This month’s Clean Eating Magazine had a section in it for clean eating dressings. My eyes and ears really perked up when I saw a recipe for ranch dressing. Of all the things I sorely miss, it’s ranch dressing. I mean, there’s just NOTHING you can’t put it on. I even tried it on vanilla ice cream once, and it wasn’t half bad.
Pathetic, I know.
But still.
You get my point.
Don’t you?
Please say you do.
Oh dear.
Well, anyway…. we’ll just say I did the Snoopy Dance when I saw I could make my own. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to try, but now I have, and oh boy… is it Y.U.M.M.Y.!!! It’s not as thick as regular ranch, but the flavor is definitely there.
The one thing about the recipe that I didn’t care for was the use of fresh herbs. Now, before you cross your eyes and say “whatever, Tiffany”, it’s not that I don’t like fresh herbs. Quite the contrary. I love them. I just don’t use them much in the winter months. They are a total summer thing for me. Don’t ask me why. They just are. And I hate buying bundles of herbs at the store. They are super expensive, and I inevitably end up throwing away a huge portion because I only needed them for one single recipe. So I adapted the Clean Eating Magazine recipe to use entirely dried herbs out of my pantry.
I might not pour it over vanilla ice cream ever again (okay, so maybe it wasn’t that great), but you can bet I’ll be pouring it on a lot of other things in the near future. Here’s the recipe:
Clean Eating Ranch Dressing
(Makes approximately 8 tbsp.)
5 tbsp. low-fat buttermilk
3 tbsp. non-fat plain Greek yogurt
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. dried dill
1/2 ts. dried parsley
1/2 tsp. dried chives
1/2 tsp. salt
Pepper to taste
Directions
Step 1 – Using a whisk, mix all ingredients together in a bowl until smooth and evenly blended.
Note: I doubled the recipe. I suggest doubling every ingredient except the dill. Just use one portion of dill.
Eat and Enjoy!
Munchkin Helpers:
If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).
This is a perfect recipe for the kids. Simply help the younger ones measure and let them do the rest. They love to mix!
Nutritional Content
1 serving = 2 tbsp.
Calories: 10
Total Fat: 2 gm
Saturated Fats: 0 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 55 mg
Carbohydrates: 1 gm
Dietary fiber: 0 gm
Sugars: 1 gm
Protein: 1 gm
Nutritional Information Note: These nutrition stats came from the original recipe in the Clean Eating Magazine. Stats may change slightly with the dried herbs, but I doubt they’d change much.
Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).
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