Homemade Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing
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.
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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
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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.
Nutrition
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Post updated August 2020
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.
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!
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!
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!!
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
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!
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..
Mine does have a hint of green. I’m unsure how you would make it less green.
To make it appear less green just add chives or green onions to dressing after it’s blended or done in food processor.