This Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is made with Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise. Made with 5 ingredients in only 5 minutes, this rich, tangy, and super delicious dressing tastes just like a restaurant and is filled with blue cheese flavor. Plus you can't beat that it's only 40 calories a serving! Serve it with Buffalo Shrimp, Buffalo Cauliflower, or over a wedge salad.
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Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe
This Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is legit pure foodie magic. Made with Greek yogurt instead of mayo or sour cream, this recipe is super healthy and low-calorie but still tastes like the classic tangy Blue Cheese Dressing you'd see at a restaurant. Normally Blue Cheese Salad dressing isn't a healthy choice, but this is! It's loaded with crumbled blue cheese, so you still get that flavor you know and love. The rich blue cheese flavor masks the yogurt flavor, and you honestly don't know the difference. Plus it also has garlic and lemon to round out the robust flavors.
This magical salad dressing is low calorie, low carb, gluten-free, keto, vegetarian, and tastes so good. A traditional Blue Cheese dressing can have at least 150 calories and this one has just 40. It's perfect to serve as a dressing for salad or dipping sauce for fresh vegetables, buffalo wings, or buffalo shrimp.
I just love making homemade salad dressings and have been adding to my collection - 15+ Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes- for nearly 10 years. It's the perfect way to bring more flavor to your meals and keep it all healthier. You can easily whip together a homemade dressing like this one with just a few ingredients.
My favorite involves swapping out mayo for Greek yogurt like this Healthy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing. It drastically reduces the calories and fat in a recipe. You might also want to try my Greek Yogurt Ranch, Greek Yogurt Chipotle Ranch, Greek Yogurt Poppyseed Dressing, Homemade Green Goddess Dressing, and Greek Yogurt Ceasar Dressing.
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Why You'll Love this Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe...
- This Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing is made with Greek yogurt and no mayonnaise or sour cream.
- It's healthy and lighter than traditional blue cheese dressing, even diet-friendly.
- It's only 5 ingredients and blends in a food processor in minutes.
- You can make it thinner or thicker to serve it as a dressing or more of a dip.
- It's budget-friendly and so delicious!
Ingredients:
Here's an overview of what you'll need to make this Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe, but keep scrolling for the full recipe amounts.
- Plain Greek Yogurt: Greek yogurt is my secret ingredient for making dressings healthier. It takes the place of the more fattening ingredients you typically see in homemade blue cheese dressings like sour cream and mayonnaise. You can use either low-fat or full-fat Greek yogurt, depending on your dietary preferences, but if you are looking for a low-calorie dressing, do the low-fat.
- Crumbled Blue Cheese: To get that divine blue cheese flavor, you need to use real blue cheese, also called bleu cheese. You can look for Danish Blue Cheese or Maytag Blue. You can also use gorgonzola, stilton, or Roquefort. This is a key flavor for this recipe, so don't substitute anything for it.
- Minced Garlic: I used fresh minced garlic for the most potent flavors. You can also substitute a smaller amount of garlic powder.
- Lemon: A little bit of fresh lemon juice adds a nice tanginess to the dressing. It also keeps the dressing bright and light and adds some acidity to the dressing to balance out the flavors. I like to squeeze this from a real lemon, not the bottle.
- Milk: Due to the thickness of the Greek yogurt, you'll need a touch of milk to thin everything out.
- Water: The thickness of this dressing can also vary on the ingredients you use, so a few tablespoons of water can help you get your desired thickness. For more of a dressing, you will want a slightly thinner consistency but you can leave it thicker for a dip.
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions:
This is an overview of the instructions to make this Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe, but the full detailed printable recipe is below in the recipe card.
- Put the Greek yogurt, blue cheese crumbles, garlic, lemon, and milk into a food processor. If you don't have a food processor you can use a blender or immersion blender.
- Blend until the dressing has a smooth consistency. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water until you get your desired thickness for a dressing or a thicker dip.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container or glass serving bottle in the fridge.
Variations
This Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is a simple and basic one, but you can add more ingredients to it! Here are some fun variations.
- Add Fresh Herbs: This is a basic recipe, but you can add some fresh herbs like fresh chives or parsley.
- Worcestershire Sauce: Adds a rich umami flavor to the tangy Greek yogurt.
- Make it Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing: This makes a smooth dressing that resembles bottled dressing, but you can simply whisk the ingredients together in a bowl to make more of a chunky dressing.
FAQ
Storage & Leftovers
Store any leftovers in an airtight container like a mason jar in the fridge for up to five days. I love this glass serving bottle. Make sure to stir it well before using it.
Freezing
I do not recommend freezing the dressing as it will have a strange consistency when you thaw it back out.
Is Blue Cheese Dressing healthy?
Bottled Blue Cheese Dressing is often one of the least healthy salad dressings, loaded with fat, cholesterol, and calories. Store-bought dressings often have fillers and additives to keep their shelf life. This Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing contains real ingredients that are simple and healthy.
What is a healthy substitute for blue cheese?
If you love that traditional blue cheese dressing, but want a healthier option, this Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing is a great choice for you. It takes just like the real deal, but is low in fat and calories, but full of flavor.
This Healthy Blue Cheese Salad Dressing is Better than a Bottle!
This Healthy Blue Cheese Salad Dressing is truly food magic and way better than the bottle. I'd venture to say it's one of the best blue cheese dressing recipes you'll find. It's so good and you can actually feel good eating it, unlike traditional Blue Cheese Dressing. Serve it on any hearty salad or as a dip. Here are a few recipes it would be great with.
- With fresh veggies like celery, carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers and tomatoes.
- On your favorite salad.
- As a dip for Buffalo Shrimp Skewers.
- Drizzled on Healthy Buffalo Cauliflower Dip or Buffalo Shrimp Dip.
- As a dip alongside Homemade Buffalo Hummus.
- As a spread on Buffalo Chickpea Burgers.
- As a dressing on Vegan Cobb Salad
- As a dressing on Mexican Chopped Salad.
- With my Homemade Sweet Potato Chips.
- As a dip for Parmesan Ranch Cauliflower or Curly Sweet Potato Fries
- It's also a great substitute for anything you love blue cheese dressing on like chicken wings, buffalo chicken, pizza, grilled steak or a wedge salad.
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Healthy Blue Cheese Dressing
Ingredients
- ½ cup plain greek yogurt
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1-2 tablespoons water
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put the greek yogurt, blue cheese crumbles, garlic, lemon and milk into a food processer.
- Blend until the dressing has a smooth consistency. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water until you get your desired thickness for a dressing.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve imediatly or store in an airtight container in the fridge.
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