Name: Ranch Salad Dressing
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups soy or dairy milk; 1 (12 oz.) pkg silken tofu; 1 (1 oz.) pkg ranch salad dressing mix packet

Why it works: Milk and tofu work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 44 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Ranch Salad Dressing

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups soy or dairy milk
1 (12 oz.) pkg silken tofu
1 (1 oz.) pkg ranch salad dressing mix packet

Directions

Put the soy milk, silken tofu, and dressing mix into a blender container.
Whirl until well blended, scraping down sides if necessary.
Put dressing into a jar and store in the refrigerator.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

307Calories

17 gProtein

20 gFat

16 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Tofu	100g firm	76
Ranch	1 tbsp (15g) dressing	73
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Dairy	not in our table	0
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Milk + tofutop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together44 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Milk + ranchtop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together62 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Tofu + ranchtop 40% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Silken tofu: Blends into a smooth, creamy body that thickens the dressing without dairy.
Soy or dairy milk: Thins the blended base to a pourable consistency and adds moisture.
Ranch salad dressing mix: Supplies the seasoning and herb flavor that makes the dressing taste like ranch.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.