Comments on: Make Your Own Ranch Dip and Dressing Mix MSG and Gluten Free http://taracooks.com/?p=2293 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Tara http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-29379 Tara Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:33 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-29379 Bonny I don't see why you couldn't try the cottage cheese blend and see how it taste. There will be oodles of ranch dressing mix left to make many more batches. Have fun experiementing! Bonny I don’t see why you couldn’t try the cottage cheese blend and see how it taste. There will be oodles of ranch dressing mix left to make many more batches. Have fun experiementing!

]]> By: Bonny http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-29332 Bonny Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:20 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-29332 I have a friend who is very sensitive to MSG, and my daughter's friend has a severe allergy to MSG and ends up in the hospital. My daughter spent the night over there and told me that her friends mom dips her tator tots in mayonaise as she can't have ranch dressing/dips. I think i am going to make this mix and give it to her as a surprise :) and also try it out for ourselves. When making dips for ourselves with ranch mixes from the store, rather than using sour cream or mayonaise to make it healthier I do it the skinny dip way which is using cottage cheese and blending it until smooth, then adding the seasoning. I wonder how your dip mix would taste doing it that way? I guess I better head to the bulk section of the store and get shopping! Thanks so much for sharing this. I have a friend who is very sensitive to MSG, and my daughter’s friend has a severe allergy to MSG and ends up in the hospital. My daughter spent the night over there and told me that her friends mom dips her tator tots in mayonaise as she can’t have ranch dressing/dips. I think i am going to make this mix and give it to her as a surprise :) and also try it out for ourselves. When making dips for ourselves with ranch mixes from the store, rather than using sour cream or mayonaise to make it healthier I do it the skinny dip way which is using cottage cheese and blending it until smooth, then adding the seasoning. I wonder how your dip mix would taste doing it that way? I guess I better head to the bulk section of the store and get shopping! Thanks so much for sharing this.

]]> By: Tara http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-28143 Tara Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:29:08 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-28143 Hi Jade This is about the closest thing I have found to Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix. My favorite ranch dressing though is Pioneer Woman's fresh ranch dressing. It is made from fresh herbs and spices. It has a shorter refrigerator shelf life but is very tasty. Hi Jade

This is about the closest thing I have found to Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing mix. My favorite ranch dressing though is Pioneer Woman’s fresh ranch dressing. It is made from fresh herbs and spices. It has a shorter refrigerator shelf life but is very tasty.

]]> By: Jade http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-27983 Jade Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:09:57 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-27983 I was wondering if this was more like the dressing mix for hidden valley or the dip mix they are actually two totally different tastes. I was wondering if this was more like the dressing mix for hidden valley or the dip mix they are actually two totally different tastes.

]]> By: Christopher Davis http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-27204 Christopher Davis Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:21:48 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-27204 Thanks so much! MSG is so bad for you. My brother gets a headache, it is much worse for me. It totally changes my personality for at least 24 hours. I get irritable, mean, unreasonable, and hold water. My coworkers say it makes me PMS! I am a male. That's the nicest thing they say about it, and they refuse to let me have chinese food or anything else containing it. My coworkers thank u too! Thanks so much! MSG is so bad for you. My brother gets a headache, it is much worse for me. It totally changes my personality for at least 24 hours. I get irritable, mean, unreasonable, and hold water. My coworkers say it makes me PMS! I am a male. That’s the nicest thing they say about it, and they refuse to let me have chinese food or anything else containing it. My coworkers thank u too!

]]> By: Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-24978 Beth @ Aunt B's Kitchen Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:34:35 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-24978 Great post. I use this recipe often. Today I linked your post to a recipe I made that uses the mix as one of its ingredients. You can find the recipe here: http://auntbbudget.blogspot.ca/2013/03/twicebakedpotatobakedegg.html Great post. I use this recipe often. Today I linked your post to a recipe I made that uses the mix as one of its ingredients.

You can find the recipe here:

http://auntbbudget.blogspot.ca/2013/03/twicebakedpotatobakedegg.html

]]> By: Tara http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-18025 Tara Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:44:03 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-18025 Hi Deanna The first paragraph of the blog posts explains how our son went GF and how I omitted the saltines from the mix with no affect on the taste. You are correct to point out the gluten in the saltines and I apologize for any confusion. I'd like to share 2 points since I posted this recipe. First I found some GF saltines called GLUTENO at the grocery. I have substituted those in recipes and hope to try it in this mix someday. But they are so expensive! Also when I made this ranch mix without the saltines the mixture began to clump together over time. :( I will edit the ingredient portion of the recipe to help avoid any confusion on the GF issue. Thanks for your input. Hi Deanna

The first paragraph of the blog posts explains how our son went GF and how I omitted the saltines from the mix with no affect on the taste. You are correct to point out the gluten in the saltines and I apologize for any confusion. I’d like to share 2 points since I posted this recipe. First I found some GF saltines called GLUTENO at the grocery. I have substituted those in recipes and hope to try it in this mix someday. But they are so expensive! Also when I made this ranch mix without the saltines the mixture began to clump together over time. :(

I will edit the ingredient portion of the recipe to help avoid any confusion on the GF issue. Thanks for your input.

]]> By: Deanna http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-18015 Deanna Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:46:10 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-18015 hi, I am just curious how you label this gluten free when it has saltines in it. Unless I am mistaken, saltines are made from wheat flour - hence it has gluten. My hubby is GF and I pinned this recipe for him but was dismayed to see the first ingredient saltines.. Do you have something we can put in place of the saltines to truly make it GF hi, I am just curious how you label this gluten free when it has saltines in it. Unless I am mistaken, saltines are made from wheat flour – hence it has gluten. My hubby is GF and I pinned this recipe for him but was dismayed to see the first ingredient saltines.. Do you have something we can put in place of the saltines to truly make it GF

]]> By: » Firecrackers – MSG Free! http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-14972 » Firecrackers – MSG Free! Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:33:12 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-14972 [...] with preservatives and MSG, which I try to avoid.  So I created my own version using my home make RANCH DRESSING MIX and substituting light olive oil in place of traditional vegetable oil for a healthier [...] [...] with preservatives and MSG, which I try to avoid.  So I created my own version using my home make RANCH DRESSING MIX and substituting light olive oil in place of traditional vegetable oil for a healthier [...]

]]> By: Tara http://taracooks.com/?p=2293&cpage=1#comment-14699 Tara Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:51:48 +0000 http://taracooks.com/?p=2293#comment-14699 jessica my husband designed the website. Integrity Focus Technologies is the name of his company. Don't know what theme he used though. http://integrity-focus.com is his web-site for more info. thx jessica my husband designed the website. Integrity Focus Technologies is the name of his company. Don’t know what theme he used though. http://integrity-focus.com is his web-site for more info. thx

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