High Protein Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip for the Table

It’s DAY 5 of DIP WEEK where I’m sharing a new dip recipe every single day! And today it’s this especially simple but certainly satisfying Ranch made with cottage cheese. It’s smooth and creamy and certainly satisfying.

This is basically a whipped cottage cheese dip (similar to my whipped ricotta that I posted earlier this week!) mixed together with a ranch seasoning packet. I debated making my own ranch seasoning for this method but I truly wanted to keep it truly simple. PLUS, I genuinely love ranch packets. I do not always have time to measure out 20 different spices and seasonings.

This is surely one of my regular dips of the series so I’m excited for you to try it as well!

Why you’ll love this high protein dip

• It’s ESPECIALLY UNFUSSY – this method comes together with only TWO simple ingredients and no prep time! Everything gets added into a food processor or blender and the whole recipe is done in under 5 minutes!
• It’s a high-protein, healthy snack – I like to keep a batch of this in the fridge for unfussy snacking with vegetables or crackers.
• It’s quite versatile – I’m sharing this as part of dip week (because I personally use ranch as a dip mostly for my fries lol) but it also works great as a salad dressing!
• It tastes like regular ranch – honesty…you could serve this to people and I don’t genuinely think that they would know the difference! it has so much flavor.
• It’s low fat – this ranch has significantly less calories and fat than you would find in store bought ranch such as hidden valley ranch dressing.

Ingredients in this Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip

The ingredient list is SHORT but let’s look at it:

• Cottage cheese – I typically use a container of low fat cottage cheese but truly any kind you can find should work well in this method. I’ve made this same recipe in the past with both sour cream and greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese.
• Ranch dressing packet – I used the name brand and the store brand and I like both! It’s a simple mix of garlic powder, onion powder, dried dill, parsley, salt and often buttermilk powder plus a few other spices and seasonings.
• A little water to thin as needed – you probably won’t need any water if you like your ranch truly thick. I typically add about 2 teaspoons of water to mine because I prefer it a little thinner.
• Optional for serving: fresh herbs such as parsley or fresh dill

How to make Cottage Cheese Ranch

One of my regular parts about this method is how unfussy it is!

Simply add the cottage cheese and dry ranch dressing mix into a food processor or blender and blend until creamy. Scrap down the sides and add water to thin as desired.

That’s it! SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.

You’ll want to store leftovers in an airtight container, such as a mason jar or Tupperware, to keep as long as the “dependable by” date on your cottage cheese container specifies.

How to serve this Healthy Ranch Dressing

You can eat this however you would enjoy regular ranch! Here are some ideas:

• served as a veggie dip with fresh vegetables (such as bell peppers, celery, snap peas, cucumbers, baby carrots, broccoli and cauliflower)
• on a salad
• with chips or pita
• as a dip for fries or pizza
• on a sandwich ETC!

More Cottage Cheese Dips to try

• Whipped Cottage Cheese – In THIS BLOG POST I shared how to make Whipped Cottage Cheese flavored THREE different ways
• Cottage Cheese Queso
• High Protein Black Bean Dip made with cottage cheese