I love salads. They taste fresh and they make you feel good. However, I have never been able to give up salad dressing, which usually defeats the purpose of eating a healthy salad. Many salad dressings are high in calories per tablespoon and are high in unhealthy fats. So I’ve been on the lookout for a healthy homemade ranch dressing recipe.
This recipe is adapted from Show Me the Yummy and is full of flavor! (http://showmetheyummy.com/homemade-greek-yogurt-ranch-dressing/).
It is higher in healthy fat, higher in protein and lower in calories than store-bought dressings.
Ingredients

• • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoons ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon dill weed dried (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chives
  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • ½ avocado
  • ⅓ cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions

• • Place the spices (dried parsley – fresh chives) into a food processor and pulse a few times, until the spices have been ground up a bit.
  • Scrape down the sides.
  • Place the remaining ingredients – greek yogurt, avocado, buttermilk, Dijon, and lemon juice – into the food processor and pulse until the ingredients have been fully incorporated.
  • Scrape down the sides, if needed, and pulse again.
  • Transfer into a sealable container (like a mason jar) and store in the fridge.

The whole recipe is 350 calories and has 13g fat, and 31g protein.
By Tiffany De Leeuw