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I have a little bit of a love hate relationship with ranch. Sometimes I love it and can’t get enough and sometimes, depending on the brand, I hate it and find it too sweet and fake tasting. And light and diet ranch – pretty much never like them. That was until I came across a basic ranch recipe at chow.com, made a few minor tweeks, and found a skinny ranch I LOVE. Full of fresh herbs and lemon, it tastes great and is perfect for just about anything. The dressing is not as thick as typical ranch, which I actually like. If you want it a little thicker, substitute 1/4 cup light mayo for 1/4 cup buttermilk and you will get a thicker dressing.

Weight Watchers Skinny Ranch
Points: 1 weight watchers pointsplus
Servings: 4
Serving Size: 1/4 cup
Nutritional Info: 44.6 calories, 1.4 g of fat, 4.1 g of carbohydrates, .2 g of fiber 5.4 of protein

Ingredients
3/4 low fat buttermilk, shaken well
1/4 cup non fat Greek yogurt
3 tbsp low fat sour cream
3 tbsp fresh chopped Italian parsley
2 tbsp fresh chopped chives
1-2 cloves fresh, finely chopped garlic
juice of 1 lemon (about 4 tsp)
1/3 tsp salt or to taste
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper or to taste

Instructions
1. Mix together all the ingredients well. Refrigerate for at least one hour. Enjoy with just about anything.