Wedge Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (Homemade)
One taste of this easy homemade buttermilk ranch dressing and you’ll throw your bottles or ranch dressing away! This wedge salad with buttermilk ranch is perfectly crisp with iceberg lettuce, bacon, chives and homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. My new favorite way to eat a wedge salad!
Wow, what a week. I realize that not everyone cares about baseball, so I’ll quickly fill you in. The Kansas City Royals won the World Series for the first time in 30 years!
The last time they won, I was a newborn. This team is exciting, young, and emotional and has seriously captured the heart of this jaded baseball town that has seen one too many losses.
I am not lying to you that I have tears in my eyes right now. The pure joy that this win has brought Kansas City is not something I could have ever imagined. What does this have to do with this wedge salad recipe? Read on, my friends.
Monday night was our first night without baseball in quite a while, so I made a super elaborate dinner. I roasted a chicken and experimented with homemade potato chips. I’ll share those recipes soon, but this recipe was the star, so I wanted to share it as soon as possible! My husband requested a wedge salad.
I absolutely LOVE wedge salads, but blue cheese dressing (and cheese crumbles) kind of bum me out. I’ll eat it, but it’s just on the bottom of the dressing pile, if you know what I mean. Down there next to french dressing and thousand island. Not my fav.
I had some leftover buttermilk in the fridge from this Cranberry Buttermilk Pie, and decided to try my hand at homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. And holy buckets, it was DELICIOUS. My husband certainly wasn’t missing the blue cheese.
There’s something so satisfying about cutting into a wedge salad of iceberg doused with homemade buttermilk ranch dressing, and covered in bacon crumbles! I hope that you all are having a great week. I’m relieved we’re getting back to normal here in Kansas City, but it was so worth the late nights and stressful games! Until next year, my beloved Royals!
Wedge Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing (Homemade)
One taste of this easy homemade buttermilk ranch dressing and you'll throw your bottles away! This salad is perfectly crisp with iceberg lettuce, bacon, chives and homemade buttermilk ranch dressing.
Ingredients
For the dressing
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup mayo
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1-½ teaspoons dried dill
- ¼ cup finely diced chives, fresh
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 dashes hot sauce
For the salad
- One head of iceberg lettuce, outer leaves removed, cut into quarters
- 4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- ½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 tbsp chives, finely diced
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine dressing ingredients. Stir well with a whisk.
- Plate each salad separately, placing iceberg lettuce quarter on plate, then topping with bacon, cheese, chives and dressing. Serve cold.
Love this wedge salad with buttermilk ranch recipe? You might also like my absolute favorite side salad, Cauliflower Broccoli Picnic Salad, or these Mashed Potatoes with Bacon and Caramelized Onions. You could also try this Corn Casserole with Cream Cheese, it’s always a hit!
This buttermilk ranch dressing sounds divine! I would probably throw in fresh dill because I am obsessed with it lately! Such a nice change from the vinaigrette I constantly have.
YES! Fresh dill would be fab if you have it.
I love the simplicity of wedge salads but never think to make them!
Me either, but we both love them! Going to try to remember them more!
That dressing looks really good, i’m going to have to try this out, I’ve always wanted to do a homemade ranch style dressing!
Thanks Derek! It was great. I’ve never really bought buttermilk, but used it for a Thanksgiving pie and thought, what the heck!
I remember the last time the Royals won and being so excited – I think I was mildly infatuated with Brett Saberhagen. 😉 This salads looks incredible – so wish I could steal a bite right now!
Oh, I love that buttermilk ranch dressing! This wedge salad looks totally awesome!
I didn’t even know that the World Series took place. Yikes. I’m so out of it these days. This salad looks fantastic! I’m not a salad eater but my husband is and I’d love to make this for him. 🙂
Love nothing more than homemade salad dressings. They literally take no time. Great looking wedge salad!
Homemade ranch is my favorite thing in the world.
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I made this today. This dressing was the bomb. You don’t even need to buy buttermilk guys. Just get a lemon and milk and make it. And I used fresh dill, it was so delicious.