Who is she, you might ask?

She’sNara Smith, of course!

Viewers are fascinated by her family, cooking, and association with the “tradwife” aesthetic.

Nara Smith slicing strawberries in a kitchen. She wears a blue, feathery, sleeveless top. The image has engagement metrics and hashtags: #EasyRecipe #homecooking

And most importantly, is itworththe effort?

I decided to find out the only way I know how: a condiment cooking SHOWDOWN.

NEXT UP: BARBECUE SAUCE

Double, bubble, toil, and trouble!

Nara Smith and a man cook together in a kitchen, with Nara chopping vegetables on a wooden board. The TikTok interface shows their video has 995.9K likes and 9,532 comments

I didn’t want a poor similarity score to impact the overall score negatively.

And if you like ranch, you simply MUST try making your own with Nara’s recipe.

Hopefully, no one will make me rescind my chef card for it.

A person in a kitchen wearing an off-the-shoulder dress is filling squeeze bottles with a liquid substance over a cutting board

The hot sauce was another pleasant surprise for me.

The same goes for the taste.

Various condiments, including barbecue sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, and ranch dressing, arranged on a kitchen counter with spoons in small jars

Person in a kitchen with various cooking ingredients on a counter, posing with a playful facial expression. Not a celebrity

Three-photo compilation showing a person squeezing tomato paste into a saucepan, adding honey, and then pouring liquid from a measuring cup into the saucepan

Three photos show ketchup being made: whisked in a pot, scraped with a spatula, and then poured into a glass jar

Two images of the author making hot sauce, chopping Fresno chili peppers, and a pot with the peppers, garlic and black peppercorns

Three-step process for making hot sauce: boiling sliced red peppers and garlic, blending the cooked mixture, and pouring the blended hot sauce into a container

Three steps of preparing a barbecue sauce with ingredients including ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, and spices being added to a pot

Someone cooking barbecue sauce on a stovetop, then pouring it into a jar

Someone chopping scallions, preparing fresh dill, and then chopping the dill on a wooden cutting board

Three-step process of preparing a herb dip with chopped green onions, dill, and sour cream in a clear bowl on a kitchen counter

Spoons with BBQ sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, and ranch arranged on a cloth, each with blue tape labels showing different taste ratings out of ten

Table showing prices of store-bought condiments: ketchup ($2.39 for 14 oz), barbecue sauce ($2.99 for 18 oz), hot sauce ($5.99 for 5 oz), and ranch dressing ($5.99 for 16 oz)

Summary of ingredient lists for ketchup, barbecue sauce, hot sauce, and ranch dressing with respective quantities, prices, and totals

Bar chart comparing cost per ounce of homemade and store-bought condiments that shows homemade is more expensive for ketchup, barbecue, but cheaper for hot sauce and ranch is about the same

Woman in a polka-dot dress chops herbs on a wooden board in a kitchen

French fries on parchment paper surrounded by jars of ranch, hot sauce, BBQ sauce, and ketchup with store-bought condiments in the background

Four jars of homemade sauces (hot sauce, sea sauce, ketchup, and BBQ) with lids labeled in blue tape and a plate displaying samples of each sauce

Four open jars of homemade sauces labeled Ranch, Hot, BBQ, and Garlic BBQ with corresponding samples on a white plate in front

Four jars of homemade sauces with labeled lids on a counter. A white plate in the foreground shows small portions of the sauces for tasting

Two close-up images show French fries with different dipping sauces. In the background, there are fries, ketchup, and other condiments on a table

Left image: Woman in polka dot dress adding salt to a pot. Right image: Woman in apron adding seasoning to a pot of tomato sauce