mayo over the weekend with my daughter and it turned out great. Here is the link, and wE used a magic bullet, but I’m sure you could do it in the blender.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6690497_make-mayonnaise-magic-bullet.html