Cream Cheese is FREE this week .. and what better way to stock up than a bunch of GREAT recipes to put it to use. In fact, it’s been FREE all month and you can’t really get enough of this stuff!
Did you know that you can freeze cream cheese? After you freeze, it works better when you cook with it than using it as a spread – you can actually use Cream Cheese to make Mashed Potatoes with some GREAT results.
If clipping coupons isn’t for you, then you can usually find a HUGE 4 lb. Tub of Cream Cheese for $8 at Costco — which makes it the equivalent to $1/block.
But if you don’t mind clipping, then free is great too. Here are some great ways to put cream cheese to use in YOUR home!
1) Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Pie Recipe 2) Pumpkin Cheesecake 3) No Bake Peanut Butter Cheesecake
4) No Bake, Sugar Free Peanut Butter Pie 5) Apple Pie Mini Cheesecake Bites 6) Nestle Crunch Dessert Dip
7) Creamy {Essential Oil Infused} Cheesecake
Here are over a dozen desserts & dessert dips:
Desserts
- No Bake, Sugar Free Peanut Butter Pie ~ Glue Sticks and Gum Drops
- Nestle Crunch Dessert Dip ~ Glue Sticks and Gum Drops
- Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Pie Recipe ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Oreo Truffles ~ Adventures of a Frugal Mom
- No Bake Peanut Butter Cheesecake ~ Upstate Ramblings
- Berry Streusel Muffin with Cream Cheese ~ Couponing for Freebies
- Cream Cheese Pound Cake ~ The Jenny Evolution
- Cherry Crescent Rolls ~ The Jenny Evolution
- Light Lemony Cheesecake ~ Trish Sutton
- Mini Buckeye Cheesecakes ~ Snappy Gourmet
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars ~ Raking in the Savings
- Raspberry Peach Pie ~ Oh So Savvy Mom
- Peppermint Cheesecake Parfait {No Bake} ~ A Mittenfull of Savings
- Lemon Oreo No Bake Cheesecake ~ Sweep Tight
- Slow Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake ~ Homemaking Hacks
- Apple Pie Mini Cheesecake Bites ~ Baking Beauty
- No Bake Banana Split Dessert ~ Baking Beauty
- Easy Mini Strawberry Cheesecakes ~ Raking in the Savings
- Pumpkin Cheesecake ~ The Cents’Able Shoppin
- Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Recipe ~ Raking in the Savings
- Creamy {Essential Oil Infused} Cheesecake {Pressure Cooker} ~ The Cents’Able Shoppin
- Copycat Starbucks Cream Cheese Muffins ~ A Mittenfull of Savings
- Nutella Vanilla Cream Cheese Cups ~ Raking in the Savings
1) Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup 2) Best Ever Slow Cooker Chicken Breasts 3) Creamy Shrimp & Scallop Pasta
4) Cream Cheese Won-Tons 5) Freezer Dinner Slow Cooker Taco Soup
Not interested in desserts? There are a few main dish recipes you can incorporate for dinner, too!
Main Dish & Soups
- Best Ever Slow Cooker Chicken Breasts ~ Ninja Mommers
- Super Easy Crockpot Macaroni & Cheese ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Freezer Dinner Slow Cooker Taco Soup ~ Viva El Toro
- Chicken Pasta Florentine ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Creamy Shrimp & Scallop Pasta ~ The Daily Meal
- Cream Cheese Won-Tons ~ Copy Kat
- Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup ~ The Cents’Able Shoppin
- Southwest Chicken Soup ~ Couponing for Freebies
- Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Fiesta Soup ~ Coffee with Us 3
1) Roasted Pepper Dip 2) Easy Cheesy Pizza Dip 3) Creamy Baked Double Cheese and Spinach Dip
4) Cheddar and Cream Cheese Skillet Cornbread 5) Cream Cheese, Bacon & Jalapeno Dip
And if you have a party approaching and are looking for Dips, there are PLENTY of them along with sides that you can incorporate your cream cheese into. Some are easier than others – several can be done in the crock pot and a few require NO cooking!
Dips & Sides
- Easy Homemade Onion Dip ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Homemade Cannoli Dip ~ Drugstore Divas
- Creamy Baked Double Cheese and Spinach Dip ~ Melanie Makes
- Easy Cheesy Pizza Dip ~ Cinci Shopper
- Rolo Chocolate Caramel Apple Dip ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Barbecue Chicken Dip ~ Adventures of a Frugal Mom
- Southern Banana Pudding Dip ~ Adventures of a Frugal Mom
- Roasted Pepper Dip ~ Trish Sutton
- Cream Cheese, Bacon & Jalapeno Dip ~ Trish Sutton Breakfast (B)
- Strawberry Pancakes with Cream Cheese Glaze ~ Thrifty Jinxy
- Bacon Cream Cheese Jalapeno Rolls ~ Trish Sutton
- Wonton Jalapeno Poppers ~ Copy Kat
- Tomato Broccoli Cream Cheese Bites ~ Couponing for Freebies
- Cheddar and Cream Cheese Skillet Cornbread ~ Melanie Makes