This homemade No Oil Vegan Ranch Dressing is packed with “I need you in my life” deliciousness. Creamy, tangy, and fresh, our vegan ranch dressing is perfectly healthy and utterly delightful, making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe. This dressing knows no bounds! Drizzle it on salads, dunk pizza in it, dress up a tasty fritter, any way you like it, it’s gonna be goooood! Whole Food Plant Based recipe, no oil, no sugar, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Ameera here!
This week’s Whip It Up Wednesday is our Vegan Ranch Dressing. What is interesting is that we made this dressing back in December and thought we posted it waaaaay back then, but guess what? We didn’t as other recipes got shuffled around and somehow, it just never made it to the blog.
We were shocked because even though we have been using this version since December, we couldn’t believe we didn’t realize it wasn’t posted.
As you already know, every Wednesday, we feature a quick and easy recipe that can be “whipped up” in 20 minutes or less. This recipe can be made in about 5 minutes which really helps speed things up in the kitchen.
Our Vegan Ranch Dressing can be paired with so many other dishes. We have an awesome zucchini fritter recipe coming out in a few days and the combo will knock your socks off. Stay tuned!
Bottle vs Whole Food Plant Based
I adore Ranch Dressing, and in my previous life, I put it on everything from salads to pizza and everything in between. When we made this recipe back in December, we had decided to kitchen test it with a bottle of ranch dressing at the store to do a taste comparison. And boy were we on point!
“What is that taste?”
As we were doing our final kitchen test, I remember tasting a very tiny portion of my previous favorite store bought bottled ranch dressing, and I simply couldn’t believe how much my palate had changed.
I could actually taste the chemicals in the bottled ranch! The flavor tasted so “processed” and “chemical flavored” that I didn’t even like it. Which was surprising to me especially since I used to LOVE this brand of ranch dressing.
This post contains affiliate links, and I may receive a very small commission if you purchase through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures! For more information, see our disclosures here
Whole Food Plant Based Vegan Ranch Dressing
This vegan ranch dressing is healthy and delicious, boasting no oil, no processed ingredients, and no sugar. Give it a try! It is awesome!
We hope you enjoy our new Whip It Up Wednesday quick and easy ideas!
Products Used:
Print
No Oil Vegan Ranch Dressing
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1.5 cups 1x
- Category: Dressing
- Cuisine: American
Description
This homemade No Oil Vegan Ranch Dressing is packed with “I need you in my life” deliciousness. Creamy, tangy, and fresh, our vegan ranch dressing is perfectly healthy and utterly delightful, making it this week’s awesome Whip It Up Wednesday recipe. This dressing knows no bounds! Drizzle it on salads, dunk pizza in it, dress up a tasty fritter (coming soon), any way you like it, it’s gonna be goooood! Whole Food Plant Based recipe, no oil, no sugar, no highly processed ingredients and gluten free.
Ingredients
- 12 oz. package soft silken tofu (1 ½ cups)
- 1 ¾ teaspoons garlic powder
- ¾ teaspoon onion powder
- ¾ teaspoon dried parsley
- ¼ teaspoon + pinch dried ground mustard powder
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 4 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon water
- 1/8 teaspoon of dried dill weed
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (+/-) *
- Pinch black pepper (+/-)
- 2 ½ teaspoons fresh chives, finely chopped
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a high-speed blender or food processor, except the fresh chives. Blend until emulsified.
- Stir in the finely chopped fresh chives.
- Taste and add additional seasonings to taste.
Notes
*Sea Salt: Please adjust the sea salt based upon your family’s sea salt preferences and/or based upon dietary needs.
*Serving: Makes approx. 1 ½ cups of dressing.
*Storage: Refrigerate and use within one week.
Storage: Refrigerate and use within one week.
This post contains affiliate links, and I may receive a very small commission if you purchase through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures! For more information, see our disclosures here
great dressing; we ate it up very quickly and used it as a dressing and a dip.
Hi there Alexandra 🙂
Awe, yay! So glad to hear that you enjoyed it! Definitely a favorite in our home! We appreciate you taking the time to write <3 Thank you so much!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Oh this is goood!! I had been craving ranch dressing…I eat a huge salad every day for lunch…so put a BUNCH of this on my salad….delicious!! I don’t feel bad about using a lot for a big salad. THANK YOU SO MUCH for a nut free recipe. I’m watching my fat intake as well as WFPB. If I might make a suggestion…on your Pinterest pins add “nut free” to the list. I tap back and forth specifically looking for WFPB NUT FREE. Anyway, keep up the good work ladies…it’s people like you who make eating right EASY!!
Hi there Kathy 🙂
Yaaaaayyy! We are SO thrilled to hear that you enjoyed our Ranch Dressing! Thank you so much for taking the time to write such wonderful feedback! We completely understand watching fat intake, especially through the form of nuts. We appreciate your awesome suggestion, and we decided to create a “nut free” recipe section for our blog to help find “nut free” recipes quickly. It will take a little time to set up, but we are hoping to get that ready soon 🙂
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
I can’t have tofu, and would enjoy a ranch recipe using nuts, if you have one. Thank you……I am new to your blog…….love it.
Hi there Venus Cruz 🙂
Thank you so much for reaching out to us! We truly appreciate your kind words, and so glad you are enjoying our blog. At this time, we only have the Ranch Dressing with tofu. We appreciate you taking the time to write. Thank you so much!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
I used about 2 c plain vegan yogurt, added half can drained and rinsed white bean such as cannelini, and the remaining seasonings, plus a little maple syrup and make a soy free one.
Hi there Tammt 🙂
Thank you for sharing what soy free version you enjoy!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Great I’m gonna use yogurt as well is it 1/2can white beans ?
I never comment on anything but want to say thank you for the amazing dressing recipes. I’ve been trying the Eat for Life plan for about 10 days now, and though it’s been going well the thought of another giant salad led me to binge the family’s take-out pizza last night. I’m back on track today thanks to this Cesar dressing, and just pinned a bunch more that have me excited for the week ahead! Pretty excited to be heading in to the holidays with a strategy not just for avoiding the annual weight gain, but reversing the past few… Read more »
Hi there Carole 🙂
Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful, heart-felt message. We are so glad that our dressings have helped you stay on the WFPB diet. We appreciate your awesome feedback and for taking the time to write. We are so glad to be on this Whole Food Plant Based journey with you!
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Best dressing ever! This is going to sound weird, but I didn’t have any vinegar or dill weed, so I cracked open a pickle jar and used pickle juice instead! It still turned out great!
Hi there Katelyn 🙂
Yaaaay!!! We are so glad that you enjoyed this recipe. Love your addition of pickle juice – total yum! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome feedback and for taking the time to write.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
What a great idea, thanks!
Ooooohhhh….how I have missed ranch dressing since I went plant-based. I just made yours and it’s DELICIOUS!!!! Thank you thank you!!!!
Hi there Diana 🙂
Woot woot!!! We are so thrilled to hear that this recipe hit the spot and you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome feedback with us.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
Oh my goodness, this is so good! Transitioning to plant based…was skeptical, but it’s really, really good! Thanks! Started following your FB page now…
Hi there Christina 🙂
Yaaaayyy! We are so thrilled that you enjoyed this recipe. We are so happy that you are following us on FB now! Thank you so much for sharing your awesome review with us. We appreciate you taking the time to write.
-Ameera and Robin 🙂
If I don’t have soft silken tofu, any subs??🤞
Hi there LouAnn,
We sincerely apologize for the late response, somehow this review got away from us. Perhaps make a cashew cream. I hope this helps.
Thank you so much.
-Ameera and Robin
Perhaps a silly question but is dried ground mustard and dry dill just the spice? I ask because normally you just say ground mustard or parsley. But here you reference dried specifically, which makes me wonder if I’m supposed to dry out fresh herbs?
Hi there Lydia,
We sincerely apologize for the late response, somehow this review got away from us. Thank you for your question. Dried ground mustard powder is simply dried mustard seeds that have been ground into a powder like onion powder and garlic powder. I hope this helps.
-Ameera and Robin