Ranch dressing is a multifaceted mistress of sorts. You either like it and can enjoy it on a salad, LOVE it and dunk everything from pizza to shoe leather in it, or think it's an epicurean abomination all together and are lobbying to remove it from the shelves of grocery stores. If you're of the last camp, feel free to stop reading now. I love you, but this post is just not for you.
If you fall somewhere in between the realm of LIKE and LOVE, you're in for a treat. I happen to think that bottled ranch dressings are an atrocity, but love a nice, freshly made ranch. In the past I've made it with a packet of ranch dressing mix, but hated paying over $1 for half of an ounce of salt and garlic powder.
Making your own mix is super easy, really fun (think sand art), and is significantly less expensive than buying the packaged mixes. Another bonus is that you'll always have a stash of it in the pantry as one recipe makes enough mix to keep your salad, pizza and hot wings well dressed for quite sometime.
You'll start with a mason jar, parsely, black pepper, garlic salt, kosher salt, granulated onion and garlic, and dill weed. Be as artistic as you want to be and layer all the herbs and spices into the jar. Screw on the jar lid and mess up your beautiful layers by giving it a good shake. You're done!
When you're ready to make some dressing just add 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon of the mix to 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 cup milk, ¾ C sour cream, and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Stir, stir, stir!
This mix works interchangeably with other recipes that call for a packet of ranch dressing mix. Use 1 tablespoon for every packet needed. I'll be back on Wednesday with an awesome recipe using this mix, but in the meantime if you need to get your ranch fix, try these Slow-Cooker Cilantro Ranch Chicken Tacos, or this BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad.
Pin it! You know you want to...
📖 Recipe
Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix
Ingredients
- ¾ C dried parsley
- 2 tablespoon black pepper
- ¼ C garlic salt
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoon granulated garlic
- ¼ C + 2 tablespoon granulated onion
- ½ C dill weed
Instructions
- Combine all herbs and spices in a jar and shake to mix.
- Combine 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon mix with 1 C mayonnaise, 1 C milk, ¾ C sour cream, and 2 tablespoon lemon juice.
- Use mix interchangeably in recipes calling for ranch dressing mix. Use 1 tablespoon mix for every packet needed.
Tara H says
This is FABULOUS! We absolutely love it. I've been making ranch for a while with a different mix. My husband didn't love it so I decided to try yours. He's hooked!! Thank you!
Susan says
Way too much milk. Came out like water. I am going to have to throw it out which I hate cause it is so wasteful 🙁
Maybe modifying with 1/4 cup milk would be better.
Christine says
This is just what I was looking for! Perfect! Thanks!!
Michelle says
very similar to a recipe used at a bar I worked at. we used buttermilk in place of the milk/sour cream. gave it the zing sour cream does. it was best dang ranch anywhere! of course we made it in 1 gallon batches or so! 🙂