Light Blue Cheese Dressing

Blue cheese dressing pours from a mason jar on to a salad in a white bowl.

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This homemade Light Blue Cheese Dressing has less fat and calories but is loaded with fresh, tangy flavor. A far less guilty way to enjoy creamy blue cheese dressing.

Prep Time5

Total Time5

Course: Condiment

Cuisine: American

Diet: Low Calorie, Low Fat

Servings:

Calories: 62kcal

Author: Valerie Brunmeier

Ingredients

¾ cup light sour cream
½ cup mayonnaise use a healthy fat mayo like olive oil mayonnaise
⅓ cup crumbled blue cheese see Notes
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced garlic
½ lemon juiced
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
¼ cup 2% reduced fat milk or more or less, as needed

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together adding as much milk as needed to obtain desired consistency.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours before serving.

Notes

This recipe yields about 1.8 cups of dressing.

For a blue cheese salad dressing, thin it to a pourable consistency. If you want to use this recipe as a blue cheese dip or topping, add less milk for a thicker consistency.

Blue Cheese Varieties

There are a lot of varieties of blue cheese available and you should go with the flavor profile you like best. Here are my favorites.

Gorgonzola - This popular Italian cheese is milder and sweeter than other varieties. Gorgonzola is not as powerful as many other varieties and a wonderful choice for blue cheese dressing.
Roquefort - A French blue cheese for true blue cheese lovers! Roquefort is one of the more powerful varieties in both flavor and aroma. It's pungent, slightly moist, and crumbles well.
Stilton - Produced in England, Blue Stilton has a very strong aroma and creamy, rich, complex flavor.
Danish Blue - Semi-soft and creamy, it's similar in flavor to Roquefort. Strong in both aroma and flavor.
American - There is a lot of excellent blue cheese produced in the United States. Point Reyes Blue from California, Hook's Blue from Wisconsin, and Oregon Blue from Rogue Creamery in Oregon are just a few. All different, but all delicious.

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