White Bean Buffalo Dip with vegan blue cheese crumbles

Buffalo sauce and blue cheese…what an absolutely perfect combo! Although this combo is absolutely delicious, unfortunately it’s often a high calorie, high fat situation that does little favors for your body. Like many, I absolutely love and crave it! So coming up with a much healthier, plant based version was an absolutely must! And let me tell you folks…this healthy, lower calorie, white bean buffalo dip was a total success!

White bean buffalo dip, made with creamy cannellini beans, buffalo sauce, vegan blue cheese crumbles, and the perfect blend of seasoning. This white bean buffalo dip is dairy free, vegan, and vegetarian!

This white bean buffalo dip recipe is super easy to make and will satisfy all of your buffalo cravings! This healthy, vegan alternative to blue cheese dressing makes a satisfying, everyday snack you can truly feel good about. White bean buffalo dip also makes the perfect healthy snack plate for game day! Put this baby out during Super Bowl…or any other gathering, and give your guests a snack they can feel good about.

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Healthy Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip

Most buffalo dips and blue cheese dressings are loaded with fat and calories, often using mayo, sour cream, or cream cheese as their base. This white bean buffalo dip is a lower calorie, nutrient dense, version of the classic buffalo and blue cheese combo that you can actually feel good about eating!

Buffalo Blue Cheese dip made with white beans

This white bean buffalo dip is completely dairy free and vegan…but it is still super creamy! How? Blended white beans! White beans, and in this case cannellini beans, make the perfect base for a dip when you are looking for a super creamy texture. They are also very affordable and are a great source of fiber and protein! WIN WIN!

To turn white beans into a creamy base for any dip, simply toss them in a high speed blender with 1/4 cup of water. Blend for 30-60 seconds and BAM!…a perfect, nutrient rich, creamy base for your white bean buffalo dip!

Substitute for Cannelli Beans

Can’t find cannellini beans? No worries! Just swap them out with any white bean or chickpeas.

How to make white bean buffalo dip super flavorful

As mentioned above, white beans make the perfect creamy, dairy-free base for your vegan buffalo blue cheese dip…but what about the flavor. To make this white bean buffalo dip incredibly flavorful you will add a few simple, yet affective ingredients.

Buffalo Sauce for white bean buffalo dip

The buffalo sauce is obviously first on the list for this white bean buffalo dip recipe. You can use your favorite buffalo sauce. Franks is definitely the most popular, but feel free to use whatever brand you like!

If you are vegan or avoiding dairy, make sure you do check the label of your buffalo sauces, some of them do contain butter or dairy.

Also choose the appropriate heat level you desire. Some buffalo sauces are spicier than others.

Vegan Blue Cheese Crumbles for white bean buffalo dip

So blue cheese (or bleu cheese, which is the French spelling of the word), has a super unique flavor to say the least. Blue cheese can be described as salty, sharp, and pungent, with a bit of an earthy essence. It’s a cheese that may not be for everyone, but typically if you love it, you LOVE IT!

VEGAN ALTERNATIVE FOR BLUE CHEESE CRUMBLES

Blue cheese, with it’s unique flavor, was a personal favorite of mine. But when I originally gave up dairy in 2007, I had to wait years for a vegan alternative to hit the shelves. I am please to announce that it was worth the wait and Follow Your Heart has absolutely nailed it! 

FOLLOW YOUR HEART VEGAN BLEU CHEESE CRUMBLES

Follow Your Heart Vegan Bleu Cheese Crumbles are absolutely mind blowing! This vegan version of blue cheese tastes incredibly like the original dairy blue cheese. Seriously…it’s crazy! If you are a blue cheese fan, do not walk, run to your nearest grocery store and grab some!

The fact that you can just pull a fantastic version of vegan blue cheese crumbles off the shelf, helps to make this recipe super simple and quick to prepare.

Substitute for vegan blue cheese crumbles

Not into the flavor of blue cheese? No problem! You can leave the cheese out entirely and this white bean buffalo dip with still be fantastic.

You can also replace the vegan blue cheese crumbles with a different vegan cheese. Vegan feta would be my next choice because it still has a nice sharp flavor. You can also replace vegan blue cheese crumbles with nutritional yeast to help build a cheese-like flavor.

Other seasoning for white bean buffalo dip

Now that we talked about our two main flavors, buffalo sauce and vegan blue cheese crumbles, let’s talk about the rest! There are a couple of key ingredients that really bring this white bean buffalo dip to the next level.

Fresh Garlic for white bean buffalo dip

For this white bean buffalo dip, you will be using fresh garlic, as well as garlic powder and onion powder to help build flavor.

To incorporate the fresh garlic you will first chop it up and sauté it in water. This allows the garlic to cook slightly so its not super strong and overpowering. Feel free to skip the sautéing step if you want a more powerful garlic flavor, of course!

**I choose to sauté the garlic in water rather than oil to cut calories. Feel free to use oil instead if you prefer.

Not-Chick’n Bouillon Cube for white bean buffalo dip

To bring the flavor of this white bean buffalo vegan blue cheese dip to the next level, I included half of a Not-Chick’n bouillon cube. This seasoning is SUPER flavorful and adds a little bit of that chick’n flavor to the dip. Edward and Sons makes a perfect one! Feel free to skip this step if you’d like…but it does really add flavor.

Where to buy Not-Chick’n Bouillon Cubes

You can purchase Edward and Sons Not-chick’n bouillon cubes in most grocery stores. You will find this seasoning in the baking isle, broth isle, or the healthy food section of the grocery store. You can also purchase them online at Amazon or other sites.

What to serve with vegan white bean buffalo blue cheese dip

This white bean buffalo dip makes the perfect healthy, everyday snack or crowd-pleasing appetizer for a gathering. Serve this as a healthy alternative to buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing at super bowl or any game day!

Serve this white bean buffalo dip with a fresh vegetable platter, pita bread, tortilla chips. Or simply serve as an alternative to traditional ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing. This white bean buffalo dip also makes a great companion for vegan chicken wings or a perfect mayo substitute for a vegan shredded chicken sandwich or vegan beyond burger.

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