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This homemade avocado ranch dressing is thick, creamy, full of fresh herbs and better than anything you’ll buy at the store! Use it as a salad dressing, dip, or even drizzle it on tacos!
If you love this avocado ranch dressing, try my healthy ranch dressing too!
Why You’ll Love This Dressing
Easy to make – Making this avocado dressing is so easy! Just add all of the ingredients to a food processor or blender and process it until smooth. The dressing can be ready in less than 10 minutes!
Healthy dressing – This salad dressing is full of healthy fats from the avocado and Greek yogurt adds protein along with giving it a creamy consistency without using a ton of mayonnaise.
Tastes amazing – This is one of my favorite dressings! It’s creamy, tangy, bright, and fresh thanks to the herbs! Both kids and adults will love it!
Ingredients for Avocado Dressing
- Avocado – You’ll want to use half of a large avocado. It gives the dressing a rich flavor and makes it extra creamy.
- Greek yogurt – Give the dressing a tangy flavor and lots of creaminess.
- Mayo – Use a good quality mayo. My go-to brand is Chosen Foods avocado oil mayo.
- Lemon juice – Fresh squeezed is a must for the best lemon flavor.
- Cilantro and dill – The fresh herbs that give the dressing tons of flavor.
- Garlic and onion powder – I prefer to use dried spices in dressings so the raw flavor doesn’t overwhelm the overall flavor.
How to Make Avocado Ranch Dressing
Making this dressing is so easy! Add all of the ingredients to a food processor with the blade attachment or a blender. Purée or blend until smooth.
You will need to scrape down the sides of the bowl a couple times. If the dressing is too thick, add water one tablespoon at a time until your desired consistency is reached.
Recipe Tips
- Use a ripe avocado. If the avocado is underripe and not soft it won’t purée into the dressing smoothly and the flavor won’t be as good.
- Reduced-fat or full fat Greek yogurt will give you the richest flavor and creamiest consistency.
Substitutions
- If you don’t like cilantro, substitute with an equal amount of flat leaf parsley.
- Greek yogurt can be substituted with sour cream.
- For a lower fat option, omit the mayo and replace with additional Greek yogurt.
Ways to Use Avocado Ranch Dressing
The possibilities are endless when it comes to this creamy avocado dressing! Of course you can use it as a salad dressing. It would taste great with this buffalo chicken salad.
Alternatively, try using it on a pasta salad. I’m planning to make my tomato avocado pasta salad using it. You could also toss it into hot pasta with grilled chicken and veggies for a quick and easy dinner.
Because the avocado ranch dressing is so thick, it’s an excellent dip for veggies, chips, crackers, or grilled protein. I’ve paired it with both cilantro lime shrimp and buffalo chicken skewers and both were excellent!
Finally, you can drizzle it onto tacos or one of my many bowl recipes. I recommend trying it on these chicken burrito bowls.
Storage
The avocado ranch dressing is best if used within 4 days of making it, but my guess is you’ll use it all up before then. I recommend storing it in a glass canning jar. I like to use plastic lids vs. the metal ones they come with to avoid them getting rust.
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Avocado Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 of an avocado, peeled and pit removed
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/4 cup cilantro roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor with the blade attachment or a blender. Purée or blend until smooth scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Taste for seasoning and adjust as needed.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
