Forget those salt-laden envelopes. Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix is a snap to make and tastes so much better!
I’m not talking about some kind of fleeting “Do you like me? Check yes or no” kind of love. No, no, this is more of the “I want to have your children and live happily ever after” kind of love.
Did that just get weird? Let’s back up a bit.
We love ranch. I think that most little kids – and probably a good portion of adults – only eat salad because of ranch dressing. Carrots? Dip ‘em in ranch. Broccoli? Made better with ranch. Celery? Well, nothing makes celery edible (sorry, it’s true), but ranch might just come closest to getting the job done. We even go so far as create ranch popcorn recipes. That’s some ranch love, right there.
But do you know what I don’t love? The fact that the second ingredient listed on a package of ranch dressing mix is salt. And they aren’t kidding, either. If you take a moment to taste the mix by itself, you will be hard-pressed to taste anything besides the salt. It overpowers any of the herbs and spices that actually make ranch dressing taste good.
Luckily, this is something that we can remedy quickly and easily at home. In fact, I would be willing to bet that you have at least 90% of these ingredients in your pantry already. Unlike some of our homemade fixes, which – while endlessly more delicious than the original – can be a bit time consuming (my Homemade Little Debbie Valentine Cakes come to mind), I promise that this Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix will take you less than 5 minutes to make.
How will you use your Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix? Any way that you want! Personally, I would head straight for these Cream Cheese Ranch Roll-Ups (although Vegetable Pizza is always a solid option, too), but any recipe that calls for a package of ranch dressing mix is a great place to start. Simply use 3 tablespoons of homemade mix in place of a standard package of the store-bought stuff for a flavor your family will love.
Are you in search of more homemade seasonings? Give Homemade Taco Seasoning a try!
This is my latest post for Food Fanatic, but, as always, you can get the recipe right here!
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I have never heard of buttermilk powder but read the above comment as to where to find it. Thanks for joining Foodie Friends Friday. Hope to see you again next week!
Yummy!
I love that I can pronounce everything in this! 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up to Freedom Fridays!
It looks great – and I love ranch dressing – so I’m definitely pinning this for later!
I’m sorry that I’m just now seeing the new site! Life has been so crazy! But I’m so happy to be here! Everything looks FANTASTIC!!!!
And I’ve been craving ranch, but you know I won’t touch the store-bought stuff with a 10-foot pole. Stephie to the rescue!!!!
Thanks girl! Not like you haven’t been busy galavanting around CA and falling in love with a puppy or anything. 😉
No joke, I buy three packets of ranch mix every single time i go grocery shopping. This will save me tons!
Seriously! Just make a double (or triple) batch and you’ll be set for a few weeks!
All I can think about is slathering this + butter on some grilled corn. Yurmmzzz.
Oh. You are a genius.
Where do you find buttermilk powder? This recipe sounds like a lifesaver!
Should be able to find it in the baking aisle at your grocery store! Check by the condensed/evaporated/powdered milk
You can purchase buttermilk powder on ebay
I find powdered buttermilk at Walmart. I use it to make biscuits as nobody in my family drinks buttermilk so having powdered on hand helps. Refrigerated it lasts a long time.
I love how you made ranch real!!! I always honestly wondered what exactly ranch was…
Perfection—love that this is all REAL!
Right? <3 real food.
I love ranch an seriously can tell the difference! First there’s the cheap restaurants use the nasty one! Then there’s the next one that you can struggle to get down. Then the best is so good. Funny all I have to do is look at it an I can tell. Ranch aficionado. .lolol. .loving ranch!