What are some quick easy recipes you can make with 2, 8 oz. packages of cream cheese?

Add your cream cheese to a large can of chili and some salsa. Heat it on the stove or microwave and it becomes a tasty dip for tortilla chips or Fritos.What are some quick easy recipes you can make with 2, 8 oz. packages of cream cheese?
Easiest thing in the world.





Cucumber and cheese slices.





Take a large cucumber and peel it in alternating ribbons (one row peeled, one row unpeeled etc) Cut off the ends





Take an ejecting corer (pampered chef has an awesome one)and remove the center of the cucumber. Throw away





Unwrap the cream cheese and ';core it'; (take the corer and stick it through the center of the cream cheese length wise)





Insert the corer into the hollowed cucumber and then press the ejecting button, leaving the cream cheese inside of the cucumber.





Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 2 hrs. Remove from fridge, slice cucumbers and arrange them on a plate.





Another good recipe is to mix softened cream cheese with strawberry preserves as a spread for crackers or bagels.What are some quick easy recipes you can make with 2, 8 oz. packages of cream cheese?
add a can of salasa and you've got dip
Place it on a plate, pour a jar of cocktail sauce over it. Then add 1 to 2 cans of drained baby shrimp ( depending on taste) and serve with crackers.
Cheese ball-





2 8oz packages of cream cheese (low-fat)


1 bunch green onions, chopped fine


1 package pastrami lunch meat, chopped


1 T garlic powder


1 T balsamic vinegar
go to allrecipes.com and then you can search for recipes that have 8 oz. pkgs of cream cheese!
I low carb, so I'd roll it up in some sliced deli meat (like turkey...yum) and then nuke it for a bit to make it warm..or eat it cold. YUM





Of course, if not low carbing, there's always a bagel.
makes a great lemon frosting if you add lemon juice
Seafood dip


2 pkg Cream cheese


1 btl cocktail sauce


2 can tiny shrimp





Mix sauce and shrimp together , pour over cr. cheese.





Serve with crackers











Mexi dip





2 pkg Cream cheese


1 cup Salsa





Mix together. Spread on plate. top with chopped tomatoes, sliced black olives, green onions and shredded mexican colby jack cheese.





Serve with tortilla chips
Lox, bagels and cream cheese with sliced tomatoes and capers. My favorite brunch. Or if you can find the little mini-bagels, these also make terrific appetizers.
cream cheese filled chocolate cupcakes











CREAM - CHEESE FILLED CUPCAKES





1 pkg. chocolate cake mix





Mix cake mix according to box directions. Fill paper cups 2/3 full. Drop 1 rounded teaspoon Filling on top of each. Bake as directed on cake box. Makes approximately 30 cupcakes.





FILLING:





1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened


1/3 c. sugar


1 egg


Dash of salt


6 oz. chocolate chips





Cream together the cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg and salt. Stir in chips.
cake
www.KraftFoods.com has over 1000 recipes with cream cheese - since Philadelphia Cream Cheese is their product





If you want to get tasty and with no consideration to nutrition - pour a can of chili over one package and microwave - sprinkle with grated cheddar and serve with tortilla chips
I like to place the Cream Cheese on a plate, put a jalapeno jelly over it, and server with crackers.