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Healthy Ranch Dressing

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Ranch dressing is one of those things that I could, and would, put on everything. It’s creamy, it is full of flavour, what’s not to love? When I was travelling round the US a few years ago, I was a vegetarian and that meant that I was eating a lot of salads. They pretty much all came smothered in ranch dressing and I fell in love, as ranch was not really a big deal here in the UK. I also gained a few lbs too.

Ever since, I had been buying bottles of it and pouring it over my salads like it was going out of fashion, until I started to read the ingredients of everything I was buying and like most things I was shocked what was in it. It surely must be easy to make it yourself with much less ingredients? Turns out it is.

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I have used Greek yoghurt (of course – did you expect anything else from me?) instead of mayo and sour cream in this recipe as it really lightens it up. If you don’t like the taste of Greek yoghurt (bear in mind that this tastes different from plain Greek yoghurt), then feel free to use a mixture of mayo and sour cream, but remember it will change the nutritional value a lot. Making the mayo and sour cream yourself will still make this recipe much healthier than buying ranch dressing in a bottle.

 

Ingredients – Serves 4:

– 8 tbsp 0% Greek yoghurt

– 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped

– 2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped

– 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

– 2 tbsp skimmed milk

– 1 tsp onion powder

– 1 tsp garlic powder

– Half a tsp Dijon mustard

– A pinch of sea salt and black pepper

 

1) Put all the ingredients in to a jar and shake well until mixed.

 

What sauces would you like to see a healthy version of? Leave a comment below.

I have really been getting in to making all my own homemade sauces, dips and dressings over the past few weeks and I have loads of new recipes to share with you. In plenty of time for BBQ season.
If you are going to make your own sauces, then having good quality jars and bottles is important. I got mine from Quick Jars and I am really happy with them. They came really well wrapped, so nothing was broken and an added bonus was lots of bubble wrap. I love bubble wrap! Lots of different sizes, whether you want a sauce bottle or something for chutneys (I have an onion chutney recipe coming soon) or even a bottle to make your own drinks in.

The great thing about these jars is that all their products are sustainably sourced. 99% of their products are produced in the UK and produced by firms that share their view of environmental sustainability and responsibility. I am all about buying local is possible.

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Nutritional Information – per person:

Calories: 19

Fat: 0

Carbs: 1

Protein: 3

Fibre: 0

 

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  1. This sounds delicious and so easy. I’ll be giving this a try, as well as your Ceasar dressing (my recipe is similar, mostly just have to swap mayo for greek yogurt). Thanks!

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  2. This is delicious!
    I would love to see a healthy blue cheese dressing- shop bought ones are so heavy and full of rubbish!

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  4. right now i’m loving: yogurth, lime juice, a dash of vinegar, salt, pepper and dried oregano, it goes great on cucumber and any arab styled food

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  6. That sounds like a much nicer and lighter dressing to me, ranch is so heavy ordinarily. I’d love to see a lighter caesar dressing, one of my favourites!

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  14. This sounds yummy! Will definitely try! I developed a vegan ranch dressing that is amazing, as well, and it keeps in the fridge for weeks. If you’d like the recipe, let me know =).

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  15. Delish! I made a red wine vinegar dressing tonight & put too much dijon mustard in it, so much infact that Jonny wouldn’t finish his salad! Oops! 🙂
    Janie x

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  18. I saw you post this on Instagram and I have been looking forward to the recipe ever since. I have subscribed to your blog now too. Loving the recipes!

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  24. Do you have a mayonnaise recipe? I have recently started checking the labels on food and I can’t believe how many things they add to it. I would love to make my own, but I need a really easy recipe.

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  27. I am a Ranch Dressing lover too and remember when I first discovered it in the States! I have also been the lucky recipient of Quick Jars bottles and jars and am using my bottles soon to decant some elderflower champagne in to from last year!

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  28. I love how low calorie this is, but it isn’t filled with artificial ingredients either. Great recipe!

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  30. This is brilliant! I buy and Greek yoghurt like a maniac. I’ve never had ranch dressing but I’ll be making this purely because of the Greek yoghurt 😀 I also have plenty of jars lying around because I re-use all my jam jars!

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  31. I would love some chilli sauce recipes. I am pretty much addicted to your chipotle sauce recipe, so it would be nice to be able to mix it up and try some new healthy chilli sauce recipes. Thanks.

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