10 Reviews of Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dressing Clone

From: Eat it up!

On Jan 12, 2007

Thanks for the great recipe. You've probably saved me a ton of money. I'll be making my own dressing now. Yum!!! (I also excluded the MSG..simply because I didn't have any on hand.)

From: JustJanS

On Nov 1, 2006

This was pretty good. I didn't use the msg as I didn't have any. but I added in a pinch of cayenne and think I'll add a little dried dill weed to the next lot.

From: Pamela Joyce Ochsner

On Aug 14, 2008

I liked the basic, only I used five cloves of real garlic and 1/2 cup real onion instead. The first time I did this, I used Miracle whip; it was sweet, but it was okay, too; but I prefer this with half sour cream, half real mayonnaise, and I added a pinch of dry dill weed until to me it was "just like Hidden Valley".

From: Concoctionista

On Mar 31, 2008

This was great! I did have to add 4 saltines to this & blend to thicken. ( I saw this trick with other hidden valley ranch clones). I used this on a salad for my husband who won't eat anything except hidden valley and believe me, he can tell when. He has extremely sensitive taste buds! Well, he didn't notice that this was different. This is definitely a keeper!

From: 89240

On Jan 10, 2005

Very good. I used homemade coconut oil mayo and omitted the msg.

From: No Stress Chef

On Jun 12, 2008

Added about 1 tsp of fresh dill (because I have some), made some homemade mayonanaise (because we have chickens/eggs) and shook everything up in a Mason jar/lid, and this was fantastic. Also this does not need MSG. Sorry grocery store, no more money for your ranch dressing in your plastic environment-destroying plastic. Too bad, so sad.

From: Chef #879769

On Mar 3, 2009

We really liked this recipe. I did not add the msg, and we thought it was a little peppery so next time I'll do a little less pepper. But, all in all we thought it was very good, and I will continue to make it.

From: RacBak

On Jul 15, 2009

Excellent recipe! Unlike previous posters, I thought the amount of pepper was perfect, but I did skip the MSG because of health reasons. The only thing I may try different in the future is some type of thickener, like cornstarch. It was a little on the soupy side. SO GOOD though!!!

From: WI Cheesehead

On Jan 16, 2009

This was the first ranch I've tried that thickened up. I didn't use MSG and might cut out the thyme, but my DH and DS liked it. My DD still liked the Paul Newman better but thought it wasn't bad, so maybe I'll do half and half.

From: LonghornMama

On Dec 29, 2008

Great! I've been searching for a good kid-friendly recipe and this was great. We avoid MSG so omitted it without a problem, and used light Hellmann's mayo. Works best when you mix in the blender. Thanks for sharing the recipe!