Iceberg Wedges With Low Fat Blue Cheese Dressing Recipes

ICEBERG WEDGE WITH BUTTERMILK BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Slice the lettuce into thick wedges. In a medium-sized bowl, add the mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, salt and pepper, to taste, hot sauce, chives, garlic, and lemon juice. Whisk together, then slowly fold in the blue cheese crumbles. Arrange the lettuce on a serving platter and drizzle with the dressing. Garnish with tomatoes, avocado, and bacon. Serve.

ICEBERG WEDGES WITH CREAMY BLUE-CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk together buttermilk, mayonnaise, yogurt, lemon juice, and thyme in a bowl; season with salt and pepper.
• Gently stir in crumbled blue cheese. (Dressing may be stored, refrigerated in a covered container, for up to 3 days.)
• Cut iceberg lettuce into wedges and drizzle with dressing. Serve with tomatoes, if desired.

ICEBERG LETTUCE WEDGES W/CREAMY BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Cut the lettuce into 4 wedges and place on chilled plates.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together remaining ingredients, until the dressing is creamy but still slightly lumpy from the blue cheese.
• Spoon a generous amount of dressing over each wedge of lettuce.
• Garnish with the extra chives and serve.

ICEBERG WEDGES WITH LOW-FAT BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk reduced-fat mayonnaise, reduced-fat sour cream, and water with red-wine vinegar. Stir in minced shallot and crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces), breaking up large pieces of cheese with the spoon. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.
• Slice iceberg lettuce into 8 wedges (remove core). Place 2 wedges on each plate; drizzle with dressing. Serve immediately.

ICEBERG WEDGE WITH CHUNKY BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together all the dressing ingredients until combined. When ready to serve, set each lettuce wedge on a plate, spoon on about 1/2 cup dressing, and top with a handful of cherry tomato halves and a sprinkling of crumbled bacon.
• The dressing and the bacon crumbles can be made up to 2 days in advance and refrigerated. Assemble the salad shortly before serving.
• Mexican tarragon (also called mint marigold) is easily grown throughout Texas and is similar in taste to French tarragon, which literally can't take the Texas heat. If you don't find Mexican tarragon in the grocery store, look for the flowering plants at your local nursery. Little pots of these herbs also make charming party favors.
• If you are so inclined, cut the calorie and fat load by using low-fat or nonfat mayonnaise and low-fat or nonfat sour cream instead of the full-fat stuff.

ICEBERG WEDGE WITH BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• For salad, remove core from an iceberg lettuce by banging core end of lettuce sharply on the counter.
• Then grab core, twist and pull.
• It will separate cleanly.
• Plunge cored head of iceberg forcerfully into a sinkful of cold water.
• Drain, wrap in a towel, and refrigerate over night.
• For dressing, combine sour cream, mayonnaise, scallions, and lemon juice in a bowl and mix well.
• Stir in cheese, cover with plastic wrap, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• To serve, cut lettuce into 4 large wedges, spoon dressing over it, and season generously with pepper.

ICEBERG WEDGES WITH CREAMY BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Whisk mayonnaise, 1/2 cup blue cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, and vinegar in medium bowl until almost smooth. Mix in remaining blue cheese. Season dressing generously with cracked black pepper. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Arrange lettuce wedges on 8 plates. Spoon dressing over lettuce. Sprinkle with green onions and additional black pepper and serve.

ICEBERG WEDGE SALAD WITH BLUE CHEESE DRESSING

Steps:

• Make the dressing in a medium-sized bowl by combining the buttermilk, soured cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and 50g of the blue cheese. Season and stir through the chives. Chill until ready to serve.
• When ready to serve, pour half the dressing over the lettuce wedges and crumble over the remaining blue cheese and a scattering of walnuts. Serve the rest of the dressing on the side.