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30-second Homemade Ranch Dressing (Real Food, Paleo, Whole30)

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Ranch dressing just seems to be one of those things that every person can agree on:  it goes on everything!

The sad truth is that commercial ranch dressings are full of of bad oils, questionable ingredients and chemicals to make them shelf-stable, look pretty and have a bleached-white color.  Below are the ingredients listed for the ever popular Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing (directly from their website):

'Vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), water, egg yolk, sugar, salt, cultured nonfat buttermilk, natural flavors (milk and soy), less that 1% of: spices, dried garlic, dried onion, vinegar, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, modified food starch, monosodium glutamate, artificial flavors, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid and calcium disodium EDTA as preservatives, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.  Contains: egg, milk, soy.  Gluten-free.'

MSG, along with four kinds of disodium-somethings, are not my idea of healthy.  Or tasty.

My version of ranch dressing is super quick to make and uses spices that may already be in your pantry.  You can use any clean-ingredient mayonnaise as the base, my homemade mayonnaise, or your own!

 30-second Homemade Ranch Dressing
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
  • 1 garlic clove, finely minced (I use a microplane)
  • 2 tablespoons water, or more, to reach a desired consistency
Whisk all ingredients in a bowl, adding enough water to reach the desired consistency.  Chill, covered, for at least 30 minutes for the herbs to flavor the mayonnaise.  Serve on top of salad greens, with hot wings or eat with a spoon.  (Don't judge.)

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