Ranch Broccoli with Buffalo Dipping Sauce
You know how buffalo chicken wings/tenders/etc. are always served with ranch and veggies for dipping? Yeah, this isn’t that. It’s that flipped! Instead we’re now featuring the veggies with ranch and buffalo sauce for dipping! This may not only be the perfect (healthy-ish) snack for your Final Four or Finals party, but it’s also a fun idea for April Fools Day. Wink wink.
Ranch Broccoli with Buffalo Dipping Sauce
Recipe by Addie of Addie’s Confetti Kitchen
Ranch Broccoli
2 heads of broccoli
Ranch packet
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, toss the broccoli with olive oil, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper and 1 packet of ranch seasoning. Spread the broccoli in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet.
3. Bake until florets are tender enough to pierce with a fork and the edges are browning, about 15 minutes.
Spicy Buffalo Sauce
1 (16 ounce) bottle ranch salad dressing (such as Hidden Valley® Original Ranch®)
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (such as Frank’s RedHot®)
Combine all ingredients in bowl. Serve!
Adia Benson, known as Addie, was born and raised in Minnesota, where she spent cold winters playing hockey on her frozen over backyard and summers on her brother’s soccer team (the girl is competitive!). Although her career took her to a kitchen, she has remained a sports fan and finds any opportunity to host friends and family around a game. She has worked for the likes of Thomas Keller, Martha Stewart and in culinary innovation for two years at gravitytank in Chicago. She currently lives in Lake Forest, IL with her fiancé, Alex, and puppy, Paisley, and works at Prime Publishing overseeing the production of culinary content for web platforms and testing recipes that will be published in cookbooks beginning in 2017. Addie also runs Addie’s Confetti Kitchen, where, for the next month, she’s helping us make March Madness eats effortless, appetizing, and a whole lot of fun for everyone!
