Name: Ranch Fun Dip
Ingredients: ¼ cup raw pistachios; 2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast; 2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt; 2 tsp. Aleppo-style pepper; 2 tsp. dried dill; 1 tsp. sugar; 1 tsp. onion powder; ½ tsp. garlic powder; A spice mill or mortar and pestle

Photograph by Laura Murray. Food Styling by Yekaterina Boytsova

Guaranteed to make any raw vegetable taste good, and it will last for weeks! The pistachios, nutritional yeast, and salt should be ground to the texture of coarse sand so the dip easily clings to the cut sides of the vegetables—just like, well, Fun Dip candy.

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