The vegan ranch dressing recipe here builds off my last post where we made mayonnaise. If time is of the essence or you just don’t want to make your own mayo substitute a store bought vegan brand of mayo.
Here we go!
Vegan Ranch Dressing or Dip
1 1/2 cups of mayo, hand made or use store bought vegan
3-6 tablespoons of unsweetened non-dairy milk. I prefer soy milk but others work too.
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dried dill
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
Add all the ingredients together and stir well. Taste and adjust the flavors to your taste. It’s that easy!
A couple notes…you could make this with all fresh ingredients. In all honesty I haven’t tried it that way but I don’t see why it wouldn’t’ work. There might be some adjustments to make. As an example fresh garlic is a bit more pungent than dried also a tablespoon of dried parsley is quite a bit more than fresh so you’d want more. But give it a try…I bet it would be delicious!
Also I start with 2-3 tablespoons of the non-dairy milk and decide at the end how much more to add. If you leave it at that it makes a great dip consistency or is much more liquid for salad dressing if you add the full amount.
As I said in my mayo post this is not only super easy to make but also will save you some money. A bottle of vegan ranch dressing around here is about $5. Making my own mayo costs me around $3 then the herbs here really cost very little and I always know what’s in my food. Food for thought…:)
Place it in a covered container for the fridge and the next day it really sets the flavor and is better than the first day. This keeps at least a week…if it lasts.
This is one of our favorite recipes and it disappears in a very short time. We use it for salad, chip dip, dipping vegan chicken fingers or hot wings, carrot sticks, celery dip…etc. You can see why it doesn’t last long.
Enjoy!!
Until next time,
Susan