Creamy Buttermilk Garlic Salad Dressing 

We love garlic. This is a thick, creamy salad dressing that is perfect to pour over a salad, dip vegetables into, or even slather on a sandwich. 

It is very economical and easy to prepare this Creamy Buttermilk Garlic Salad Dressing at home.  The ready-made bottled dressing you buy in the store lacks the garlic flavor, and it is loaded with preservatives and sodium.

Ingredients

2 c. sour cream
2/3 c. mayonnaise
3/4 tsp. garlic powder (or more to taste) or 2 or more garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/8 tsp. cider vinegar
2 1/2 Tbs. sugar or less if you like it less sweet
1/2 to 2/3 c. buttermilk
2 green onions, finely chopped (optional)
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

In a bowl, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, vinegar, and sugar. Mix thoroughly.  Stir in the onions, salt, and pepper to taste. 

Pour into a jar with a tight-fitting lid or a bowl with a tight-fitting lid. Place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.  However, this dressing improves with age and for the best flavor, refrigerate at least 3 days before using.  Shake or stir well before using.

If the dressing is too thick, stir in more buttermilk.

You can easily make your own buttermilk. Pour in 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar into a 1-cup measuring cup. Pour in milk to the 1/2 cup line. If you want to make 2/3 cup buttermilk, add an extra 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar.  Leave the milk to sit for 8 to 10 minutes. The milk will be thick and clumpy looking.  Stir until smooth and then pour it into the ingredients. 

To make 1-cup of buttermilk, pour in 1 tablespoon vinegar into a measuring cup. Pour in enough milk to equal 1-cup.

Thousand Island Salad Dressing

This is a simple and easy recipe to make Thousand Island Dressing. This dressing is similar to the sauce served on a Big Mac.  Making your own dressing will save you a lot of money, and is freshly made.

Ingredients

2 c. Miracle Whip
1 c. mayonnaise
1 c. tomato soup
1 onion, grated
1/3 c.  pickle relish **
2 Tbs. sweet pickle juice
1 Tbs. dry mustard
1 Tbs. ketchup or use chili sauce
1 Tbs. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
garlic powder to taste
pepper to taste

Directions

In a bowl, combine Miracle Whip, mayonnaise, tomato soup, onion, sweet pickle relish, sweet pickle juice, dry mustard, ketchup, sugar, salt, garlic powder and pepper.

Mix well. Place dressing in a covered bowl or a large jar with a tight-fitting lid.

Refrigerate for 24 hours for best flavor, but you can use it right away. Serve over lettuce, vegetables or sandwiches. Mix or shake before using.

** You can use sweet pickle relish or dill pickle relish. Some people prefer the dill flavor over the sweet.  

You can add more or less pickle relish as well. Some like a lot of pickle relish, and some prefer a lot less.

Blue Cheese Salad Dressing

Serve this thick and creamy blue cheese dressing as a dip, or poured over a wedge of lettuce. You can add more blue cheese if you want more blue cheese flavor. 

Ingredients

2 1/2 oz blue cheese, crumbled
3 Tbs. buttermilk
3 Tbs. sour cream
2 Tbs. mayonnaise
2 tsp. white vinegar
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 c. green onion, chopped (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the blue cheese and buttermilk. Using a fork or the back of a spoon, break up the blue cheese by mashing it against the side of the bowl until it is the size of small curd cottage cheese. 

Stir in sour cream, mayonnaise, white vinegar, sugar, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard and green onion. Mix until well blended. You can use a blender or an immersion blender to mix it up as well. This gives you a very smooth dressing.

Season with salt and pepper.

Copycat Dorothy Lynch Salad Dressing

My family loves Dorothy Lynch salad dressing and used to buy it all the time. But those bottles of dressing come with a pretty high price tag!  Our neighbor gave us this recipe, and it is even better than the kind you buy in a bottle at the grocery store.  It takes only a few minutes to prepare. 

When choosing the tomato soup, try to get Campbells Tomato soup.  It does cost more, but it will give your salad the best flavor.

Ingredients

1 can tomato soup
3/4 to 1 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 Tbs. dry mustard powder
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. celery seed
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. paprika
1 c. salad oil, warm

Directions

Combine tomato soup, sugar, vinegar, garlic powder, dry mustard, salt, celery seed, pepper and paprika together in a blender.

With the blender running, slowly pour in the oil.

Pour the salad dressing into a large empty jar with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate. Shake well before using.