This delicious homemade ranch dressing uses all-natural ingredients — and it is also dairy and oil free.
Steps
1
Making the Dressing
Ingredients
1/2 cup raw cashews, soaked and drained*
1/4 tsp garlic granules
1/4 tsp onion granules
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp vegan Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp horseradish
juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/2 to 3/4 cup non-dairy milk
1 tbsp fresh dill, minced
1 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
1 tbsp fresh chives, minced
sea salt, to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
To make the dressing, add the cashews, garlic and onion granules, nutritional yeast, mustard, horseradish, lemon juice and 1/2 cup non-dairy milk to a high speed blender.
Blend the mixture until completely smooth — adding more non-dairy milk until you reach a nice thick, but still pourable, consistency. Depending on the intended purpose of the dressing, and how thick you like your dressing, add more or less non-dairy milk as desired.
Lastly, taste for seasoning. Note that this dressing if quite nice with good amount a bit of freshly ground black pepper, so don't be too shy with it.
*Note: This dressing can also be made quite quickly, if you already have Cashew Sour Cream on hand. If using cashew sour cream, mix 1/2 cup of the sour cream with the remaining ingredients. Depending on the thickness and tartness of your sour cream, you may need to use more or less non-dairy milk and lemon juice.
Refrigerate the dressing until ready to use. This dressing can be used as a dressing and/or as a dip.
