Marra's Light Citrus Buttermilk Salad Dressing

Submitted by MarraMamba

"Inspired by lainey's Recipe #261991 I made my own giving it a citrus twist as well as other things. You can switch the lime for lemon, orange or tangerine as well. The lime not only gives it a wonderful flavor but also thickens the buttermilk further."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 1 cup

ingredients

• Dry base

• 1⁄4 cup dried parsley
• 2 teaspoons dried chives (or fresh)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon garlic powder (i prefer the larger amount)
• 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground celery seed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon herbes de provence (optional but i suggest leaving out the thyme if you choose this option)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

• Wet base

• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped green onion
• 4 tablespoons fat free sour cream (or thick yogurt)
• 3⁄4 cup 1% fat buttermilk
• 1⁄2 lime, juice of (to taste)
• lime zest (optional)
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Mix all dry base ingredients together and store in an air tight container.
2. Whisk all wet ingredients together except the lime juice.
3. Add 1 to 2 tbs of dry base to wet. Start with one and taste as you go.
4. Add the lime juice a tsp at a time until you have the balance you like.
5. Let dressing sit chilled in the fridge for at least an hour to let flavors meld.

Reviews

[Nif_H]

This was good! I liked the mixture of herbs and skipped the thyme because I had Herbes de Provence. I think I would thicken it up a bit next time. I also think that if you let it sit longer, the dry ingredients would not feel so dry (if that makes sense!). Made for Everyday's a Holiday tag. Thanks! :)

 

[CoffeeB]

This had a different taste to me and I"m assuming it's from the lime. A bit too bitter for my taste and so I added a few more twists of fresh black pepper and seasalt. I did omit the herbes de provence. All in all a good dressing that went well with my salad I have most nights. I do have some of the DryBase left and so once the liquid part is gone from what I made today, I"ll try this using the dry in just buttermilk and plain yogurt. This is just my personal preference as I like things to be a bit more sweet.:-) Made for HolidayTag.

 

[Sydney Mike]

I'm not usually much for creamy dressings, but THIS SALAD DRESSING IS REALLY NICE & VERY NICE TASTING! Used it first on a predominantly orange & jicama salad, but am looking forward to topping other salads with this dressing as well! Thanks for a great keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Zaar Stars tag]

 

[CookingONTheSide]

This is very good with wonderful flavor! Made for Gimme 5 tag.

 

[Andi Longmeadow Farm]

Totally loved this. Very, very refreshing and the taste of citrus matched my salad exactly. I have used Lainey's dressing, and loved this too, however; this brought a whole new taste bud sensation. I used some fresh baby salad greens and baby spinach with some sliced (thinly) oranges and walnuts with this is dressing and it went so nicely together. Added a bit of sea salt to the top and this was a salad made in heaven. Will use this often as well, it is light and you totally want to just dip your little finger in and keep tasting. Yummy! Thank you so much, Marra Mamba! Made for *Aussie Swap* 2008.