Greek Yogurt Blue Cheese Dip or Salad Dressing
Greek Yogurt Blue Cheese Dip is a delicious, easy appetizer recipe. Because I love easy gluten-free salad dressing recipes, this easy dip recipe easily converts into a salad dressing!
Originally published on April 16, 2012. Post and photos updated on February 6, 2016.
MY LATEST VIDEOSI LOVE blue cheese. LOVE LOVE LOVE!! There aren’t many things that aren’t made better by adding blue cheese. Salads, steaks, pizza, sandwiches. I could go on and on. Heck, it even makes raw celery edible.
One of the worst things about being pregnant is not eating blue cheese. I know, I know, there are a lot of folks who are now going to tell me that you can eat any cheese as long as it is pasteurized, without worrying about listeria and other nasty bugs that can wreak havoc on a pregnant woman and her baby. Of course there are also those who say “NO SOFT CHEESES AT ALL.” I was not from that camp. Brie, feta, goat cheese – no problem. But for some reason, blue cheese freaked me out. I was literally counting the days till I could have it again.
So for my first dinner out after The Bug was born, we went to Outback, where I had the Blue Cheese Chopped Salad, a rare filet, and a glass of cabernet. It was like heaven, and not just because he slept the entire time (though that certainly made the experience that much more wonderful – and much quieter and cleaner than meals with him now).
But blue cheese dressing, well, yes, in concept, I love it. But the stuff from a bottle has these little, tiny granules of blue cheese which are totally not satisfying. Nor do they even taste like blue cheese. The stuff you get from restaurants or most other homemade recipes I’ve seen are not the healthiest thing in the world. OK to have on occasion, but not something I want to eat regularly.
Especially since, with most other dressings, I can dip my fork in a little, the stab a bite of salad and be happy, but with blue cheese, I need to spoon it over to make sure I get the large chunks of cheese. So I knew I had to come up with my own version – chunkier than the bottled stuff, but healthier than restaurant/homemade stuff. A-ha!
Greek yogurt blue cheese dressing!
Now, The Hubby and I do like things that are very tangy, so that is why I give you a range for the added cider vinegar. We like more, but you may want to tone it down a bit, depending on your preference.
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This is thick enough to be a great dip for veggies…
But it is equally yummy as a salad dressing, which I totally do all the time.
What is one food that you would hate to have to give up, even for just a short time? And for the mamas, were there any foods that you stayed away from when you were pregnant?
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I hope you love this Greek yogurt blue cheese dip or dressing recipe!
An easy and healthy way to make that favorite creamy salad dressing or dip for wings, veggies, or chips. Vegetarian, gluten free, and low carb.
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 1/2 Tbl apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbl olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp dry mustard
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
- Combine all of the ingredients except the blue cheese in a bowl, and stir until well-mixed.
- Gently stir in the blue cheese, so that you don't completely break up the nice, large chunks.
- Use for dipping veggies or put on top of a salad, on a sandwich, in a wrap...
Enjoy!
What have I slathered this dressing on?
And here are some recipes from my friends that would be perfect with this…
- Buffalo Chicken Tacos from Shugary Sweets
- Cherry Walnut Chicken Salad from Diethood
- Buffalo Chicken Bake from The Pinning Mama
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Kathleen says
What are the nutritional facts? For the dressing? Calories per serving please?
Brianne Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
Kathleen, the recipe has been updated with the nutritional information. Thank you for your patience!
robin yniguez says
Just made this dressing. I didn’t have any cayenne pepper but OMG, it is soooo good! I love blue cheese dressing, when I am at a restaurant I always ask for extra dressing because there is no such thing as too much. Bottled dressings are never as good as restaurant dressings. Excited that I found a recipe that’s as good as any restaurant AND it’s also healthy since it’s yogurt. Yummiest ever!
Brianne Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
Thank you for the nice compliment, and we’re so glad that you enjoyed the dressing, Robin!
Shirley Wood says
Thank you so much for sharing your delicious recipe with us at Merry Monday. YUM! i want some!
Kim~madeinaday says
My husband will love htis dip! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on Twitter! Have a great week!
Kim
Kimber Matherne says
Thanks for mentioning me! I’m with you girl! Blue cheese is magical and I would totally slather this all over my chicken bake! Pinning!
eileen says
I find this somewhat bland, it’s missing something for sure, gonna try an adaptation next time
Brianne Izzo says
Hmm, I do make it sometimes with balsamic instead of apple cider vinegar. Hope you can tweak it to your tastes. Maybe some more dry mustard, or some dijon instead.
Peter @Feed Your Soul says
i googled your recipe over the weekend and adapted it for my purposes. thx. it worked great. It will be a post later tonight. here’s my link – http://chefpeterskitchen.blogspot.com/2012/09/blue-cheese-dressing-using-greek-yogurt.html
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
Sorry for the super-late reply. Blog went on hold unexpectedly for awhile! So happy that you found the recipe and made it fit your tastes. I make it all the time!
ohkeeka [The Type A Housewife] says
I hate blue cheese by itself, but oh man, I LOVE it in dip or dressing. Would it be weird to dip pears in this? Because I totally want to. 😀
I heard that giving up citrus fruit can help clear your skin, so I tried that. Luckily, it didn’t work because I love lemon!
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
I don’t think pears is weird at all! I put it on a salad with apples. Hmm, this sounds like I could make a spin on one of my favorite salads, using this dressing with pears and candied walnuts!
Lisa says
This is the best idea I’ve seen lately 🙂
I am a big blue cheese fan! But the storebought dressings freak me out—all that nasty stuff they add. Greek yogurt sounds like the perfect delivery system!
Brianne @ Cupcakes & Kale Chips says
Lisa, you are too sweet! I used to have a lot of storebought dressings, then switched to olive oil and balsamic vinegar because I didn’t like all of the junk in the bottles ones, but lately I have enjoyed making some homemade dressings. I love this because I can have nice, bug chunks of blue cheese.