Low Cal Ranch Dressing

I like ranch dressing, especially to dip raw veggies in. But, so many salad dressings, even the so-called natural kind, have things in them I do not want to eat. And the better brands don't have ranch or it just tastes like Mayonnaise. And who wants to eat straight Mayo? So I tinkered around with a couple of recipes to create a good tasting, no MSG or preservatives, non-Mayo tasting, lower calorie ranch dressing. And if you aren't a cottage cheese fan, just try it. My sister is the foremost hater of cottage cheese and she would eat this.

1 cup Cottage cheese
1/3 cup Mayonnaise
3 T.-1/3 cup milk (less for dip, more for dressing)
1 rounded tsp. dried parsley
1 rounded tsp. dried dill
1-2 level tsp. garlic powder (you can substitute onion powder)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. apple cider vinegar (optional)

Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz till smooth. Makes at least 1-1/2 cups.

And if you like it fresh, use 1/3 the amount of fresh herbs to the dried equivalent.