High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Vegan Cashew Ranch Dressing
Most store-bought ranch dressings are loaded with sweeteners, stabilizers, and yes — high fructose corn syrup hiding in plain sight on the label. This homemade version skips all of that entirely, built from nothing but whole, recognizable ingredients you can actually pronounce. Soaked raw cashews blend into a shockingly creamy base that rivals any bottled dressing, with lemon juice and apple cider vinegar adding that classic tangy punch. Dried dill, parsley, chives, onion powder, and garlic powder layer in all the herby, savory flavor that makes ranch so irresistible in the first place. A touch of Dijon mustard is optional but adds a subtle depth that takes the whole thing up a notch. You can dial the consistency from thick dip to pourable dressing just by adding water a tablespoon at a time, making it endlessly versatile for salads, veggie platters, or drizzling over roasted potatoes. Once you taste how good clean, from-scratch ranch can be, going back to the bottle is going to feel like a hard sell.
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8 servings
- 1 cup raw cashews
- ½ cup water, plus more to thin
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 small garlic clove
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried dill
- ½ tsp dried parsley
- ½ tsp dried chives
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dijon mustard (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Place the cashews in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Soak for 30 minutes, then drain and rinse well.
- 2
Transfer the drained cashews to a high-speed blender. Add the ½ cup water, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, garlic clove, onion powder, garlic powder, dried dill, dried parsley, dried chives, salt, black pepper, and Dijon mustard, if using.
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