August 20, 2020 Lunch & SaladsLeave a Comment

Buttermilk Dressing

Nothing is better than homemade salad dressing. Save this recipe as your go-to easy creamy salad dressing using quality ingredients for maximum flavor.

Make Buttermilk Salad Dressing with 5 simple ingredients, plus a chef tip on how to easily substitute buttermilk for other ingredients.

This recipe is great for those following a Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Lectin Free, Paleo or Keto lifestyle.

Easy homemade creamy buttermilk dressing

INGREDIENTS FOR BUTTERMILK DRESSING

First time making a creamy dressing? It is easy.

To make this salad dressing, you will need the following ingredients.

Buttermilk or Whole Milk. As organic buttermilk is hard to find I often swap it for organic whole milk. I prefer organic raw whole milk in glass bottles when available.

Mayonnaise. I use Primal Kitchen Avocado Oil Mayo to avoid canola oil and added sugar found in other brands. You can also make your own if you want to control the ingredients.

Fresh lemon juice

Fresh chives

Sea salt

Coarse black pepper

HOW TO USE CREAMY BUTTERMILK DRESSING

I use this dressing on a variety of salads for my clients. It also makes a great dip and snack with carrots and celery. Here are a few suggestions on how to use this dressing.

As a dip with carrots, celery and crudité
On an iceberg salad or classic iceberg wedge
With my California Chef’s Salad recipe
As a substitute for blue cheese or thousand island dressing
With charred romaine lettuce
With an arugula salad
As a dressing on a steak salad
Drizzled over a rainbow sweet potato bowl
With a butter lettuce salad
As a dip with chicken thighs and wings
As a dip with pizza

BUTTERMILK SUBSTITUTION? TRY WHOLE MILK

It is hard to find organic buttermilk. Often there is only one buttermilk brand and package size at the grocery store. If you don’t want to spend the money on buttermilk because you don’t know how to use the leftovers, then go with whole milk.

Follow the recipe as is when you swap buttermilk for whole milk. Add an extra tablespoon of lemon juice if you would like the dressing tarter.

WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER BUTTERMILK

If you bought buttermilk to make this salad dressing, here are three ways to use it up.

Make more buttermilk salad dressing
Make cornbread, adding in place of the liquid called for in the recipe
Marinate chicken, which tenderizes chicken thighs and breasts for fried chicken

CHEF TIP

This salad dressing stores well for two weeks in the fridge. Great for meal prep.

Use a small whisk to easily blend the ingredients together.

Use kitchen scissors to cut your chives instead of chopping with a knife.

For a California take on buttermilk dressing, blend with ½ a ripe avocado.

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