Thank you Shannon from Nourishing Days for this wonderful recipe for a healthy ranch yogurt dip, with no MSG. I’ve made ranch yogurt dip with the instant ranch seasoning packs before and while that is super easy, it’s not very healthy.
This recipe is still pretty easy and so yummy.
Ranch Yogurt Dip
1/2 cup yogurt cheese (whole milk yogurt drained overnight in a sieve with cheesecloth)
2 medium garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried, minced chives
1/8 teaspoon dried dill weed
3-4 grinds of fresh black pepper
1/4 cup plain whole milk yogurt
1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Directions
Mix all ingredients together thoroughly. Refrigerate for at least one hour and taste before serving. Adjust seasoning as needed. Serve as a dip for cucumber slices, carrot stick, celery sticks or any other vegetables.
I make yogurt cheese a lot and I use to have a Donvier cheese strainer. I used it so much and tended to over fill it and I ended up breaking it. Since then I’ve discovered something even better.
I have a large fine mesh metal strainer and I line it with coffee filters. This works great and you can make a very large batch of yogurt cheese. I use four coffee filters. You have to arrange them on the strainer so that their are no gaps. This does take up quite a bit of room in the refrigerator, but so worth it. I love this stuff.
