Homemade and amazing….
Thanks to our local farmers market and my booming garden, our summer meals have been full of beautiful salads.
My girls love ranch dressing, and I can’t get enough cilantro….so I set out to make a mouth-watering Homemade Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing. After only a couple attempts, I am excited to bring you this super easy, fresh salad dressing.
Homemade Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing
- ¾ cup light mayo
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 TBS lime (juice from)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives, roughly chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor and bend until smooth and creamy. Leftovers can be kept in air tight container for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
The day after I made this, Darryl had asked me to pack him a lighter lunch, knowing he was in for a huge dinner. Salad it is! Perfect timing to have him try out my Homemade Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing!
Here is his salad, packed in an EasyLunchbox. The salad dressing is in a Mini Dipper, along with some fresh raspberries for dessert. I also had to include a Lunchbox Love Note for my Darryl 🙂
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Homemade Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
- ¾ cup light mayo
- ¾ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 TBS lime juice from
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup cilantro chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh chives roughly chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor and bend until smooth and creamy. Leftovers can be kept in air tight container for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
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Nutrition Information:
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Post updated August 2020
Emily K says
We’re LOVING this recipe. So nice to see a lightened up version of ranch that the whole family will love. We’d love to hook you up with yogurt for future recipes. Email us at champions [at] chobani dot com to chat more!
Talk soon!
Emily from Chobani
Corey says
Thanks Emily! I do love Chobani!!!
Keeley McGuire says
This looks/sounds awesome!
Let me ask you a question –
I know I could use my mindful mayo, to keep it dairy free, but would a plain non-dairy yogurt suffice in lieu of greek? I know the greek adds a bit more ‘sour’ that might be needed for the recipe… Hmm, thinking out loud LOL made need to just try it!!
Corey says
I think it would work out fine Keeley. It might just be a little more thinned out, but the same flavor would still be there 🙂
Small Footprints says
Mmm … I think I could make this vegan. It looks delicious and the cilantro is a wonderful, flavorful addition. Thanks for sharing!
Corey says
Please let me know how you make it vegan 🙂 I am sure there are some other peeps who would love this option! Thank you!!
Diana K says
You could use Veganaise and plain soy milk or almond milk. You can get thje Veganise at Whole Foods.
Corey says
Great tips Diana 🙂
Rachel @ Following In My Shoes says
Love this! I may use it tonight for some Thai-inspired wings I’m making. Thanks for another great recipe!
Rachel says
I have a question regarding the mayo. I do not like mayo and was wondering if it would still taste good if I just used all Greek yogurt instead of part mayo and part yogurt?
Corey says
You can try Rachel. It might be a little more tangy, but it is worth a shot!
ana says
you had me at cilantro! but lime and greek yogurt too? thank you for sharing, i’ll be trying this soon. have plenty of cilantro in the herb garden, and well, cilantro makes everything better!
Corey says
I agree! I wish I could find cilantro perfume! hehe
Kate says
How long will this keep?
Corey says
If sealed properly, mine has stayed good for a little over a week. Hope that helps!
Penny says
So delish! I had all ingredients on hand except the cilantro so I swapped it for some fresh mint and it turned out amazing! Cant wait to get creative with lunches this week!!! Thanks! 🙂
Corey says
Awesome Penny! Now I can’t wait to try mint 🙂 haha
Christina says
I bet this is a great recipe for mayo lovers. I actually really don’t like mayo, but I thought all the other flavors would mask it sufficiently–they didn’t. I even added a Serrano pepper to zap my taste buds and distract from the mayo taste. It didn’t work. I ended up putting about a tsp of fiesta ranch spice mix to it, and it made the mayo taste bearable. I would just advise against calling this a “ranch,” because it is definitely a flavored mayo! I think next time I’ll use sour cream and Greek yogurt instead.
JJ says
This turned out incredible. Good on a salad and as a dip. My only recommendation is to leave out the milk. I found with it, it turned out to be a little too watery for my palate. Other than that, GREAT recipe. Lots of flavor.
Marie says
LOVE this recipe. I also left out the milk because it became way to watery. I also added a little bit of honey. Gave it just a hint of sweetness and you can also use the honey to dilute the taste of the cilantro and lime (in case you added to much of it)!!! The only issue I have with this is after a few days the dressing gets super watery (even if I initially left out the milk). Any suggestions on how to keep it thick? It will literally just run off my lettuce and it with all pool on the bottom of my bowl.
Nadia says
This is my question as well. How long does it keep, and how do you keep it thick? I guess you could add a bit of yogurt or mayo but maybe there’s a different way? Chia seeds? Let us know, thanks!
Jacquline Futch says
Love baking with little foil packets and especially with salmon. Copper River Salmon goes pretty quick as it’s season is gone before you can blink, but Costco usually carries it. This looks sensational. Thanks!
Juliet says
I agree with other commenters, only use the milk to thin it out! My greek yogurt was pretty runny, so I just added more of it and some extra mayo to help thicken it, and let it rest for 30 minute. Otherwise delicious and easy recipe! I also don’t have a blender or food processor at the moment, so I just combined all of the wet ingredients first, then added the rest. I also replaced the chives with a tablespoon of fresh jalapeno, only because I had it on hand, but it added a nice little kick. Ended up using the rest of the dressing as a dip for chips.
Thank you for posting, I will be using this in the future!!
Carole says
Thanks for sharing the recipe. 🙂
I followed the link to the Teenage Taste to compare….Yikes! I was led to a list of adult links. lol
Corey says
Oh Dear! They must have gotten rid of their site and that one took over. I will fix that now! Thanks for letting me know Carole!
Casey Keller says
My dressing turned out green instead of how the images above show…How did you get it to turn out white like this and not green..
Corey says
Mine does have a hint of green. I’m unsure how you would make it less green.
Jeanie says
To make it appear less green just add chives or green onions to dressing after it’s blended or done in food processor.
Joy says
This dressing is like gold! Amazing! Only thing I did different was I used almond milk and added a few tbsp at a time to get desired consistency.
SherryLiz says
Very fresh and flavorful dressing! I had a handful of cilantro I needed to use and limes on hand so I searched my pins and found this. I had to substitute green onions for chives, but it was delicious!
Jeanie says
I plan on making it soon! Sounds delicious & uses my homegrown cilantro & chives. I noted that I have 2 adult kids that we’ve called Big D & Little D for years too!
Ricka Conway says
Have not made this recipe yet but I do have a question. When you say Greek yogurt, is there a specific flavor??? Is it just plain yogurt, vanilla yogurt, or any other flavor?
Corey says
Plain Greek yogurt should be used for this recipe 🙂
Amber Cook Shock says
Yum! Question, is the serving for the nutrition facts 2 Tablespoons like I to is with most dressings? Thanks! Sorry if I just missed this somewhere.
Corey says
Yes, about 2 Tablespoons.