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This is a guest post from my 16 year old niece, Brooke, who is currently on the GAPS diet and doing really well. She is now coming up with some of her own recipes to help keep life more interesting and she sent me this recipe for Creamy Ranch Dip and Dressing.
Mayo
In a food processor, pulse to mix the yolks, mustard, lemon juice, and salt. Melt the coconut oil slightly so it becomes a liquid (if you heat it to much it will cook the eggs). Add to olive oil. Then with your food processor on, slowly pour in the oil mixture until it emulsifies; start with 1 to 2 drops, then a few more, then a few more, then begin a slow steady stream. After oil is all combined add pickle juice. Tip: I always use a food processor for the mayo, for me it never turns out right when I use a blender.
Dip
Dressing
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp. dried mustard
- Juice of ½ small lemon
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ½ cup coconut oil (preferably not extra-virgin)
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp. pickle juice (optional)
- Dip
- 1 batch mayo (above)
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 tsp. paprika
- 2 tsp. granulated garlic
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. parsley flakes
- ½ tsp. pepper
- 1 Tbsp. white wine vinegar (or apple cider vinegar)
- 1 Cup creamy ranch dip
- 3 Tbsp. olive oil
- 3 Tbsp. lemon juice
- In a food processor, pulse to mix the yolks, mustard, lemon juice, and salt. Melt the coconut oil slightly so it becomes a liquid (if you heat it to much it will cook the eggs). Add to olive oil. Then with your food processor on, slowly pour in the oil mixture until it emulsifies; start with 1 to 2 drops, then a few more, then a few more, then begin a slow steady stream. After oil is all combined add pickle juice.
- Peel and pit the avocado (the more ripe it is the creamier your dip will be) and chop into small pieces, put into food processor with mayo, mix until smooth. Then add the spices and white wine vinegar.
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl then enjoy
Looks good! you should have seen Brooke and I when she made the dip. She kept rearranging the carrots to get the perfect shot. Then they got all messy, which obviously wasn’t pretty. So I started to “take care” of them. ( which means pulling all the carrot sticks out of the bowl and placing the on the table until I could ‘dispose’ of them) We eventually got the shot, but boy was that dip good!
Yum!
This looks delicious!
Thanks. Let me know if you make it and like it.
Yum! I love homemade mayo and ranch. 🙂 I will be keeping this in mind when I try GAPS (again) next month… 😉
Thanks so much for sharing it at Savoring Saturdays!