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Southwest Ranch Dressing (Vegan).

This dairy-free southwest ranch dressing tastes so good you'll want to eat it straight off the spoon! It's great in salads, over rice bowls & buddha bowls, and makes a fantastic veggie dip.

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Total
6 min
Serves
10
Ingredients
11

Recipe

Vegan Southwest Ranch Dressing

This dairy-free southwest ranch dressing tastes so good you'll want to eat it straight off the spoon! It's great in salads, over rice bowls & buddha bowls, and makes a fantastic veggie dip.

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Vegan Southwest Ranch Dressing
Yield
5 servings
Prep
5 minutes
Cook
1 minutes
Total
6 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup raw cashews
  • 1/8 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp dry green onion
  • 1/2 pinch of salt

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  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup raw cashews
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 tsp chili powder
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp dry green onion
  • 1 pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Put the cashews in a microwave-safe dish, add water until nuts are covered, and microwave 30 seconds to blanch the cashews. Drain and discard the water.
  2. Add the blanched cashews, oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and spices to a blender and blend for about 40 seconds until mixture is totally smooth.
  3. Serve immediately or store in the fridge up to 1 week.

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This dairy-free southwest ranch dressing tastes so good you'll want to eat it straight off the spoon! It's great in salads, over rice bowls & buddha bowls, and makes a fantastic veggie dip.

I developed this dressing specifically for my southwest vegan quinoa salad. It's the yummiest sauce ever that'll make you think of creamy ranch dressing, but with strong Tex-Mex leanings.

This creamy southwest dressing can be used on burgers and salads, and of course in buddha bowls it's perfect as well.

Before I was vegan I used to love the southwest ranch dressing at McDonalds and I wanted to create a copycat recipe that would mimic that flavor. Try this vegan ranch dressing on vegan fried chicken, pizza, or as a veggie dip, too!

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