Good ranch dressing is no longer worth its weight in gold!

So, anyone want to guess what a half gallon of GOOD ranch dressing costs?  I don't mean that Great Value stuff, I mean something good.  Light House, Hidden Valley, or Wild Coyote good.  Well, to buy it from one of those companies, the cheapest you're going to come up with is about $20.  Probably more.  

So....what if you make it?  

A half of a gallon--64fl oz of homemade, creamy, buttermilk ranch costs about $4.

Here's what we will need:

What we have here is a quart of buttermilk, a 32oz jar of MAYO.  I do NOT advise using salad dressing!  

These are followed by:

black pepper

parsley flakes

thyme leaves

salt

garlic powder

onion powder

I have actually borrowed this recipe from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dry-ranch-style-seasoning-for-dip-or-dressing/ but I felt it was a good one to repost because (1) this is Utah and we love our ranch and (2) that's a cost savings of nearly 80% if we make it ourselves!

• 1 teaspoon dried parsley

• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 teaspoon salt (allrecipes calls for season salt.  I just used plain sea salt)

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder

• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme (I liked the recipe better with about 1/4 tsp thyme, personally)  

1 C mayo

1 C buttermilk

Mix everything. 

Enjoy.

Keep refrigerated!