Personally, I love Blue Cheese Dressing…Marie’s Blue Cheese Dressing to be exact. However, there comes a time when you have to make a change for the sake of your waistline and arteries….and up until now, I really couldn’t find anything that was a decent substitute. But this stuff is good…really good! 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil in the whole recipe makes it artery friendly.
I adopted this from skinnytaste.com. A blog I have mentioned several times. I love her low cal stuff and I don’t really like low cal stuff, so that’s quite a compliment.
I modified this recipe a bit, to increase the yield and I used anchovies paste opposed to a jar of anchovies. Anchovy paste will last a good long time, a jar of anchovies…not so much.
The first thing my blogging muse, Rob said to me when I told him I made this is: ‘ewwww Anchovies, I hate Anchovies!’ (just want you to know, he said it like a girl). Now I love Rob, but he doesn’t ‘do fish’, so I don’t think he properly represents the Anchovy. Let me just say, if you do not use Anchovies in this recipe, I do not see the point in calling iti Caeser. Caesar dressing IS all about the Anchovies. It is what made you fall in love with the dressing in the first place! If you choose to ignore me and make it anyway, it will still be good, but it will not be Caesar, it will be Creamy Dijon with Lemon. Do whatever, I’m just sayin’…
Ingredients
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1 large garlic clove
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon anchovies paste
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
Directions:
In a food processor or blender, add the cheese, lemon juice, garlic clove, mustard and anchovies paste. Blend for about 20 seconds. Add the oil and yogurt and blend for another 30 seconds or so.
Makes about a cup.
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Angela says
Hi Kathi 🙂 Thanks for your ‘lightened-up’ “Caesar Dressing” recipe. My family & I love Caesar dressing, and use it often.. What kind of Parmesan cheese should we use? Should we grate it from an actual Parmesan wedge, (or) use grated Parmesan cheese from the plastic bag, ( or) the one from the (well known) ‘green jar’? Also, would ‘low fat’ Greek yogurt work ok in this recipe? As for those folks who say that they don’t like anchovies….they DEFINATELY don’t know that anchovies will disintegrate while they’re cooking, but will thereby leave a delicious (but NOT fishy) flavor in the dish. They call themselves ‘Cooks’? Once again, thanks for your terrific recipes! I’ve never been disappointed with any of your recipes.