Avocado Ranch Dressing
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Avocado ranch dressing embodies everything you love about regular ranch but with a fresher, creamy twist! It’s refreshing, vibrant, and herbaceous, using avocado instead of dairy to create a luscious creaminess. It takes just minutes to whip up and can be used as a salad dressing, dip, or sauce!
Ranch is a classic for a reason — it’s cool, refreshing, and full of fresh, crave-worthy flavor. This version keeps things light while still delivering creamy ranch flavor, using avocado to create a smooth, velvety texture without dairy.
This avocado ranch dressing is easy to make and seriously hard to stop eating. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself scraping the jar for every last bit.
Ingredients notes
There are no hard to pronounce ingredients here! This avocado ranch dressing uses just a handful of fresh items – this is what you need:
- Avocado: Using creamy avocado omits the need for heavy dairy in this ranch!
- Other ingredients: mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, fresh dill, green onion, water, salt, and pepper.
Variations
This homemade avocado ranch dressing is super versatile, so you can adjust the flavors depending on your taste preferences or what you’re serving it with. Here are some suggestions:
- Herbs: Exaggerate or play with the herby flavor by blending in additional fresh herbs – chives, parsley, or cilantro all taste great. If you don’t have fresh herbs, dried herbs can work, too.
- Avocado lime ranch: For a zesty twist, make an avocado lime ranch dressing by subbing the citrus. Simply use lime juice in place of the lemon juice.
- Garlic: Mince up some garlic and add it to the blender to deepen the savory profile – keep in mind that raw garlic is a little bit more pungent than when it’s cooked.
- Spicy kick: Blend in some jalapenos for a little tingly heat if you would like a spicy avocado ranch dressing!
How to use avocado ranch dressing
Use this delicious avocado ranch dressing any way you’d use regular ranch: it’s so versatile, you can enjoy it as a dip for finger foods, in wraps or sandwiches, or on salads. Here are some of our favorite ways to use it:
- Finger foods: Dunk carrot fries, sweet potato wedges, or fried chicken bites.
- Sandwiches, burgers, and wraps: On this cauliflower burger, on baja fish tacos or buffalo chicken tacos.
- Pizza: Drizzle some avocado ranch over a pizza loaded with your favorite toppings for a refreshing and creamy finish.
- Other: Honestly, put it on anything! On a baked potato, over corn salsa, nachos, burrito bowls, or just eat it straight from the spoon… trust us on this. We’ve tried it!
Avocado Ranch Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 large avocado
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon fresh dill
- 1 sprig green onion (green part only)
- A generous pinch of salt and pepper
- ¾ – 1 cup water (start with ¾ cup)
Instructions
- Add all the avocado ranch dressing to a blender and blend until smooth. Add more water if you would like a thinner dressing.1 large avocado, ¼ cup mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon parsley, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon fresh dill, 1 sprig green onion, A generous pinch of salt and pepper, ¾ – 1 cup water
- Preferrably, set the dressing aside to let the flavors meld for 15 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
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Made 3 of the dressings so far. And this is the best as of now. Can’t wait to try others.
How long will this keep in the fridge?
This should keep for about 5 days in your fridge.
Served this over tacos – sounds weird but it was so good! Try it