What can I do with lots of light Philadelphia?

[Solarjunkie]

I have 3 or 4 pounds (long story!) of light Philadelphia cream cheese.

What on earth can I do with it? I must use it soon or it will go off, and all I can find are complicated recipes for cheesecake that use just a couple of spoonsful + a lot of ingredients I don't have.

TIA

[Dollie]

Make creamy mash with philli and onion - that will freeze quite well - portion it up in individual bags to bring out at different mealtimes. Have a few jacket spuddies over the next few days, with philli and different additions such as spring onion, herbs, chopped pepprs etc. Trawl the internet for a cheesecake that has lots of philli in it (they do exist becuase my friend makes one with bailieys and a tub and a half of philli) Make lunchtime salads more interesting by combining cooked pasta with cold philli. Hope this helps. Dol xx

[MrsJo49155]

go to www.philadelphia.co.uk they have LOADS of recipes for phili - all courses too so you could eat it at every opportunity!

I know I would just be piling it high on freshly baked bread...mmmmmmmm

[nickmo]

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?search=cream+cheese has 600 recipes for cream cheese, or see: http://www.chefs.com/Recipes/SearchResults.aspx?search=cream%20cheese for 300.

Cream cheese is really added as a 'filler' or carrier for other flavours so if you want to use it in a recipe it will only ever be in small amounts.

If you want to freeze it, blend in some extra cream as the cream cheese will become crumbly and the texture will spoil when it defrosts and won't spread - ok for a recipe ingredient though.

It will work without the extra cream but not very well, and its not recommended to keep it frozen for more than a couple of weeks either - so just spread it on everything you see and enjoy.....

[sweetdor]

make a cheese-cake

[ermintrude35]

tuna + cream cheese pate

...mash up some tuna , philly light, a bit of grated cheddar, a little dijon mustard, pleanty of salt and pepper, (fresh herbs of your choice)... bung it in the fridge for a couple of hours for the flavours to mingle...lovely on brown toast or crusty french bread...

[ermintrude35]

glad you liked the pate idea...how about a cheat's cheescake...

1 tub philly

1 standard tub double cream whipped

1 pack lemon jelly (made to half strength) or any other flavour you desire...

digestives and melted butter for base

...make the base chill, while you mix all the other ingredients together, pour onto base chill until set...top with anything you fancy...

(you dont need sugar for this as the jelly is sweet enough)

[minniemoo]

Put some philly in a dish, drizzle sweet chilli sauce over it and then put some chopped chives on top. Eat it with some form of quaver looking crisp that are made by the people who Gary Lineker likes to work for !! It's gorgeous - enjoy.

[Solarjunkie]

Minnie - are you pregnant? I can't think of any other way you would have discovered that combination!

Thanks for the ideas, I have made some "cream cheese swirls" which are a bit like scones. MIxed results! Will also give the tuna dip a go.

[BBWCHATT]

Make some of these for your friends and family too - VERY easy - and they will owe you a favor. I invented this recipe:

B�s Chocolate Pie

1 - 8� Chocolate or Graham Cracker Crust

1 pack Chocolate Chips

1 Can Eagle Brand Milk (Sweetened Condensed Milk)

1 � Small Pack Philadelphia Cream Cheese or � Big One

1 teaspoon Vanilla

Pinch of Salt

In a bowl � mix the Cream Cheese and the Eagle Brand.

Put it in the microwave and get it hot � usually 2 minutes in my microwave � they are all different.

Stir in the Chocolate Chips � (they will totally melt), vanilla & salt.

Pour it into the Chocolate Cookie or Graham Cracker Crust (I use the Keebler Hershey�s Chocolate Cookie Crumb Crust from the grocery � it is the best for this pie).

DON�T EAT IT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY � it shouldn�t make a difference in the taste, but it does!!! If you wait 2 or 3 days it is even better than that!!!