Avocado Ranch Dressing

Take your salads to the next level with this creamy and delicious avocado ranch dressing recipe. Made with real avocados and a blend of herbs and spices, this dressing is the perfect addition to any meal.

The Best Avocado Ranch Dressing

This is the best creamy Avocado Ranch Dressing made with sweet buttermilk, sour cream, mayonnaise, fresh chives, dill, parsley, and, of course, creamy avocado. This quick and easy fresh homemade dressing tastes so delicious that you will never go back to bottled again. Serve it tossed with your favorite garden salad, as a dip with veggies, as a sauce on chicken soft tacos, or as a spread on your favorite sandwich. If you like this dressing, try creamy poppy seed dressing, ranch dressing, or orange vinaigrette.

What you need

How to make Avocado Ranch Dressing

Add the buttermilk, sour cream, mayo, garlic powder, onion powder, fresh dill, chives, parsley, salt, and pepper to a bowl. Then peel, seed, and mash the avocado with a fork. Add about one tablespoon of lime juice to the avocado, stirring to combine. Then add the mashed avocado to the bowl and whisk or stir to combine. Store the dressing in an airtight container or a mason jar with a tight-fitting lid in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Pro- Tips

• Substitute plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream.
• For avocado lime ranch dressing, add 2 more tablespoons of lime juice.
• Save time and money by making your own buttermilk. Combine 1/3 cup of milk with a teaspoon of lemon juice or white vinegar and let it sit for 5 minutes before proceeding with the recipe.
• Feel free to mix this dressing in a food processor or blender. It’s less of a mess to mash the avocado with a fork and then mix all the ingredients with a spoon or whisk.
• Avocados brown quickly, so work quickly to mash them with the lime juice and add them to the dressing.
• For a delectable classic ranch dressing, omit the avocado.

How to Pick Perfect Avocados

For ripe, ready-to-eat avocados, look for dark green to nearly black skin. The flesh should yield slightly to gentle, firm pressure but not feel mushy. A dark black mushy avocado is overripe. If you pop the stem off with your thumb, you should see a nice green spot, indicating a healthy avocado, but if you see a black moldy spot, the avocado is overripe.

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Avocado Ranch Dressing Recipe

This flavor-packed homemade Avocado Ranch Dressing is made with fresh or dried herbs in less than ten minutes. Whip up a batch today and tantalize your taste buds.

5 from 16 votes

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Course: other – dressing

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 174kcal

Author: Beth Pierce

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup buttermilk
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• ⅓ cup mayonnaise
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives or ½ teaspoon dried
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• ½ teaspoon dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
• 1 small ripe avocado peeled and seeded
• 1 tablespoon lime juice

Instructions

• In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, onion powder, chives, dill, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• In a small bowl, mash the avocado with a fork.  Add the lime juice and stir to combine.  Spoon the avocado into the bowl with the other ingredients.  Whisk well to combine.  If needed, add more milk to get the desired consistency.
• Transfer to an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Notes

• You can substitute 2% or whole milk for the buttermilk.
• Save time and money and make your own buttermilk by combining 1/3 cup of milk with a teaspoon of lemon juice or white vinegar and let sit for 5 minutes before proceeding with the recipe.
• Feel free to mix this dressing in a food processor or blender.  I find it makes less mess to mash the avocado with a fork and then to mix all the ingredients with a spoon or whisk.
• You can use all dried herbs or all fresh herbs.  Dried herbs are more convenient, but fresh herbs are flavor packed and aromatic.  Remember to use one tablespoon of fresh herbs to one teaspoon of dried herbs. 
• Avocados brown quickly, so work fast to mash it with the lime juice and add it to the dressing.
• For a delectable classic ranch dressing, omit the avocado.

Nutrition

Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.3mg

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