Cream cheese

A creamy, rich-tasting clam chowder … you wouldn’t even guess that it’s lightened up! I’ve discovered something marvelous about making creamy soups. A little bit of Greek cream cheese in the soup…

Adapted from The Baker Chick. Au gratin potatoes with garlic and rosemary, made in hasselback fashion so the tops of the potatoes get crunchy while the bottoms are tender and cheesy.…

Crispy little baked poppers with the oh-so-addicting heat and flavor from Sriracha, a crunchy topping and healthy roasted brussels sprouts as a “base”, topped with a bit more Sriracha, if you…

Inspired by The Way to His Heart I saw a recipe for Gorgonzola Truffles and she mentioned she served them with apples, grapes or pears and I thought, well, gosh,…

Roasted red peppers and cream cheese with a bit of Sriracha in a warm, comforting, creamy soup. Soooo this is the next most requested recipe on my list of gotta-get-posted recipes for…

with goat cheese crumbles A savory thick and creamy pumpkin soup with sage and fresh rosemary. The goat cheese is just the right tangy creamy touch to finish it. I baked up…

I’m a northern girl, but my ex-husband is from Texas. Many, many years ago when we lived a lot further south than we do now, he mentioned King Ranch Chicken…

with sundried tomatoes, cream cheese and garlic I’m SO in love with these mini sweet peppers. They are adorably tiny, so sweet and so colorful! A couple years ago I bought some…

(Confession: really, the only reason I used cream cheese was because I was out of yogurt. Either one works just as well, IMHO.) I was out of town last week…

Last weekend I got a text from my friend … it was a proud mushroom hunter’s photo of her and a friend with a HUGE pile of morel mushrooms. I’ve…