Zam's goat milk ranch dressing part one

 

Hi Natty!  Hi Honey!  Are you mad at me for trying to get you to cut down on sugar?  Please don't be mad at me, because I love you!  It's just that your age is the perfect time to wean yourself from too much sugar.  The concept is sweet treats occasionally, not daily.  Once you cross the line and need a sugar shot everyday, there's no turning back.  Not that I've seen, anyway.  Anyway, I hope all is well with you today.  I'm kind of beat myself, and I absolutely didn't want to cook dinner, so I bought takeout.  I do have a batch of beans stewing on the stove top.  This time I cut the fat content, so it shouldn't be too rich.  Rich beans!  Beans are supposed to be poor man's food.

My quest for fry sauce has led me to the decision to just make ranch dressing instead of bothering with a novelty sauce.  If you hadn't noticed, ranch dressing is runny.  Ever order a side of ranch?  It's runny, right?  That's because they add buttermilk to mayo and ranch spices.  Buttermilk is the waste product from making butter.  I figure whole milk would make a richer ranch, and powdered milk would make a thicker ranch.  When I was at the supermarket I bought a big jar of mayo, but the powdered milk was ridiculously overpriced, and I didn't want that much.  Just enough to flavor my ranch dressing.  Then I saw these single-serve packets of goat milk.  Goat milk is very popular around here.  I don't drink the stuff, maybe I should.  I've tried goat cheese, and I've seen people put goat cheese on their pizza.  I'm sure you've tried goat cheese, being the uptown girl you are.  It's not for me, though.  I checked the ingredients on the package, and it said "goat milk".  Really?  No additives?  Wow!  So I bought a packet to make ranch dressing with.  More to come...