Holiday Cooking & Baking Recipes: Caramelized Vidalia Onion and Blue Cheese Hot Dip Recipe

blue cheese

🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Feta provides a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt adds creaminess with lower fat.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and calories.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheddar

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheddar offers lower calories without sacrificing flavor.

Start by caramelizing 2 large onions in a skillet with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter on high heat.

Cook the onions for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they are caramelized.

Add garlic to the onions while they are caramelizing.

In a food processor, combine 2 (8 ounce) packages of cream cheese, 1/2 cup of sour cream, and 1/2 cup of mayonnaise. Blend until smooth.

Add 4 ounces of blue cheese to the cream cheese mixture and blend again until combined.

Melt a little under 1/2 stick of butter and mix it with 1/2 cup of panko breadcrumbs.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Once the onions are caramelized, transfer them to a bowl and mix them with the cream cheese mixture.

Spray an 8x8 baking pan with cooking spray and pour the mixture into the pan.

Top the dip with the panko breadcrumb mixture and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

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