Greek Yogurt Dip

     We eat so many carrots that I start to feel bad for my kids.  Today I gave them some carrot sticks while they waited for lunch to be ready.  They did not complain, but I could tell they were less than enthused.

     I love ranch.  Before we went gluten free and dairy free five years ago, we always had a bottle of Hidden Valley Ranch in the fridge.  When we found out we had food allergies, it was the first thing to go.  Before we started GAPS I had found a really good recipe for ranch that put all others to shame!  I was so excited!  Here is the recipe I adapted four years ago, but I can not find the source for the original recipe.  (Note, this was before I learned of the "evils" of soy).

RANCH!

1 cup Mayo

1/3 cup soy milk

1 ½  TBSP lemon juice

Fresh Chives

Fresh Basil

Fresh Parsley

Fresh Dill

Fresh Garlic

Fresh Onion

Dash of Salt and Pepper

Put all ingredients into a food processor or blender and blend until everything is smooth and creamy.  Will have a slight green tint to it from all the fresh herbs.  It also will taste a bit strong on it’s own, but tastes AMAZING on salad!

     When we started GAPS we did not use soy milk anymore.  I have seen ranch recipes that use coconut milk instead, but I have never really explored coconut milk much.  If you do end up trying coconut milk, I think it could work really well.  The above recipe is really tasty.  All the herbs together would cancel out any coconut flavor in the final product, I think.

     Back to the children being less than enthused about the carrot sticks.  I have a ton of fresh herbs in my fridge right now from my garden.  I decided to try to make a dip for the kids.  It turned out so well!  We were having fried eggs for lunch, and I put some on my eggs (with runny yolks) and it was REALLY good.

     So here is the recipe for my Greek Yogurt Dip.  I have to confess that I did not measure anything while I was making the dip.  After I tasted it and it was so yummy, I tried to guess how much of everything I used.  Feel free to tweak this.  

Greek Yogurt Dip

Things you will need:

food processor or blender

1/2 large onion

8 fresh chive scapes or stems

1 tbsp fresh oregano leaves

1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves

1 tbsp fresh dill

1 tsp natural sea salt

1 tsp pepper corns

2 tbsp olive oil

4 cloves of garlic

1 1/2 cups greek yogurt

Directions:

Place everything in food processor or blender and blend until creamy.

     I did not put any parsley or basil in it because I was in a hurry, but in the future I might add some of that.  Also, it would be really easy to make mayo first, and then add these ingredients to it to make ranch dressing.  I will try that next time.

     The kids loved the dip, and were so happy to have something to dip for once.  We miss chips and salsa so much.  Finding something crunchy to dip is a personal mission of mine.  I would love to hear your ideas!