A better goal would have been a vegan ranch that doesn't taste like ranch. Sorry for more negativity.
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Wow. So much negativity! And about Ranch Dressing. Stand down vegans and try just being happy that the chef was darn clever enough to come up with a healthy version of a very guilty pleasure and has shared the recipe with us.
Thank you for the fun article and recipe (which I can't wait to try). And for Davide Luciano's equally bright and happy photos.
Thank you for the fun article and recipe (which I can't wait to try). And for Davide Luciano's equally bright and happy photos.
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I'm going to bring up another aspect of this, which is, why call a dressing that clearly isn't Ranch by that name? call it something else, please. This habit just irks me to no end! Ranch dressing contains mayo and buttermilk. This dressing does not. End of rant.
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Can we all just get along?
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To all the comments drilling into "When I dipped a grilled lamb shoulder chop into the tahini ranch..."
This vegetarian says:
1. The very next sentence is, in part: "...or season a sliced avocado".
2. The entire NYT audience is not vegan.
3. Nothing kills the good taste or experiencing the discovery of a Vegan or Veg item than a side of holier-than-thou preaching.
4. Enjoy the item for what it naturally is - delicious - and not merely because it is vegan.
5. I look forward to more such recipes. Perhaps omnivores will start realizing all what they have been missing out on.
Peace and Cheers!
This vegetarian says:
1. The very next sentence is, in part: "...or season a sliced avocado".
2. The entire NYT audience is not vegan.
3. Nothing kills the good taste or experiencing the discovery of a Vegan or Veg item than a side of holier-than-thou preaching.
4. Enjoy the item for what it naturally is - delicious - and not merely because it is vegan.
5. I look forward to more such recipes. Perhaps omnivores will start realizing all what they have been missing out on.
Peace and Cheers!
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Just as a point of discussion, I'm bummed whenever a vegan/vegetarian talking of the horrors of meat/dairy production is dismissed as "holier than thou," "preachy," or "obnoxious." It is not completely equivalent, but we wouldn't dismiss anyone criticizing "female genital mutilation" as "Oh, don't be preachy and ruin my day," would you?
The more we talk about sentient animals treated horribly by our species the better, and the more people we reach the better.
It's past time to be holier-than-thou and in-your-face on this topic.
Peace and cheers to you too!
The more we talk about sentient animals treated horribly by our species the better, and the more people we reach the better.
It's past time to be holier-than-thou and in-your-face on this topic.
Peace and cheers to you too!
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2 TB of maple syrup....? Sounds a bit too sweet but will give it a try.
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I was forced to stop eating Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing, which I loved, many years ago because it contains MSG which invariably gave me a headache about 6 or 8 hours later. I'm glad to know of a new recipe alternative.
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So other than the herbs and the (unnecessary) sweetener, how does this differ from the "white sauce" on street carts?
BTW, Tejal: There are surely more people that just me who believe that ranch dressing is the devil's, um, well, a flavorless, gross waste of good buttermilk and mayonnaise. So while this version might have flavor (mostly sweet and salty), that doesn't make it worth eating.
BTW, Tejal: There are surely more people that just me who believe that ranch dressing is the devil's, um, well, a flavorless, gross waste of good buttermilk and mayonnaise. So while this version might have flavor (mostly sweet and salty), that doesn't make it worth eating.
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But the fact that you don't like ranch doesn't make this version NOT worth eating. I love ranch dressing, and apparently many of the commentors on the board do as well.
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Oops have severe sesame allergy in the family. but thanks, its good to know a vegan option is available for delicious ranch dressing.
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I enjoyed the article until I came to the part about dipping lamb or chicken into vegan dip. Crazy. Didn't the irony hit the writer as she was writing it?
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is it also ironic to put ketchup on a hamburger??? mustard on a hot dog??
meat + a non-animal-fat-sauce is not really ironic....?
meat + a non-animal-fat-sauce is not really ironic....?
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What's crazy, and amazingly ironic, is that you weren't "hit" by the fact that it's obviously preferable to any vegan to dip chicken into a vegan sauce than one made with another chicken, or the fact that this article isn't about veganism but about a sauce the author believes is great that just happens to be vegan. The totalitarian notion that only vegans should be allowed to enjoy vegetables is at least as bad as eating animals is claimed to be, if not worse. The all-or-nothing craziness of many vegans is precisely what makes eating animals continue to be so attractive to so many. Crazy!
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It lost me at that point, too. Darn it.
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I was thinking the same thing - why would anyone go to the "trouble" of making a healthy, plant=based vegan food & smother a dead animal with it-
hard to believe cavemen & women still don't get it- ever seen a lamb slaughtered?? or a cow or chicken, any animal for that matter-
I've been a vegetarian/vegan now for 60 years &still it amazes me that people are still eating meat - WHY???
until people attain a higher consciousness - they naturally give up meat & animal products -they become healthy, the planet also - stop exploiting & using animals for their flesh, skins, feathers - they are not here for our consumption -they have a right to live & should not be unnaturally bred & confined & killed to satisfy someone's perverse & unnatural "taste" -
hard to believe cavemen & women still don't get it- ever seen a lamb slaughtered?? or a cow or chicken, any animal for that matter-
I've been a vegetarian/vegan now for 60 years &still it amazes me that people are still eating meat - WHY???
until people attain a higher consciousness - they naturally give up meat & animal products -they become healthy, the planet also - stop exploiting & using animals for their flesh, skins, feathers - they are not here for our consumption -they have a right to live & should not be unnaturally bred & confined & killed to satisfy someone's perverse & unnatural "taste" -
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Omg - enough - the history of biology on this planet is the constant exchange of protein. No one life form is superior to another. The consumption of one life form by another is not a moral act but rather is what we and every other life form have done and will do up until the planet says "basta". You have no proof that slaughtering a lamb is worse than slaughtering a carrot. None. And I certainly don't imagine you think a shark is somehow being evil when it eats a seal.
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With all due respect for animal lives and conditions during slaughter, I honestly don't think how something *looks* always indicates its morality or advisability. For example: childbirth, abortion, menstruation, heart surgery, autopsies, corpse disintegration, or anything else involving bodies. It really is not necessary to have an argument about eating meat simply because the author mentioned eating it, not to mention that not all meat involves eating animals that have been "unnaturally bred, confined, and killed" -- e.g. game animals.
Do the world a service, meat-eating readers: slather vegan ranch on roadkill.
Do the world a service, meat-eating readers: slather vegan ranch on roadkill.
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I do agree with you in regards to animal welfare however, this is an article in the New York Times food section, not the Vegetarian Times nor the PETA newsletter. There is a time and place for nearly everything but this is not the place for your sermonizing.
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The combination of tahini, lemon juice, garlic, oil, chives and parsley is also found in Annie's Naturals goddess dressing. Trader Joe's makes a similar goddess dressing. Both Annie's and Trader Joe's also contain soy sauce, apple cider vinegar and sesame seeds. Neither contains maple syrup.
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Thank you so much for this comment! I was going to go to Trader Joes today and get the ingredients for this recipe. Instead, I'll just pick up a bottle of Annie's!
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In the early 1970's the first "health food" restaurant in Durham NC was Somethyme. They made a great (and revolutionary for the time) salad dressing that was mostly tahini thinned with lemon juice and oil, but thickened in a blender with pureed celery, onion, and maybe pepper. It was creamy but tan and did not look like ranch dressing, but it was savory, good, and really made a filling meal out of a tossed salad.
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I learned to make a dressing from tahini, miso, lemon juice and garlic back in the days of macrobiotic cooking. Still use it, still love it.
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It makes no sense to use it on other animals' corpses. The point is to boycott atrocities against the defenseless.
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Dipping a hunk of lamb into an intentionally made-vegan dressing seems to be missing the point.
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Possibly, however there are people who eat meat but cannot tolerate dairy and/or eggs. I'm holding onto this recipe for Veganuary and Lent!
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Are omnivores to be denied the pleasures of experimentation simply because they haven't given up meat (yet)?
The moment I read that, I thought to myself: "Tahini ranch gyros." I'll bet it would sell well at your local gyro cart. After all, isn't tahini sauce what goes on that ground lamb dish to begin with?
In the meantime, I should see how this works with portobello mushrooms or eggplant for something more substantial for my vegetarian friends.
The moment I read that, I thought to myself: "Tahini ranch gyros." I'll bet it would sell well at your local gyro cart. After all, isn't tahini sauce what goes on that ground lamb dish to begin with?
In the meantime, I should see how this works with portobello mushrooms or eggplant for something more substantial for my vegetarian friends.
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Not it your primary concern is to be Kosher!
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