How to Make Dairy Free Ranch Dressing // Living Deliciously with Almond Breeze

cashews

🥗Healthier: silken tofu

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Silken tofu is lower in calories while sunflower seeds are more affordable.

almond milk

🥗Healthier: oat milk

💰Cheaper: soy milk

Oat milk is often lower in calories and soy milk is usually cheaper.

apple cider vinegar

🥗Healthier: white vinegar

💰Cheaper: lemon juice

White vinegar offers a similar tanginess and lemon juice is often less expensive.

Start with boiling water in a large pot.

Prepare a bowl of ice water for blanching vegetables.

Chop broccoli and cauliflower into florets and carrots into sticks, ensuring they are all about the same size.

Add the chopped vegetables to the boiling water and blanch for under a minute until bright in color.

Transfer the blanched vegetables immediately into the ice water to stop the cooking process.

In a mixing bowl, add 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.

Add 4 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice to the mayonnaise.

Add 1 heaping tablespoon of finely chopped chives to the mixture.

Add 2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley.

Add 1 minced garlic clove to the bowl.

Start with 1/4 cup of almond milk and mix, adjusting thickness as desired by adding more almond milk if needed.

Arrange the blanched vegetables along with unblanched cucumber, celery, cherry tomatoes, and bell pepper on a platter.

Add ice chips on top of the vegetables to keep them cold.

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