My SO taught me about this, and it became the perfect way to ween me off of my unhealthy ranch addiction. Making my own was so much healthier than whatever they put in ranch "sauce"
Oh, at first I thought you were suggesting to try it on an intern and I thought what a great idea. If you can get an intern to cooperate, it'd be like the new jello shots. For a brief moment you were a genius, but sadly, not any more.
Mix it into ground beef for some burger patties. The taste comes through a bit, which is great, but the real perk is for some reason it makes it ridiculously juicy.
If you have stale bread, throw it in the freezer until you've got a bunch, then chop it up, toss it in melted butter and hidden valley ranch powder, and then bake them. World-class croutons.
I tried it once to see what Americans were fussing about constantly on TV etc, I wasn't very impressed with it. Its Basically a overpriced version of a cheap salad cream with chives from what I could gauge.
Was the Newmans brand I bought, not saying it's awful but to me I'd go thousand Island over Ranch any single day of the week.
Bottled ranch dressing from the store is never good in my experience (even the bottled hidden valley ranch). You need ranch from a restaurant (which can be hit or miss depending on the place) or make the ranch at home. You need hidden valley ranch powder, buttermilk, mayo, and sour cream.