After the success of my inauthentic soda bread recipe, I decided to formulate a less unhealthy, vegan take on an American classic
This Is Us, on Amazon Prime Video, has been a quiet joy during lockdown. It is one of those television series where it starts to feel as if you might actually be in it, rather than merely watching. The other night, while many of the characters were going through a stressful time gathered in a hospital waiting room, one of their number tried – unsuccessfully – to lighten things up with a question: what food is improved by neither ranch dressing nor chocolate? I can’t say I engaged with this, but it did lead me to meander off into some half-hearted research on ranch dressing. Do we have it here? Or is it just an American thing? What’s in it? The recipe I found called for mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon, onion and garlic powder as well as dried parsley, dill and chives. I made it and it was great, if not the healthiest.
Having enjoyed some success sharing my inauthentic Irish soda bread recipe during lockdown 1.0, I couldn’t resist applying myself to the creation of an inauthentic, less unhealthy, vegan version in lockdown 2.0. So, with apologies to Steve Henson, the plumber who apparently developed what is now known as ranch dressing in the 1950s while working as a contractor for three years in the remote Alaskan bush, here is my version. It uses fresh herbs instead of dried, and tofu instead of the mayonnaise and cream. It’s not unimprovable, but it’s a start.
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