2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

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Recipe submitted by asuttona@yahoo.com, 08/08/03

2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

1 block of soft mori-nu UHT Tofu
1 packet of dry vegan ranch dip mix
3 tablespoon soy milk (to make it runny if you are a drizzler) (optional)

Directions:

Just whirl the ingredients together in a blender until smooth and creamy. If you're a dipper, leave the soymilk out, if you're a drizzler, add it to make it easier to use. Tastes like the real thing, because it IS the real thing

Preparation time: 5 mins

That is three ingredients.

Archived comment by: equilibriax

Two things: 1. equilibriax- there's no call for that. if you're going to be fastidious you might want to read more carefully- the last ingredient is optional. 2. asuttona (or anyone who can help)- I'm having trouble finding a vegan ranch mix... could you suggest a brand? Thanks! (aidanrae@yahoo.com)

Archived comment by: aidanrae

Hidden Valley Ranch makes a dry dip mix that's vegan. Make sure you read the labels. There are 4 or 5 different dry HVR mixes, and not all are vegan.

Archived comment by: willwolf

I tried this recipe and i wasn't too happy with it. I think the tofu makes it taste kind of bitter. Play around with it, maybe this won't happen for you.

Archived comment by: meisred

Every Hidden Valley ranch dry dip mix that I have ever seen has either whey or buttermilk solids - and I have looked at many of them. Where are you finding the total vegan ones?

Archived comment by: swseven7

I'm pretty sure that Hidden Valleys Fat Free Ranch Dip packet is vegan.

Archived comment by: vegan1

Vegan1 and others: just fyi, I contacted HVR by email and asked them about their dips and dressing mixes. They stated they do not make a totally vegan ranch dressing mix. All the mixes have buttermilk solids or whey - which are both dairy ingredients.

Archived comment by: swseven7

swseven7: Heres the comment I got from HVR: Thank you for contacting us about HV Dips Mix. We always appreciate hearing from our consumers. The Hidden Valley Dip Mix does not contain animal bi-products. We certainly hope you will continue to use and have confidence in our products. Again, thank you for contacting us. Sincerely, Jessica Payton Consumer Response Representative Consumer Services So I'm not really sure what to think given your feedback from them.

Archived comment by: vegan1

maybe find all of the seasonings and such that make up ranch flavor minus the dairy, and experiment with ratios to mimick the store bought blend?

Archived comment by: veggiewedgie

oooh, another thought on the HVR controversy, maybe one rep said that there are no TRULY vegan mixes (but still have dairyless ingreds.) because its made on shared equiptment, and they always expect a miniscule amount of dairy to get in, not enough to list as an ingrediant, but enought to maybe cause allergic reacton, or to be considered a product that may possibly (but no way to know for sure) contain dairy.

Archived comment by: veggiewedgie

I wanted everyone to know HVR (Hidden Valley Ranch) original recipe is NOT vegan anymore!! This used to be a vegan product untill they added whey about 6 months ago. I tryed a number of times to contact by email asking about the change. The only email I recieved was in responce to my first email, a generic email stating that my comments were sent to the marketing department. All of my emails after that went un answered. Its too bad, it WAS the best ranch!

Archived comment by: meaganjt

In light of the non-vegan status of the Hidden Valley Ranch mix, I found that my grocerys generic version doesn't have buttermilk or whey or any other dairy. (I'm in Arizona shop at Frys / Kroger). It does have MSG which I'm not a fan of. But as an occasional item its ok. Anyway, it turned out very good!

Archived comment by: linaE

how badly do you people want ranch dip? I forgot what it even tastes like, but kraft creamy italian is vegan friendly according to petas I can't believe its vegan post, and its soooooo good!

Archived comment by: cparsonii

my supermarket carries lipton kosher ranch dip mix in the kosher foods section. it is vegan and tastes exactly like the HVR dip i used to buy...

Archived comment by: marykatherine

I think that the Fat Free Hidden Valley Ranch Dip mix is Vegan. . . the only questionable ingrediant is calcium stearate. . . let me know if that's no good

Archived comment by: alkalinextrio

about the ranch dressing. my local store sells the ranch mix in the kosher foods section. i checked and that one is vegan.

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Re: 2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2006, 10:56:46 PM »

Thank you so much. I haven't had Ranch dip for 6 months, it was such a welcome flavor to my taste buds!


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Re: 2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2007, 08:32:45 PM »

Calcium Stearate BAD!!! Anything that says Stearate has a 98% chance of being from an animal.

This particular ingredient is a combo of Calcium and Stearic Acid

Stearate: Its name comes from the Greek word stéar (genitive: stéatos), which means tallow. The term stearate is applied to the salts and esters of stearic acid.

Stearic acid is prepared by treating animal fat with water at a high pressure and temperature, leading to the hydrolysis of triglycerides

It can also be obtained from the hydrogenation of some unsaturated vegetable oils. BUT YOU MUST Write the company and find out which one they are using. 9/10 it is animal fat.

If it is animal fat then the product should also state that it contains cholesterol. But don't assume that a product with 0 cholesterol is vegan.


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Re: 2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2008, 03:13:58 PM »

I just wanted to say that while searching the stores for a vegan ranch mix, McCormick has a ranch dip mix that looks to be vegan (the only thing questionable to me is the "calcium stearate." Other than that, no mention of milk or whey.)


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Re: 2-ingredient Ranch Dip!

« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2008, 03:48:58 PM »

Quote from: paganfroglady on January 28, 2008, 03:13:58 PM

From the following website:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NationalList/TAPReviews/CalciumStearate2.pdf

How Made:
Traditionally, calcium stearate was made by reacting calcium chloride, sodium stearate, and other salts of mixed fatty acids in an
aqueous solution, then isolating the precipitate (Kebrich and Petrot 1953). According to the Petitioner, this method is not
practical for large-scale production, and instead the substance is derived from a dry fusion process in which palm-derived stearic
acid is reacted with calcium oxide; no organic solvents are used in this process. Stearic acid is a naturally occurring saturated
fatty acid present in the glycerides of animal fats and most vegetable oils, and is derived from palm oil, soybean oil, or edible
tallow. The finished product is composed of calcium with variable proportions of stearic and palmitic acids, and contains the
equivalent of 9-10.5% calcium oxide (Osol and Hoover 1975). It is available in powder, ground, or beaded form and is made
from stearic acid of 50-90% composition (Kamel 1993). Calcium stearate is available in technical and food grades (Hawley
1977).

From reading this, there is a fifty fifty chance that the calcium stearate is made from animal fat. Unless you ask the company directly, there is really no way of telling.


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