Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw (Video)

Low-Carb commercial blue cheese dressing and buttermilk make the dressing for this Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw that’s a tasty low-carb and gluten-free side dish. Add some crumbled blue cheese to the coleslaw if you really want a strong blue cheese flavor! Check out Cabbage Recipes for more tasty ideas with cabbage.

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Since I’m featuring lots of cabbage recipes during March when cabbage is always on sale, I thought it would be a good time to remind you about this amazing Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw with a dressing made from my favorite commercial blue cheese dressing thinned with some buttermilk, and this tasty coleslaw with blue cheese flavors has turned into one of my favorite side cabbage salads (on a blog that’s loaded with cabbage salad favorites!) And you can absolutely make this salad with purchased coleslaw mix that’s already chopped if you’re not concerned about a few extra carbs from the carrots.

I love the low-carb blue cheese dressing that’s the base of the dressing for this salad; be sure to check the label if you’re watching carbs and don’t find the brand I used. The buttermilk adds a few carbs but you’re not using a huge amount of it, and cabbage is a vegetable that’s fairly low in carbs and loaded with fiber, so I feel like this is a good choice for a healthy low-carb salad. And I’m pretty crazy over this Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw even when I don’t have any blue cheese crumbles to mix into the salad, but if you have crumbled blue cheese to add, that does take it completely over the top. I keep the shredded cabbage mixture in a plastic container in the fridge and mix in the dressing right before I eat it, and I could happily eat this for lunch most any time of year.

Mix together your favorite thick blue cheese dressing and some buttermilk to make the dressing.  I use about 3 parts dressing to one part buttermilk, but you might want to adjust that if you use a different brand of blue cheese dressing. Slice a generous amount of green onion.

I use my Mandoline Slicer to cut the cabbage, but you can also use a knife. I slice it thin with the mandoline and then cut chop the slices into shorter lengths. Mix the red cabbage, green cabbage, green onion, and celery seed, and then stir in the dressing.  (If you’re not eating it all at once, only mix dressing in the amount you’ll be eating.) And if you’re really a blue cheese fan, go ahead and mix about 1/4 – 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese into the salad.

I promise this will be a hit with anyone who likes cabbage and blue cheese.  And you don’t have to tell them how ridiculously easy it is to make!

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Thai-Style Spicy Cabbage Slaw with Mint and Cilantro ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Cole Slaw with Wasabi Dressing ~ David Lebovitz
Spicy Mexican Slaw with Lime and Cilantro ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen

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Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw

Yield: 6 servings

Total Time: 10 minutes

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Commercial blue cheese dressing and buttermilk make the dressing for this Ridiculously Easy Blue Cheese Coleslaw.

Ingredients:

• 6 T thick blue cheese dressing (see notes)
• 2-3 T buttermilk
• 1/2 large head green cabbage, thinly sliced and then chopped
• 1/2 large head red cabbage, thinly sliced and then chopped
• 1/2 cup thickly sliced green onion
• 2 tsp. celery seed
• salt and fresh-ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4-1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese (totally optional but good if you’re a blue cheese lover)

Directions:

1. Mix together the blue cheese dressing and buttermilk until it’s the thickness you prefer.  (I like this  dressing mixture on lettuce too, so I usually mix more than this salad calls for and keep it in the fridge.)
2. Thickly slice green onions until you have about 1/2 cup sliced green onion.
3. Use a Mandoline Slicer(with the 3 mm blade) or a long knife to cut all the cabbage into thin strips; then coarsely chop the strips of cabbage.
4. Mix the chopped green cabbage, chopped red cabbage, and sliced green onion in a large bowl and then stir in desired amount of dressing.
5. Add the celery seed, crumbled blue cheese (if using), and salt and fresh ground pepper to taste and gently stir a few more times.
6. Serve right away.
7. If this recipe makes more than you’ll eat at one time I recommend only mixing dressing on the amount you will be eating.
8. Store the dressing mixture and cabbage/green onion mixture separately in the fridge and combine and season the salad right before you eat the leftovers.

Notes:

I like Lighthouse Original Blue Cheese for this dressing.

Recipe created by Kalyn.

All images and text ©Kalyn Denny for Kalyn's Kitchen.

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
All the ingredients used in this salad are low-carb and low-glycemic choices.  The Lighthouse Original Blue Cheese that I used is low in carbs and saturated fat, and even if you added crumbled blue cheese this salad is mostly healthy cabbage!

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