It may be the end of August but vegetables are still fresh and crisp making for the ideal salad on these warm days. Creating new versions every day can be challenging but not when you have flavorful salad dressings from Litehouse brands. If you are from Idaho, you may have heard of the Hawkins family who owned the Hurschell’s Lighthouse restaurant more than 50 years ago. Since then, their Litehouse salad dressings have won over both adults and kids nationwide with their robust taste and multitude of uses.
Litehouse dressings are found in the refrigerated section of your grocery stores. Each variety is in a glass bottle, keeping the dressing cold and ultra fresh tasting. There are four different options of dressing to choose from depending on the flavor profiles you are seeking:
- Homestyle Ranch Dressing – combining savory herb and vegetable flavors
- Jalapeno Ranch Dressing – combination of cool and spicy using a zesty blend of spices and just the right amount of jalapenos to offer a mild heat
- Avocado Ranch Bacon Dressing – for bacon lovers! This is made with real bacon
- Chunky Bleu Cheese Dressing – for the bleu cheese lovers!
There are many recipes to choose from on the Litehouse website if you are curious about ways to use their dressings. You can find a wealth of dishes to try here.
If your kids love to dip their vegetables, chicken strips or chips into creamy goodness, then they are going to like the Homestyle Ranch and/or Avocado Ranch Bacon dressings.
This would make a handy lunch or snack at school too. There are some great stay cool transportable containers for just this purpose. I shared a number of back to school containers last Fall that would be perfect for this. Take a look at my finds here.
For dinner this weekend, I created a Mexican inspired salad using the Litehouse Jalapeno Ranch dressing. As with any salad, you can be as creative as you want. Since I was looking to accentuate the flavors in the dressing, I added tequila lime marinated chicken, peppers, beans and tortilla chips to the salad. There was already a little heat from the jalapeno in the dressing so I didn’t need more. That is totally up to you though and how spicy you like your salads.
There are many uses for these dressings besides salads including dipping as previously mentioned. But how about as a sauce for a Panini sandwich or drizzled over shrimp tacos? or dipping buffalo chicken wings in the bleu cheese dressing? Sounds delicious, doesn’t it?!
Try Litehouse dressings yourself and tell me which is your favorite.
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This post was made possible by iConnect and Litehouse Foods. I was compensated for my participation in this campaign, but all opinions are 100% mine.
- 1 large head Romaine lettuce
- 5 - 8 multi color small peppers
- 1/2 cup black or red beans, drained and washed
- 1 tomato chopped in cubes
- 3 - 4 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 1/8 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup tequila
- 1 -2 limes, juiced
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 jalapeno, optional
- Tortilla chips
- Litehouse Jalapeno Ranch salad dressing
- Mix together olive oil, garlic, lime juice, salt, cilantro and tequila in a zip lock bag. Add chicken. Let marinade for 2 hours to overnight for the most flavor. Remove chicken from bag and discard marinade. Grill chicken for 5 minutes on each side. Will vary based on thickness of chicken.
- Prepare salad by starting with lettuce and adding each vegetable on top. Add beans. If desired, add cheese or jalapenos. Put pieces of sliced chicken on top of salad. Drizzle Litehouse Jalapeno Ranch dressing over top of salad. Add broken tortilla chips after dressing is added.
- *excludes 2 hours to marinade chicken
- Can use flank steak or shrimp for additional proteins.
Your Mexican inspired chicken salad looks delicious. It has all the flavors I love and the Litehouse Jalapeno Ranch Dressing sounds like my kind of salad dressing.
The avocado ranch dressing with bacon seems like delicious one to try. Thank you for letting me know about these awesome salad dressings. I will get them when I do my grocery shopping this weekend.
I love a ranch chicken salad and this dressing sounds so delicious! I’ve tried this brand before, and I always love the clean, delicious flavor! I will have to try this recipe soon.
Yeah. You had me at tequila! LOL. But in all seriousness, I love finding new recipes and will definitely try this one!
My garden is very plentiful in August as well. i seem to get the most tomatoes this month of all others during the summer. i love this recipe. my son really loves salads and would enjoy this one.
That Tequila Marinated Chicken Salad with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing looks so yummy! I’ve been on a healthy kick lately and have been researching new salad recipes to try. I can’t wait to try this one.
This tequila marinated chicken salad with jalepeno ranch dressing looks really good. Love that it that dressing could be paired with almost any veggies and still taste really good.
This looks amazing! I would never have thought to make this, but I can’t wait to try it now!
OMGosh this look super yummy! It is making my stomach growl with hunger. I will have to really get a cooking this some night. I love it.
Oh my gosh this looks so good!! I love chicken salad it’s the perfect quick lunch to make up.
That salad looks so good! I didn’t know they had that Jalapeno ranch dressing. We’re going to have to try it.
I’ve never met a chicken salad I didn’t like! I love your addition of tequlia here – bet it gives it quite a punch!
This salad sounds fantastic. I would definitely your recipe. I’m always looking to try new flavors, and I have never mixed ranch and jalapeno.
Sounds like a great meal. I love salads and the dressing seems very nice to add to it. Actually, I need to add more greens into my diet which I plan on doing from today on. This is perfect for me.
I must try this asap!! The flavors sound perfect together and those dressings all look yummy too.
This looks really good! i would love to try that jalapeno dressing since I’m a huge fan of spicy food. This would be awesome during parties as well. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks really good! I would love to try this with some of my favorite recipes. Here in Iowa these people take their ranch seriously, wou wouldn’t believe some of the things they put it on.
I am absolutely DROOLING over this recipe. I don’t know what I crave most, the dressing, the chicken, or the tequila! Bookmarking this recipe for another time.
This sounds simply delicious. I’ve heard of Light House dressing, but I’ve never tried it. Looks like a quick and easy healthy meal. My family would enjoy it.
Thanks, Mimi. I am liking them for dipping too. Made grilled chicken and the kids are dipping into the ranch dressing.