Avocado Ranch Dressing

Name: Avocado Ranch Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 Haas avocado, peeled and seedremoved; 1 cup good mayonnaise (Like Best Foods or Hellmans); 3/4 cup buttermilk (add more for desired consistency); 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed; 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley; 1/2 teaspoon dried chives; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon onion powder; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon sea salt

by Deborah on May 27, 2025 0 comments

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This Avocado Ranch Dressing recipe is made with mayonnaise, buttermilk, seasoning and Haas avocado. Our ranch dressing with avocado not only makes an amazing salad dressing, but it also makes a great dip to serve with veggies, crackers, chips and more.

A clear glass mason jar filled with Avocado Ranch Dressing.

If you love a good homemade ranch dressing, you’re going to want to try this ranch dressing with avocado. It has all the classic ranch dressing flavors with the added benefit of fresh buttery avocado added to the mix! It’s so good!

It can be so tempting to reach for a bottle of dressing at the grocery store, but once you get in the habit of making dressings at home, the convenience of store-bought dressing loses its appeal. Making homemade dressings are less expensive, healthier (no preservatives or artificial flavors, they contain less salt and sugar) and they just taste better than the bottled stuff!

Avocado Ranch Salad Dressing Ingredients

Mayonnaise. Use a good real mayonnaise like Best Foods (Hellman’s).
Buttermilk. This adds a richness to the flavor of the dressig.
Seasoning. We use a combination of dried dill weed, parsley, chives, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and freshly cracked black pepper. This seasoning combination gives this homemade ranch dressing its classic flavor.
Haas Avocado. We add half of an avocado to the mix for a really great tasting dressing!!

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Variations

Add 1 clove fresh garlic (grated or finely minced) instead of using garlic powder.
Add 1 green onion, finely minced instead of onion powder.
Add 1-2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/4 – 1/2 cup chopped cilantro instead of dill and parsley.
Add the other half of avocado if you like, but you’ll probably need to thin the dressing out a bit with a little water or more buttermilk.
Substitute the mayonnaise with yogurt, or use half yogurt and half mayonnaise, or use half sour cream and half mayonnaise.
Instead of adding buttermilk, you can mix the seasoning with 1 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 water for a dairy-free dressing.
Use vegan mayonnaise (1 cup vegan mayonnaise + 1/4 cup water- or more for a thinner consistency) if you want to make an amazing tasting vegan ranch dressing without using cashews or nutritional yeast.

How To Make Avocado Ranch Dressing

Blend ingredients. Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.
Chill. Refrigerate the dressing up to an hour before serving so the flavors have a chance to blend together.
Store. Store dressing in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If properly stored, the dressing should last up to 5 days.

Serving Suggestions

How To Tell If An Avocado Is Ripe

There are many varieties of avocado, but Hass is the most popular variety. Hass avocado is a dark skinned , bumpy-textured California grown variety that has more fat (the good kind) than the bright green smooth-skinned Florida-grown variety.

To choose a ripe avocado at the market, hold a few in your hands and choose those that seem heavy for their size. Avoid fruit with bruising, gouges, mold spots and those that are very soft when gently squeezed

You can tell if an avocado is ripe by gently applying a little pressure to it with your finger tips. If the avocado yields slightly to gentle pressure, it is already ripe enough to eat. If pressing on the fruit leaves a small indent, the the fruit is too ripe, but might be good for mashing to make guacamole or to add to smoothies. Another way to check for ripeness is to flick off the stem of the avocado where you will see a little dimple. If the color of the dimple is brown, that means the avocado is overripe and may have bruising underneath the skin, but if the color of the dimple is a light yellowish-green, then the fruit should be a good choice. If the stem doesn’t come off easily, then the fruit isn’t ripe yet.

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Yield: 6 Servings