Easy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe with Lightened Up Options

Believe it or not, blue cheese dressing is actually easy to make from scratch and it tastes SO MUCH BETTER than what you bring home from the store.

I love making things that are more normally “store bought” from scratch. This Easy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe is a perfect example of one of those homemade things.

There are a few reasons for the homemade preference. The first is that they are often less expensive, but that isn’t always the case – especially if you’re using quality ingredients – but then, of course, you are also getting that QUALITY!

And then, speaking of ingredients, you are able to make some slight changes to make the recipe suit your taste or meet particularly dietary wants or needs.

One thing I like to do with recipes is lighten them up! That can easily be done with this recipe.

To make a lighter version of this easy Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe, simply replace the regular mayonnaise with light mayonnaise and the sour cream with fat free Greek yogurt.

Whether you make the full fat version or the lightened up version this is really the BEST blue cheese dressing!

You’ll get all the flavor with a lot less fat!

Easy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe

Ingredients Needed:

(See recipe card below for quantities and full instructions)

• Mayonnaise (or light mayonnaise)
• Sour Cream (or fat free Greek yogurt)
• Buttermilk
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Crumbled Blue Cheese
• Salt and Pepper

How to Make Blue Cheese Dressing:

Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk and worcestershire in a bowl. Mix well.
Add in blue cheese.
Salt and Pepper to taste.

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Making Blue Cheese Dressing without Buttermilk:

If you don’t have buttermilk available or you forget it on your shopping run, it’s easy to make your own buttermilk. All you need is regular milk and either lemon juice or vinegar.

How to Use Leftover Blue Cheese Dressing:

Of course the most common use for blue cheese dressing is to top a salad, but if you extra there are so many other options. It makes a great dipping sauce for anything from veggies to chicken wings. Use it in a sandwich as a more flavorful substitute for mayo. Or use it in potato salad or pasta salad. 

How to Store Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing:

Your blue cheese salad dressing should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Use within two weeks.

Blue Cheese Dressing Additions:

Adding a squirt of lemon juice to your blue cheese dressing is optional. In can add a small burst of fresh flavor to the dressing but, again, is completely optional.

If you like a very chunky blue cheese dressing, you can add in even more crumbled blue cheese. For a more creamy dressing, you can process in a food process to incorporate and smooth out the cheese.

More Blue Cheese Recipes:

If you end up with extra blue cheese after making your salad dressing, you can use it in one of these delicious blue cheese recipes. 

• Buffalo Deviled Eggs
• Warm Blue Cheese Dip
• Beef and Blue Cheese Sliders