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Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

I made this buttermilk ranch dressing for my family on their Ohio farm. My Uncle Mike loved it so much he did a buttermilk ranch dressing dance.

buttermilk ranch dressing

I made this buttermilk ranch dressing for my family on their Ohio farm. My Uncle Mike loved it so much he did a buttermilk ranch dressing dance.

Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

If you’re trying to get your kids to eat more fresh raw vegetables, try making this buttermilk ranch dressing. You can also use this dressing as a dipping sauce for veggies.

This dressing is a great way to get nourishing, healthy fats into your family. If you’re still afraid of eating fat, remember this: fats are where the vitamins are!

My 9-year-old niece, Marissa (pictured below, holding 2-year-old Kate in the wagon) said she’s never eaten a salad in her life before. I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but she did eat two helpings of salad and LOVED it!

Why Make Your Own Buttermilk Ranch Dressing?

Check out what’s in regular store bought ranch dressing:

Ingredients: Vegetable Oil (Canola and/or Soybean Oil) Water, Egg Yolk, Sugar, less than 2% of Buttermilk, Salt, Lactic Acid, Vinegar, Modified Food Starch, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Phosphoric Acid, Monosodium Glutamate, Xanthan Gum, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Spices, Disodium Phosphate, Sorbic Acid and Calcium Disodium Edta As Preservatives.

Yuck! A far cry from healthy, homemade ranch dressing, made from real cream. You think there’s any vitamins in soybean oil? Uh, no. Not like real cream and olive oil — full of vitamins.

When making this recipe, don’t be tempted to use store-bought mayonnaise. Use homemade mayonnaise made from real olive oil. Soybean oil is not good for you, nor is canola oil. Make your own mayo (use my homemade mayonnaise recipe) ahead of time, and you can make this dressing in minutes.