Easy Healthy Vegan Ranch (No Cashews or Oil)

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This creamy, tangy vegan ranch is easy to make in just 5 minutes with healthy ingredients! It contains no cashews or oil like many other vegan ranch dressings. It’s perfect as a dip, dressing, or sauce.

This is a photo of a bowl of vegan ranch dip with a carrot dipping into it.


  • EASY: Just six simple ingredients to make this delicious dip/dressing in 5 minutes.
  • FLAVORFUL: Creamy and tangy with fresh herbs
  • HEALTHY: Lower calorie with no cashews or oil
  • VEGAN, DAIRY-FREE, AND GLUTEN-FREE: perfect for allergy sensitive individuals

Ranch goes well with everything! This sauce, dressing dip, (whatever you want to call it!) is literally the perfect condiment to have ready to go in your fridge. It’s great for salads, on top of roasted veggies or potatoes, as a spread on a wrap (like my Buffalo Tofu Wrap), as a dip with pretzels, and so much more!

Back in Wisconsin where I’m from, people even dip their pizza in ranch. Kinda weird, right? But it actually does taste amazing.

This is one of the easiest ranch dressings you will ever make, and it’s also healthy! I love when I discover a combination of ingredients that tastes amazing and contains quality ingredients.

So many other vegan ranch dressings contain vegan mayo (90 cal per 1 Tbsp and high fat), cashews (expensive and time consuming to soak and blend), or a really long list of ingredients. In this recipe we can make a refreshing vegan ranch with only a handful of simple ingredients.

Looking for another delicious dip? Try out Creamy Buffalo Chickpea Dip !

Ingredients:

  • Unsweetened, Plain Almond Yogurt: This type of yogurt works best for vegan ranch. It’s slightly tangy but does not have any other added flavors. It also has a good consistency that is not too thick for a dressing.
  • Lemon Juice: Fresh is best!
  • White Vinegar: This will give the dressing the slight tang and sour flavor of a buttermilk ranch. You can also use apple cider vinegar.
  • Fresh dill and parsley: You can also use dried if you don’t have fresh.
  • Garlic and onion powder and salt

FAQs

I have not tried other types of non-dairy yogurt. If you try out a different kind such as soy, cashew, or coconut just make sure it is unsweetened and plain. Coconut yogurts tend to have a touch of coconut flavor so try to choose a yogurt that is mild in flavor.

Fresh herbs taste the best but if you don’t have fresh herbs for your ranch you can use dried. To substitute use 1 teaspoon of dried dill or parsley for 1 tablespoon of fresh.

This is the healthiest vegan ranch you can find! (That still tastes amazing) It contains NO OIL and NO CASHEWS. It is lower calorie, dairy free, and higher protein.

Both vegan ranch and regular ranch dressing have similar flavors. They are creamy, flavored with herbs, and have hints of garlic and onion. Vegan ranch is more refreshing and light while regular ranch has a thicker, creamy texture due to the buttermilk, eggs, and mayonnaise. This ranch dressing tastes very similar to regular ranch, but more fresh and light.

How to Make Healthy Vegan Ranch Dressing

The base of our vegan ranch is an unsweetened, plain almond milk yogurt. I find this yogurt is the best for vegan ranch: it has a great consistency and not overtly flavorful to distract from the ranch flavors.

To make this simple healthy vegan ranch, just mix up your ingredients in small bowl.

If you are using this for a salad dressing, add 1-2 tablespoon of water to thin if you want a thinner sauce.

This is a photo of ranch dip close up with parsley on top

What to serve with vegan ranch

Use this ranch as a dip, dressing, or spread.

This vegan ranch is naturally a little thicker so it is great as a dip for:

To make this thinner for a dressing, just add in 1-2 Tbsp of water to desired consistency.

It’s also a delicious spread:

This is a photo of buffalo tofu ranch wrap.
Buffalo Tofu Wrap with Easy Vegan Ranch

Get the recipe for this vegan buffalo wrap.

Substitutions

  • Use dried herbs instead of fresh (1 tbsp fresh= 1 tsp dried)
  • Use apple cider vinegar in place of regular white vinegar

Tips

STORAGE

Store in the fridge for up to 7 days. If it starts to get thick add in 1-2 tbsp of water and stir. Do not freeze.

PRO TIPS

  • Finely dice your herbs before mixing into your vegan ranch.
  • Use fresh lemon juice if possible.

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Easy Healthy Vegan Ranch (No Cashews or Oil)

Allie Petersen
This easy vegan ranch takes only 5 minutes to make and is a healthy dressing, dip, or spread that contains NO CASHEWs and NO OIL.
5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 44 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk yogurt plain
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice fresh if possible
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill minced or 1 teaspoon dried
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley minced or 1 teaspoon dried

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients until combined.
  • If you want a thinner vegan ranch for salads, add 1-2 tbsp of water until desired consistency.
  • Store in the fridge in a glass container for up to 7 days.

Notes

Note: If it starts to get thick after sitting in the fridge, add in 1-2 tbsp of water and stir. Do not freeze.
Substitutions:
If you don’t have white vinegar use apple cider vinegar. 
Use dried herbs instead of fresh.
 
Calorie count disclaimer: Naturallie Plant-Based offers nutritional information for recipes contained on this site. This information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although Naturallie Plant-Based attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
 
 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 44kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.003gSodium: 299mgPotassium: 26mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 92IUVitamin C: 12mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 0.1mg
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2 Comments

  1. Allie, I can NOT find an unsweetened plain almond yogurt. What brand do you use and where do you get it, please and thank you?

    1. Hi Kallie! I live in Texas and use an HEB brand. I looked online and Whole Foods has one (their own brand), as well as Kite Hill! Hope that helps and you find it 🙂

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