Hi everyone and thanks for all your congrats comments for the Red Cross Award! I want to share a recipe with you that is more assembling than cooking. If you are nervous about presenting a lunch for a friend or your family, how about trying this recipe on for size? You cannot go wrong. I altered a recipe I found from the new book: The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and thought you would like it as much as my family does (well, at least some of the members).
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Ranch Dressing:
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 small garlic clove, pressed through a garlic press
1/2 cup real mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk, depending on how thick you want the dressing
1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon paprika 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Dash of hot sauce,
2 TBS chopped scallions
Optional Chopped Salad:
4 cups washed and chopped greens
2 TBS pecan halves
2 TBS dried cherries or craisins
1 chopped hard boiled egg
Mix all the ingredients together until combined and keep chilled in fridge. Pour over your favorite salad!
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Last weekend, the girls and I made 3 dressings with longer shelf lives. I like homemade so much better than store bought, but I don't have time to make a new salad dressing every night. So we found recipes for Lemon Poppy Seed, Caesar and Ranch. I wanted a Ranch that would stay good in the fridge for about 2 weeks, and my recipe is much like yours, but I substituted garlic powder for real garlic and onion powder for scallions. I also used dried dill which gave it a really ranchy flavor. The kids love it! The buttermilk really gives it that perfect creamy texture.
Sounds great! I've been looking for a good salad dressing recipe. Plus, the chopped salad sounds yummy too.
Yes, it is dee-licious! The Pioneer woman has fresh dill and chives but I made this on a blizzard day and was missing many of the ingredients. Ranch dressing rocks but be careful-the garlic does make you smell like a dragon.