Green Goddess Dressing
You know what I love about making salad dressings from scratch? It really cuts down on the clutter in the door shelves of my refrigerator. Before I realized how easy it is to whip up a dressing, I used to have to go through my different dressings every time I had a major cleaning spree and then I would have a whole bunch of bottles that were expired and only half used.
Homemade salad dressings are so easy to make and they always taste a million times better than bottled, store bought dressings anyway. Another big plus is that the dressing is very fresh and you know exactly what type of ingredients are in it. Last week, my parents and my sister and her family were visiting from New York. We had an impromptu dinner at our house along with all my other local siblings and their families, and a salad was part of the menu. I leafed through my trusty Cook’s Illustrated Family Cookbook and this dressing caught my attention. Since I had all the ingredients on hand, I whipped this up in literally less than 5 minutes, and the whole family loved it so much. Actually, all the ingredients in this dressing are staples in my kitchen, so I can make it any time I want and never have to deal with the bottled dressing predicament.
The creamy, tangy and flavorful dressing has all my favorite ingredients in it – herbs, garlic and lemon juice. I’m sure I can make many variations to it, adding different herbs, using lime juice instead of lemon juice and I’m definitely going to add avocados sometime. You can use it as a traditional salad, which is awesome, but it can have so many other uses. You can use it as a dip for vegetables, instead of mayonnaise as a binder in tuna or chicken salad sandwiches or even instead of tartar sauce or in sandwiches and wraps.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 cup fresh parsley
1/2 cup chives
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions:
Place all the ingredients into a food processor or a blender and process until smooth.
Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator up to 2 days. (Mix it to combine before serving.)
Green Goddess Dressing
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup chives
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a food processor or a blender and process until smooth.
- Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator up to 2 days. (Mix it to combine before serving.)
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Vitaliya
Yay! So happy you put this recipe up! We all did reay enjoy it!!!!!! So much better than any other salad dressing that I have ever tried!
olgak7
It’s a good one to have in your recipe collection. This one will be something I make all the time.
Anna D Kart
I love using simple ingredients and getting great flavor. This looks like a great recipe
Anna
Happy Medley
olgak7
I love simple too:).
Marina
What sort of salad(s) do you use this dressing in? I tried a simple lettuce salad and did not like the combination. The dressing itself is very good though, so velvety smooth, I could just eat spoonfuls of it!
olgak7
I serve it with many kinds of salads, Marina. I do use it with lettuce salads, but in most cases, I add many other vegetables to it too, like tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, radish, etc. It also goes well with other toppings like shrimp, chicken, croutons, hard boiled eggs. It’s also great to uses as a dip with fresh vegetables. Since it’s a creamier dressing, if you do use a simple lettuce dressing, I would recommend tossing it so that it just lightly coats the lettuce. I hope that helps. Of course, like with any food, it’s really a matter of taste preference. This is just what I like to serve it with.