What is Hidden in that Valley? Real Ranch for us

Welcome to my new blog.  A place to share a little bit about my new life-style.  If you are looking for budget baking tips this is not the place.  After reading Fat Chance  by Dr. Robert Lustig I have decided to cut all processed foods from my diet.  Of course, getting my 4 year-old triplets and hubby to follow this difficult.  So, I do what I can.  I try to by the best, freshest, most alive food I can find.  I make ALOT of things from scratch.  Making stuff from the scratch with high quality ingredients just makes things taste better and for me the food is more satisfying.  Yes, if can be time consuming and costly.... but if I am going to spend time and money for me this is were it should be.   Since starting to embrace my inner food snob i feel more satisfied, full and well I have lost 10 lbs. I'm not perfect, my kids do eat McDonalds (once in awhile).  But, when we eat at home, I try my best for REAL food.  FOOD QUALITY MATTERS.

So, for my first post I would like to post a recipe we make all the time here. I love fresh veggies.  The kids love ranch.  Bottled ranch is gross.  Seriously, put my ranch up against that bottles crap any day.

Have you looked to see what is hidden in your ranch dressing?

Here what they are hiding in the Valley-

Vegetable oil, egg yolk, sugar, salt, buttermilk, spices, garlic, onion, vinegar, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, modified food starch, MSG, artificial flavors, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid, calcium disodium EDTA, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate.

Well, at least it was sugar instead of HFCS.  But, why do we need sugar in ranch dressing? MSG and Artifical flavors,??

 Gosh, I love recipes with only 4 ingredients.

• 2 scallions, trimmed
• 1 garlic clove
• 1/2 cup olive oil  mayonnaise (you can used "Processed" , we like to make our own mayo)
• 1/3 cup Organic buttermilk

Chop the scallions and garlic as fine as possible.  I like to use my immersion blender, but it is not neccessary Then whisk together with the buttermilk and and mayo. That is it folks.

4 Ingredients Vs. 18. I have no idea why the Hidden Valley Ranch needs artificial flavors. The flavors on the real ranch aremuch better. Also, since this is missing all those lovely preservatives it is only good for about a week after you make it. But, if you are like us, no way there will be a drop left. 7 days after making this