Newsflash for ranch lovers! Did you know that it is super duper easy to make delicious ranch seasoning mix homemade?
True story. No need to run to the store for one of those processed packets, or to pick up a jar of your favorite ranch dressing or dip. All of the ingredients are likely sitting right there in your spice cabinet! Just do a little measuring, a little mixing, and you’re ready to make your favorite ranch dressing or dip or whatever other ranch-ness you may love in less than 5 minutes. It is seriously that easy!
The great thing too about homemade ranch seasoning is that it won’t be full of un-pronounceable mystery ingredients. Just your simple herbs and spices, and some optional powdered buttermilk if you’d like (similar to powdered milk).
I love using mine to make skinny Greek yogurt ranch dip, ranch dressing, or I’ll even just use the mix to season some chicken or fries. Delish!!!
Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 2 teaspoons dried dill
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons dried onion flakes
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried chives
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- optional: 1/3 cup buttermilk powder*
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together until blended. If you want a more finely-ground seasoning mix, you can pulse the mixture in a food processor until it reaches your desired consistency.
- Store in a sealed container for up to 1 year. (If using the buttermilk powder, refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 1 month.)
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Love making my own seasoning. Haven’t found a ranch dressing that doesn’t include mayo or yogurt. I thought the buttermilk poweder in interesting look forward to trying it. In my opinion one of my favorite ranch dressing is Chili’s ranch. I heard they add a bit of pickle juice, that’s the secret ingredient. I haven’t been able to perfect that recipe. Curious if you’ve ever added a bit of pickle juice to your ranch dressing mix?
We haven’t tried pickle juice, but we think that would be a fantastic addition to this – we’re totally going to have to give that a try next time! :D
Thank you for sharing this as we can’t get ranch dressing mix here in the UK !!
Going to make this today.
Awesome Cath, we hope you enjoy! :D
If i dont use buttermilk powder how much of the seasoning mix do i use and do i use 1/3 cup buttermilk instead of milk?
Hi Alex! If you are making Ranch dressing with this recipe, then just omit the buttermilk powder and use 1/3 cup buttermilk instead of regular milk. We hope you enjoy!
Horrible. Way too much onion and dill. One star.
We’re sorry to hear you didn’t are for this, hopefully you can find another recipe that you enjoy.
Hi! Wonderful recipe, thank you. Have you tried to make into a ranch dip? Would you just omit the milk and add only mayo or Greek yogurt? Thank you!
Thanks Erica, we hope you enjoy this! yes, we would probably do it exactly that way (you can always add a touch of milk to thin it out if you need to, depending on your desired consistency).
Hi please can you help. Your Homemade Ranch Dressing Mix sounds amazing. I live in Australia and love Ranch Dressing which is difficult to find. My problem is that I cannot find dry buttermilk powder anywhere in Australia. Is there anything I can do to substitute this?
Many thanks
Jane
Hi Jane! Unfortunately we are not able to find a substitute for the buttermilk powder. :( We wish we knew of something. You can order it online here though:
instead of dry chives or dried chopped onio n would it still be good with fresh chives and fresh chopped onions?
It would taste delicious, but the mix wouldn’t hold up as well – you would need to use it pretty quickly. Either way, we hope you enjoy!
My kids both have a really scary reaction when they eat bottled Ranch so I am going to try this because what kid doesnt love Ranch and my kiddos wont eat veggies, But Id rather not put Mayo in it can I sub Sour cream instead?
Oh no, that’s awful Kaitlyn! We hope you and your kiddos like this, and we think sour cream would work just fine in place of mayo.
I’m confused about why this needs to be refrigerated if you are omitting the
buttermilk and are using it for seasoning only. It is all spices. I don’t keep mine in the fridge. Wouldn’t this basically be the same thing? I realize once it is mixed with some kind of dairy products it needs to be refrigerated.
Hi TJ. Once the buttermilk powder has been opened/removed from the package, it should be refrigerated, according to what we’ve read. It’s nothing dire — we’re not sure that the mix will necessarily spoil if you don’t refrigerate it, but refrigerating should help prolong its life/freshness. We hope this helps!
This sounds wonderful! And much healthier than the store bought packets. If we will not use the dried buttermilk (I want to use it for seasoning only), do we still need to refrigerate it?
Thanks Tyler, we hope you enjoy this, and yes, you still need to refrigerate it. :)