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The ratios are all wrong. First of all, if you are using low fat buttermilk, the only kind available in some areas, you will want to mix it 3:1 with plain Greek yogurt. It's the same culture, so it will act and taste like full fat buttermilk. A better mayonnaise/sour cream/buttermilk ratio is 1:1:3. I used 0.5 cups each of mayonnaise and sour cream and added buttermilk until I liked the consistency. It took about 1.5 cups of buttermilk. I added freshly squeezed lemon juice to taste, which for me was half of a very plump lemon, and then started in on the seasoning. The volume of dressing I made was a lot larger, so I tripled the parsley and chives, doubled the salt, onion, and garlic powders, and added a generous grind of black pepper...and a good few drops of hot sauce. A pinch of cayenne would have been better, but I had Tabasco on the counter from a different recipe. Taste as you go and remember that dry herbs will become more assertive as they rehydrate. I added a little more dill than the recipe called for, but I find dill overwhelming in most cases, so a teaspoon was plenty. At the end, I was quite pleased, but I had to make a lot of changes.

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Angela Warwick· 3 months ago

Thank you, I look forward to making a batch with your suggestions. I’m so open to new choices instead of things being the same.

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Angela Warwick· 2 months ago

Changes are good, sharing and cooking also is good, we all wreak to our taste. Thank you for sharing. My better half is Latin American so I think I’ll add some cayenne next batch to spice things up.

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christopher oelkers· 2 weeks ago

Rude - the ratios are not all wrong. Post your own ranch how you like if you don’t like the one I shared. There’s nothing more annoying than some commenting on a recipe and changes everything. Post you own…

Angela Warwick· 2 days ago

I do using your recipe. I make a batch once or twice a week. I split it into two containers one for me and spiced one for my husband. My daughter doesn’t like creamy stuff. It’s not that my husband doesn’t like your recipe it’s that hot sauce or limes goes on everything, breakfast lunch and inner. Some of his smoothes get chili lime salt. Apologize if you took my comment as an insult. No hurt feelings intended, honestly. I have different ethnic groups in my home, mid western me, Latin American my husband and Asain my adopted daughter who thinks we both eat stranger. She calls my cowboy cook with my mid western and cheesy or beef meals. Each their own. Please accept apology and keep posting. I’m not a trained chef and enjoy others recipes even if I might put a twist on it so everyone eats a meal together and not preparing different things for everyone. My daughter rolls her eye and walks out the door saying she will eat at a friends home. Teenagers right

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