Ranch, Garden or House dressing is great on salads and makes a delicious dipping sauce. You can easily make your own ranch dressing so that you always have a fresh batch when you need it. This page contains homemade ranch dressing recipes.
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Besides using on salads, it's yummy as a dip for tortilla chips. I also love it for dipping celery.
Ingredients:
1 tomatillo, husked and quartered
1/4 bunch cilantro
1 pickled jalapeno pepper
8 oz. sour cream
1 oz. package, (1 oz. = 3 Tbsp.) Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing 'dry mix'
Directions:
Place tomatillo, cilantro, and jalapeno in blender. Blend until smooth and set aside.
Combine the sour cream and ranch dressing mix in a medium bowl. Stir in about 1/2 of the green sauce and then taste (Just in case this is your heat level limit). Add more green sauce until you reach your desired heat level ;-)
These are approximate measurements; the recipe can be tweaked to your own taste. It can also be used as the base to make chip/vegetable dip by adding it to sour cream.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk, or 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice, plus milk or soy milk to make 1/2 cup (I've had success using less)
1/2 tsp. dried parsley flakes
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. garlic powder or granules
1/8 tsp. onion powder
pinch dried thyme
pinch dried oregano
pinch paprika
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a jar, cover, and shake well. Refrigerate for several hours before using.
I know many stores carry this but there just isn't anything better than homemade with no preservatives. I love the spicy flavor even as a dipping sauce. :-)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. chipotle chiles in adobo, finely chopped
1 tsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Directions:
Place ingredients in a cruet or jar, close lid, shake well and top or dip your favorite foods.
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Questions
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This is in relationship to the East Side Marios' salad dressing. I did try the dressing(s) that were listed and used canola oil and not olive oil. The salad dressing is separating. Has that happened to others than have tried the dressing? What did you do or use to counteract that?
Ditto with ladymargaretrose! Also, might I suggest not using canola oil for health reasons because how it's processed/engineered. A quality vegetable oil would be better and extra virgin olive oil is the healthiest. I see where some of the recipes for Eastside Mario Dressing say not to use olive oil but extra virgin is not at all too heavy/too strong.
Easy and fast to make with ingredients on hand. Tastes delicious and can be used as either a pasta sauce or a salad dressing. 
By Anonymous04/26/2011
Homemade Ranch Dressing