Gluten Free Ranch Dressing Recipe
Updated Apr 02, 2020, Published Jun 28, 2012
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Gluten Free Ranch Dressing Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons white or apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup Vegenaise
- 2 teaspoons agave, (or sweetener of your choice)
- 1 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon dried mustard
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tablespoons chives, , finely minced
- 2 tablespoons Italian flat leave parsley, , finely minced
Instructions
- Mix the coconut milk with the lemon juice and vinegar and let sit for 5 minutes. Whisk in the remaining ingredients until smooth and creamy. Refrigerate for at least half an hour to allow the flavors to meld and the dressing to thicken. Keeps well refrigerated for up to one week.
Nutrition
Calories: 627kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 3gFat: 60gSaturated Fat: 25gSodium: 1501mgPotassium: 271mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 591IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 4mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I crave cheese, ice cream and dairy of all kinds. Chocolate, too. My true allergies are banana, tomato, lemon, orange, dairy, chocolate, pecans and walnuts. I suspect coconut now, too, although I haven’t been officially tested for it-however I experience debilitating joint pain when I ingest anything pertaining to coconut.
I’m sensitive/intolerant of gluten along with eggs, maple, honey and sugar.
There are days I would “die” to eat pizza, but I don’t risk it bc of the potential consequences if I did (tomato, cheese, gluten). I’ve thought of making my own gluten, dairy, tomato-free pizza, but the fake cheeses available are either really not at all like cheese, or made with coconut milk.
My major cravings usually involve dairy, eggs, sugar, or wheat bread.
I went an entire year without cheating on any of those things, but have found it difficult lately to resist some of the cravings.
You can’t pay me to touch lemons or bananas bc of how I react, but sometimes I’m tempted to suffer through the reactions to some of the other foods.
:-)
Wow, that is quite a list Julia. I hope that feeling better is the reward for sticking to your diet.
Wow!! After reading your allergies to food I know that I should stop having pity parties for myself! I am allergic to (so far!) wheat, soy, & peanuts! But I swear everything I use to love to eat has one if not all these ingredients:( quick question the joint pain how or who linked this with a food allergy, none of the many doctors I have seen have done that. They keep it separate & tell me I have fibromyalgia!! Which before I knew my allergies & was ingesting this food my joints hurt so bad it was like they were toxic to my body!?!?
Hi Nicole – it is always best to look at what you can eat instead of what you can’t! That’s what keeps me from my own pity party :) I think many people who are gluten intolerant have joint pain when they injest gluten. My doctor specializes in functional medicine so she is the one who put it together for me but I can tell you this – when I eat gluten my joints hurt, when I don’t, they don’t. Good luck!
I hate seeing food with all of that unnatural stuff in it. It’s so unnecessary. We try to keep an all natural household, but it’s difficult when some of our favorite foods are filled with high fructose corn syrup and chemicals. But this looks like a really great way for Julian to enjoy his favorite food. This is wonderful!
Thank you so much and yes, Julian is pretty happy!
This recipe looks great- I love your picture. I hate all the chemicals that are put in our foods too. It’s sometimes hard finding the time to make things from scratch but it’s worth it.
Thanks Cassidy and I agree, from scratch is often worth the time and effort!
I love making my own salad dressings…what an enticing way to have my hubby eat more salad!
Just in time for the 4th! Thanks so much!
My next triumph to find a recipe for ketchup without HFCSyrup? Do you have one for me, Carol?
Happy and safe 4th of July to all! Ciao Bella!
Yes! Organicville ketchup – it is sweetened with agave – no hfcs! Here’s a link https://organicvillefoods.com/products/condiments/organic-ketchup/
Happy fourth to you and yours Nancy!
xo,
c
In a pinch, Heinz make 2 varieties that are free from HFCS. Heinz organic and Simply Heinz.
Oh, By the way… I made the Cherry Cake….WOW! Love it and so will my Dad! Thanks.
Thanks for letting me know. So glad you loved it, let me know what your Dad thinks.
xo,
c
Is there anything special about Vegenaise or can I use any vegan mayo substitute? I’ve never seen that brand in the UK.
Hi Julia, You can use any type of vegan mayo substitute they sell in your area, I just happen to really like the flavor of Vegenaise but use what you like.
Thanks, Carol. Going to make some today. :)
Thanks for the wonderful recipe! It was just what I was looking for. But , I have one question: You did not specify what type of coconut milk. The thick canned coconut milk or the thinner boxed shelf stable coconut milk.
Please clarify! Thanks!!
Sandy
Hi Sandy,
Use the thick coconut milk in the can, it will give you a nicer consistancy.
xo,
carol
Thanks for the motivation to try some new foods! I recently found out about my gluten intolerance, and am still learning so much each day! I was wondering how long the dressing lasts before it goes bad? I would be the only one to eat it at my house.
It lasted a week at my house, not sure if if would have lasted lnger or not because it was all gone! I liked it so much I put it on everything :)
Do you think I could use regular mayo? We are GFCF and try to avoid soy but aren’t vigilant about it. I just don’t know that we would eat all the Veganaise before it goes bad.
Sure Becca, if eggs are not a problem for you, regular myo is a perfectly good substitute. Stop back by and tell me what you think!
Yum! Thank you for this great recipe! I will try it soon. I have quite a few foods I can’t eat, but the latest and saddest is nightshades. Potatoes specifically. I REALLY crave potato chips, in fact I just grazed a handful of them at a party yesterday and when the tight chest and wheezing kicked in I was bewildered. That is how badly I want them, I’ll just forget completely. Really, that was probably the last time.
Oh I think that would be so hard for me too, being Irish, potatoes are like mother’s milk to me! But it it is always better to avoid the foods our bodies don’t like and feel good!