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Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing is creamy and tangy. Forget store-bought salad dressings; this homemade version is easy to make and tastes so much better.
I don’t know what it is about this time of year, but all I’ve been wanting to eat is salad.
From wedge salads and simple grilled chicken salads to Greek-style topped with gyro meat, I’ve been whipping up salads for lunch and dinner all month long.
Now that Elle is back in school, having a few of these quick and easy dinner salads in my repertoire makes weeknight meals a breeze.
I’m even known to forgo the grilling situation for shredded rotisserie chicken from Costco. Seriously, it couldn’t be easier.
To top these salads, I definitely have a fridge full of dressings because everyone seems to love something different around here.
There’s fruit-infused vinaigrettes, a variety of ranch flavors, even poppyseed and thousand island. But there’s one style of bottled dressing you’ll never find in my fridge – blue cheese dressing.
If I’m honest, I loathe the stuff. Doesn’t matter which brand, trust me, I’ve probably tried it, they are just a no go for me.
WHY HOMEMADE DRESSING IS SO MUCH BETTER
You know how sometimes you have a preconceived notion of a random food item, and refuse to touch it based on that preconception? That was me and blue cheese dressing.
My scorn for the popular salad dressing was based purely on my experiences with the store-bought bottled variety of blue cheese dressing, and I’d never known any different.
To this day, the thought of it makes me a little bit sick.
I became fond of blue cheese many years ago when I was working part time as a server at a local high end steak house. One of my coworkers coerced me into trying the homemade blue cheese dressing.
I succumbed to the peer pressure and dipped the corner of carrot stick into the thick, creamy concoction and was fully prepared to wince in disgust. But it was delish and I was immediately a convert.
Like with my salted caramel sauce or funfetti cupcakes, it didn’t take long to figure out that the store-bought stuff can’t even hold a candle to the homemade version.
HOW DO YOU MAKE BLUE CHEESE DRESSING?
Although I have always been a ranch girl, I now find myself craving blue cheese dressing.
Luckily, homemade blue cheese dressing comes together easily and only gets better as it hangs out in the fridge, so I always make enough to last for a few days!
Truly, this recipe couldn’t be easier. Just whisk together the mayo, sour cream, milk, and a few other ingredients to add some tang. Then fold in the blue cheese!
Since you’re making this at home, you can use a super mild or a super funky blue cheese. Some people love that funk and others don’t, but with this recipe you hold all of the power.
HOW CAN YOU SERVE THIS RECIPE?
There are plenty of ways to enjoy your homemade dressing! Try it:
- Alongside spicy chicken wings
- As a dipper for crudités
- On top of wedge salad
- As a spread on buffalo chicken sandwiches
If you’ve been skeptical of blue cheese dressing, give this recipe a try! I know that this homemade version will convert you and your family into blue cheese fans.
Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar or more to taste
- ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup crumbled blue cheese 2 ounces
Instructions
- Combine mayonnaise, sour cream and milk in small bowl; mix until smooth. Stir in vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, salt, pepper and garlic powder until well blended. Fold in cheese.
- Transfer to container with tight-fitting lid. Chill until serving time. Stir well before serving.
Notes
- This recipe is still incredibly tasty if you substitute in reduced fat mayonnaise and sour cream.
- Recipe for homemade blue cheese dressing originally adapted from a recipe from Sargento Cheese.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
That looks so good. I am a huge fan of blue cheese and bc dressing. It can sometimes be tough to control myself around it, that’s for sure! :)
Wonder how long this would stay fresh in the fridge. Not that it won’t get eaten up soon but wondering the approximate shelf life???
@Janet, From my experience, it gets really thin the next day….I don’t care for it then.
I so wish I had this for lunch! It looks delish!
I’m such a diehard ranch girl, it’s ridiculous. I dip everything in it! But if you say homemade bleu cheese dressing is worlds different from the store bought I just may have to try it. (I always feel weird asking for ranch with buffalo wings anyway!)
I worked at a steakhouse years ago, and that got me hooked on blue cheese too. Before that, I was a, wait for it…1000 island girl. Now I only like blue cheese or balsamic. 1000 belongs on in-n-out burgers, not salads ;)
Husbands favorite, I’m sure he’ll enjoy tweaking it to get it just how he likes it for his burger tomorrow!
I would inhale that entire wedge of lettuce. Now.
Ok, so I have eaten a salad almost every night for the last two weeks. I have given up gluten (except for cake sampling!) and this salad look SOOOOOO good!! I made BLT’s for the kids one night and threw some bacon on my pitiful lettuce and it was delicious. I have never done that before! Then seeing some nestled so sweetly on your plate just brought me to a “happy place”. :) Anywho! Rant over.
I adore blue cheese dressing and think I just found the perfect recipe! Thanks for sharing this!
Great idea! Nothing like homemade dressing!
you are certainly right. homemdet this dresing blue cheese is super good.