Sausage Cheese Dip
⭐ Estimated Points:
1–3 points per serving
(makes ~6 servings)
🛒 Ingredients
- 7 oz turkey or chicken sausage, cooked & crumbled (2–4 pts total)
Use lean breakfast sausage or Italian-style poultry sausage - 1 cup fat-free cream cheese (0 pts)
- ½ cup fat-free shredded cheddar (0 pts)
- ½ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt (0 pts)
- ¼ cup diced onion (0 pts)
- 1 small can diced green chiles, drained (0 pts)
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp smoked paprika (optional)
- Splash of water or unsweetened almond milk if needed
🔥 Instructions
- Cook sausage in a nonstick pan until browned; drain well.
- Reduce heat to low and add cream cheese, yogurt, and green chiles.
- Stir until smooth and heated through.
- Mix in shredded cheese, onion, and seasonings.
- Add a splash of liquid if needed for desired creaminess.
- Serve warm.
🥕 Best Zero-Point Dippers
- Bell pepper strips
- Cucumber slices
- Celery sticks
- Cherry tomatoes
- Carrot chips
- Zucchini rounds
(Chips or crackers will add points.)
💡 Make It Even Lower in Points
✅ Use extra-lean turkey sausage
✅ Drain sausage VERY well
✅ Add more veggies to bulk it up
✅ Thin with yogurt instead of milk
