Pesto Ranch Dipping Sauce

I’ve recently started making homemade ranch dressing quite often. I really don’t buy bottled salad dressings much at all. Most salads we eat are dressed with a simple vinaigrette of olive oil, Dijon mustard and some type of vinegar.

I whisk the vinaigrette together right in the bottom of the salad bowl before throwing the rest of the salad ingredients in, and that is that.

Vinaigrette is delicious and versatile, but let’s be honest – who doesn’t crave a good, creamy ranch dressing every now and then?

In my opinion, most bottled ranch dressings have a pretty weird flavor. And once I realized that with an extensive spice drawer, it’s super simple to stir up a homemade version, I never looked back.

This dressing/dip can be made with any combination of full-fat or low-fat mayonnaise and Greek yogurt (or sour cream) that you desire. You’ll also need a bit of buttermilk for tang. The dried herbs and spices, as well as a smidge of Worcestershire sauce give it that ranch flavor you crave.

Stop there, and you have an all-purpose ranch that is good on just about anything (including my loaded baked potato pizza). But I jazzed this version up a bit by stirring in some of my best homemade pesto (a high-quality store-bought pesto is also great here).

It takes homemade ranch dressing from craveable to SUPER craveable! Use this pesto ranch as a dressing, sandwich spread or dip for just about anything.

Pesto Ranch Dressing

Author: Lori Yates

Yield: 6 servings

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Total: 5 minutes minutes

Did pesto and ranch just become best friends? Yup! Stir these two ingredients together and add instant flavor to salads, sandwiches, meats and veggies with this Pesto Ranch Dressing.

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Ingredients

• ▢ ½ cup prepared ranch dressing
• ▢ 3 tablespoons Homemade Basil Pesto or refrigerated store-bought pesto

Instructions

•  In a small bowl, stir together ranch and pesto until well combined.
• For best flavor, refrigerate at least 15 minutes or up to 5 days.

Notes

Use good pesto and ranch. Since the recipe is so simple, the flavor heavily depends on the quality of the ingredients. We recommend refrigerated versions of both, rather than shelf stable.

• For ranch, we like Litehouse and Toby’s brands.
• For pesto, we like Gotham Greens, Rana and Buitoni.

Serving: 2tablespoons, Calories: 115kcal, Carbohydrates: 2g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 6mg, Sodium: 250mg, Potassium: 13mg, Fiber: 0.1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 159IU, Calcium: 18mg, Iron: 0.1mg

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