How To Make Homemade Ranch Dressing

Say goodbye to store-bought dressings full of unknown ingredients, and say hello to easy homemade ranch dressing. Our recipe calls for only real food ingredients — ones you probably already have in your kitchen!

Benefits of Homemade Ranch Dressing

Who doesn’t love a good ranch dressing? It’s great on salads, perfect for dunking veggies as a light snack, and it’s a game day staple. Here’s the kicker: many store-bought ranch dressings have extra ingredients that aren’t so tasty.

For instance, titanium dioxide, also used in sunscreen, is added to bottled ranch and other salad dressings (think: blue cheese and Caesar) to achieve that bright white color. This compound has recently come under scrutiny as a potential carcinogen. Other ingredients you may not love include added sugar, corn syrup, and MSG.

When you make a dressing — or any food — at home, you control the additives that go into your meals. In our professional opinion, the best homemade ranch contains only ingredients that you’ll feel good about eating and serving to your family!

Ingredients To Make Homemade Ranch

• Organic plain yogurt
• Sour cream – you may substitute buttermilk, mayonnaise, or Greek yogurt, but be aware that this will change the consistency
• Apple cider vinegar – you may substitute white vinegar or red wine vinegar
• Dried dill
• Dried parsley
• Dried chives
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Salt & pepper
• Milk or buttermilk  – optional ingredient to achieve thinner consistency

How To Make Homemade Ranch Dressing

It’s incredibly easy to make ranch dressing at home! 

First, add the yogurt, sour cream, and vinegar to a bowl. Then add the magical mix of dried herbs and seasonings and mix well. Place in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes. This time is important as it allows the yogurt and sour cream to soak up the flavors from the seasonings.

After the chill time, check the consistency. You can add 1 tablespoon at a time of milk or buttermilk to thin it out (if you like a thinner dressing).

For serving size and the complete directions and ingredient amounts, scroll down to the recipe card below. All of our recipes include the nutrition facts, listing calories (kcals), protein, carbohydrates/carb, fiber, sugar, sodium, cholesterol, and more per serving.

Make It Low Calorie/Low-fat

If you’re looking for a low-fat or low-calorie ranch dressing, you can easily use 2% yogurt and lite sour cream.

Make it Whole30

To learn how to make ranch dressing dairy-free and Whole30, you’ll want to try our Paleo Ranch Dressing.

How To Store

This ranch will keep well in the fridge for one week. We like to store it in a mason jar or glass container.

Pair This Homemade Ranch With… 

We like to make a couple of dressings on the weekend to have on hand for meals throughout the week. Ranch almost always makes the cut. It’s not just delicious—it’s also an incredibly versatile condiment.

Here are just a few things you can dress up with our easy homemade ranch dressing:

• Salads
• Creamy chicken salad, egg salad, or tuna salad
• Baked potatoes or our Slow Cooker Loaded Mashed Potato with Ranch
• Sandwiches or wraps
• Veggie trays
• Tacos
• Anything pizza flavored, like Pizza Stuffed Spaghetti Squash, Pepperoni Pizza Quinoa Bake or Pizza Sweet Potato Bites
• Anything buffalo flavored like Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken, Buffalo Chicken Strips, or Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
• Ranch-centered dishes, like Chicken Bacon Ranch Sweet Potato Bake, Ultimate Meal Prep Meatballs, Garlic Roasted Radishes, Crispy Garlic Ranch Roasted Potatoes, Garlic Roasted Root Vegetable Fries, BBQ Ranch Chopped Salad, or 5-Ingredient Creamy Ranch Broccoli Slaw

Looking for more easy recipes? Check out our cookbook!

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