Hemp Seed Ranch Dressing

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Hempseed Ranch Dressing

Jill Dalton
Are you frustrated trying to find a salad dressing that is Plant Based Vegan and Oil Free at the grocery store? Or you find yourself at a restaurant or salad bar only to find out that there are no salad dressings available for you to eat that are vegan and you have to eat your salad with no dressing? This Hempseed Ranch Dressing is super easy to make and is free of oil but loaded with nutrition and healthy fats. Hemp Seeds are an amazing balanced source of Omega 3 and 6 which are the essential fats that our bodies need but are rarely found together in a balance ratio that our bodies can utilize.
4.77 from 30 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Salad Dressing
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people
Calories 81 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth
  • If you want it to be thicker, place it in the fridge for a couple hours
  • It will keep for 3-5 days in the fridge

Nutrition

Calories: 81kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 0.3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 12mgPotassium: 93mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 126IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 2mg

47 thoughts on “Hemp Seed Ranch Dressing”

  1. Thanks for the recipe! May I substitute chia or flax seeds for the hemp? I’m in Japan and I doubt it is available here.

  2. I made this after I watched your video. Tasted wonderful! So creamy. Haven’t had a dressing like this for a long time. Thanks!

    1. You’d have better look using a nut like cashew. If you have a nut allergy you may want to double the oats instead. Flax and chia are completely different and will result in a viscous, snot-like texture rather than a creamy salad dressing.

  3. I love this recipe, thank you so much. Although I used 2 small dates and had oat milk instead of the soy milk. It came out so nice.

  4. Jill if I’m wrong I’ll hold my hands up, but is Soy not linked with cancer? Maybe I’m wrong but I’m just checking to be sure. Thanks. P.

    1. Fortunately, many large scale studies have proven soy’s extremely robustly positively linked to cancer prevention. One of the biggest was the Nurse’s Health Study, which followed over 90,000 American women’s health.

      The idea of soy causing cancer and infertility was the result of a single small rat study in which male rats were pumped full of soy isolate for weeks and then developed health problems. Sadly, this was all that the anti-WFPB brigade needed to create a narrative around soy being dangerous, and even more sadly, the myth got traction.

      NutritionFacts has some fantastic 2-5 minute long videos (with full transcripts and references) on the science of soy in human diets: https://nutritionfacts.org/?s=soy I think you’ll enjoy the site – I’ve been vegan 20+ years, and it’s one of the most fun and informative resources out there 🙂

  5. I can’t wait to try this recipe among many others on your site, thank you! Would there be any suggestions for a non-grain substitute for the rolled oats? I found you by way of your recent video with Chef AJ, so glad!

  6. Please share the nutrition facts for this wonderful recipe. I would love to know how many grams of protein and carbohydrates per serving. Thank you

  7. Thank you, this approach to dressing with hemp is a revelation! My daughter is allergic to cashews, so discovering this is wonderful! I will dial down the raisins next time, as it did come out a little too sweet for us, but I can’t wait to play around with the herbs and spices! If there are other recipes where I can use hemp instead of cashews, do please share. Thank you for what you do!

    1. That is wonderful Shelly! Here is a playlist of all of our dressings. I would say that exchanging hemp seeds or a combination of hemp seeds and rolled oats for the cashews will work in almost all of our dressings. =).

      1. Really amazing! My daughter is allergic to cashew too and I never used help seeds before – so great !!

  8. melody sieglitz

    trying to find a great ranch recipe with no nuts or seeds im allergic tall order but been looking for years i am wondering if you have any thoughts

  9. Just made you zucchini fritters and decided to go ahead with ranch dressing recipe too. Very new to community and I knew your recipe had hemp. I bought hemp seeds, nor hearts. I hope it works out great. Just want to say love your channel and your recipes.

  10. This is an amazing dressing I will making this over and over. I was surprise that I had all the ingredients on hand. I will be trying the other dressings in the series

  11. I love this recipe. We added a teaspoon of sriracha, just enough to make you sweat. OMG. We love it on everything. I make your zucchini fritters and smothered them in this sauce. My husbands favorite.

  12. I guess I have a dissenting opinion here, to me it doesn’t taste anything like ranch dressing. I made it exactly as the recipe calls for, it wasn’t horrible but it certainly doesn’t taste like the ranch dressing I crave. Back to the drawing board

  13. Soooooo yummy! I’m eating this right now. I made it, tasted it, and ran for the spring mixed greens to make a salad.

    I doubled this recipe when I made this and I did notice my blender left a few raisins in the bottom untouched so I added a teeny smidge of maple syrup. When I make this again I might use dates or just maple syrup to avoid my raisins not blending well. It’s a fault with my blender and not the recipe. also did add a tiny hit of salt.

    Go make this recipe. Everyone… right now…. it’s AMAZING!

  14. WOW – this dressing is just amazing ! I used fresh lemon in place of white wine vinegar and dates in place of raisins. I can’t imagine buying store bought dressing after making this healthy dressing. I will be eating many more salads now that I’ve found this recipe. Thank you Jill !

  15. 5 stars
    Hi Jill!

    Delicious dressing! I did add a small amount of ground black cumin seed for extra pepper taste and some white miso.

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