Healthy Dill Pickle Cottage Cheese Ranch Recipe
This Healthy Dill Pickle Cottage Cheese Ranch is a creamy, tangy, and protein-packed dressing perfect for salads, wraps, dips, and more. Made with simple ingredients like cottage cheese, dill, pickle juice, and homemade ranch seasoning, it offers a smooth texture and vibrant flavor with a healthy twist. It’s gluten-free, low fat, and easy to prepare in just minutes using a blender for the best consistency.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: Approximately 1 cup (about 8 servings at 2 tablespoons each) 1x
- Category: Sauces, Dressings, & Dips
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients
- 1 cup cottage cheese (substitute Greek yogurt or dairy-free yogurt)
- 2 tbsp homemade ranch seasoning
- 1–2 tbsp milk of choice (to thin out)
- 1 1/2 tbsp pickle juice
- 5–6 pickle slices (such as hamburger pickle slices)
- 1 tbsp fresh dill (in addition to dill in the ranch seasoning)
Instructions
- Combine Ingredients: Add cottage cheese, homemade ranch seasoning, milk, pickle juice, pickle slices, and fresh dill to a blender.
- Blend: Blend all the ingredients together until smooth. Using a blender instead of a food processor yields a creamier and smoother consistency.
- Adjust Consistency: To achieve a thicker dip, use less pickle juice. To thin out the ranch, add extra milk or water a little at a time while blending until desired consistency is reached.
- Store: Transfer the ranch to a jar or airtight container with a lid and refrigerate. The ranch will last as long as the expiration date of the cottage cheese or Greek yogurt used.
Notes
- Cottage cheese has a mild flavor and blends well with seasonings for a delicious dressing base.
- Greek yogurt can be used as a substitute for cottage cheese if preferred.
- For a dairy-free option, opt for a non-coconut-based dairy-free yogurt for best flavor and texture.
- Blending this dressing in a blender creates a smoother texture than using a food processor.
- To make a thicker ranch dip, reduce the pickle juice amount; to thin, add more milk or water gradually.
- This ranch dip provides approximately 4 grams of protein per 2 tablespoons.
- Serve with salads, sandwiches, wraps, or as a dip for chips and fresh veggies like cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli, snap peas, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks, baby carrots, and more.
- Store in the fridge airtight; safe as long as the cottage cheese or yogurt expiration date.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 17 kcal
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 237 mg
- Fat: 0.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.06 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Fiber: 0.02 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 1 mg
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