Healthy Substitutes for ranch dressing?

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  • deanronaldhayes
    deanronaldhayes Posts: 18
    Hidden Valley Ranch sounds good unless you read the ingredients and care about sodium or MSG.
    Easy always comes with a price.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,263 Member
    I love ranch but it's obviously not in my diet plan. What are some healthy alternatives I can buy at the store (not make myself)?

    P.S. I DON'T LIKE - balsamic, italian, blue cheese, thousand island, or honey mustard, or oil/vinegar.
    Doesn't sound like you like very many dressing and one you do like you have figured it's unhealthy.....it's not, just don't pig out or maybe eat less chicken wings.:wink:
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    Get the Bolthouse farms yogurt ranch dressing. That stuff is delicious and only 45 calories for 2 tablespoons. I am a ranch fiend and I love that dressing!

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    This^^^^^^^ Bolthouse Farms Freakin Rocks.
  • colortheworld
    colortheworld Posts: 374 Member
    Salsa, or salsa mixed with ranch, lighten it up a bit. I find if I measure out salad dressing which is usually 2tbls per serving and mix well it is enough, just mark it fit in my goals for the day.

    Yes! Salsa mixed with ranch is a great veggie dip.
  • CharChary
    CharChary Posts: 220 Member
    I didn't read if others said it already but next time you're out shopping at anywhere (I get mine at Walmart!) go to the salad section of the store and look for Bolt House Greek yogurt ranch: 45 calories for 2 tablespoons and is thick/creamy and tastes just like ranch! It is wonderful.
  • theguy12
    theguy12 Posts: 156
    Maybe I will like the yogurt and ranch season mix.

    I like my salad drenched in dressing - hate, hate, hate when there is only a little dressing and it barely covers the lettuce.
  • cfredz
    cfredz Posts: 292 Member
    walden farms tastes like chemicals D:
  • SamanthaD1218
    SamanthaD1218 Posts: 303 Member
    Mix fat free plain yogurt with ranch seasoning. Or mix the seasoning into fat free sour cream. Mmmmm
  • BossLadyDSimp
    BossLadyDSimp Posts: 257 Member
    I have made my own. And my husband loves it, who is pretty much anti-healthy. Anyway, I take a regular tub of 2% cottage cheese and a packet of ranch dressing. I put it in a blender with a little water depending on how thick or thin you want it. That's it!! It tastes really good.

    Now that sounds good! I will be trying that

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  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    Skip the Ranch Dressing and use the calories you save to put Fresh BACON in the salad. Yum... bacon.

    Um...No....bacon ranch dressing...end of story
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 499 Member
    Maybe I will like the yogurt and ranch season mix.

    I like my salad drenched in dressing - hate, hate, hate when there is only a little dressing and it barely covers the lettuce.

    Agree. No point eating a salad if you can barely taste the dressing. I dont drench it, but theres gotta be a good amount on it. I wont even waste my time on a salad with only a few ingredients. I go big or not at all. Chef salad with ham,egg,cottage cheese,shredded cheddar ,croutons and thousand island is my fav.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    bump ...because i love ranch dressing and it's hard to find a good one, nevermind worrying about the cals, I just want a nice fresh herby creamy savory ranch with low sweetness, no chemicalness, and no weird sour or bitterness. What happened to the ranch of my youth? I wish I can remember where I got that best first taste of ranch. Hopefully buying all the ranches on this thread will reveal it to me. my recent holy grail. *sigh*
  • Gardenwalla
    Gardenwalla Posts: 10 Member
    I love the full calorie Hidden Valley Buttermilk Ranch Dressing. I just budget for the calories and enjoy having it.
  • Cbandelier
    Cbandelier Posts: 217 Member
    Ditto on the Bolthouse Yogurt Ranch. Tastes good unlike fat-free anything. Just measure and don't use a ridiculous amount.
  • FishingFan123
    FishingFan123 Posts: 48 Member
    I like the Walden farms 0 calorie ranch.
  • JourneyingJessica
    JourneyingJessica Posts: 261 Member
    If you like a lot of dressing ill second the Greek yogurt + ranch packet. 1/2c of Greek yogurt is crazy amount of good protein. Slather on with great health benefits. I made a batch without the milk & sheesh it tasted exactly like chip dip.

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    Healthy Ranch Dressing
    Ingredients:
    1 cup Greek Yogurt PLAIN.
    1 Packet hidden valley ranch mix
    *1/2 cup 1% or 2% milk

    whisk together all ingredients and let it sit for an hour.

    *i used 1/2 cup of milk because that is what the recipe called for but i thought it was a bit too runny for my liking. so add less milk for a little thicker dressing.

    nutritional info: (for the ENTIRE batch):
    calories: 201 carbs: 15 fat: 2 Sodium: 155 fiber: 0 sugar: 15

    http://fabulousfoodblog.com/2012/12/31/ranch-is-so-fattening-until-now-this-whole-jar-of-ranch-is-only-1-75-grams-of-fat-and-255-calories-1-cup-dannon-oikos-plain-greek-yogurt-1-packet-hidden-valley-ranch-mix-12-cup-1-milk-whisk-to-2/
  • turtleball
    turtleball Posts: 217 Member
    Newmans Own low fat italian dressing

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