Summer means that school is out. If you have little ones, they are always going to be asking you what’s for the next meal or if they can have a snack. Be prepared with an array of delicious snack and meal ideas that use cream cheese. Velvety, creamy, and tangy, cream cheese is a great addition to snack for a wonderful flavor profile contrast.
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Upscale Bagel With Cream Cheese
If you don’t feel like cooking breakfast one morning, just have a bagel bar! Get as many different flavors of bagels and cream cheeses as you want and let your family pick and choose what type of bagel they want with either regular cream cheese or a special flavor.
For the tried and true traditionally delicious, a simple regular cream cheese with original bagel will do the trick. If a family member wants more of a savory breakfast, they can swap out the original cream cheese for onion and chive cream cheese. A cinnamon raisin bag with cinnamon cream cheese compliments one another well. Blueberry cream cheese would enhance the berry goodness of a blueberry bagel.
Strawberry Cheesecake
Cream cheese, flour, sugar, and other ingredients act as the base of the cheesecake. Prepare your graham cracker crust or purchase a store bought one to save time. Cook fresh strawberries in a simple syrup for an added touch of sweetness. Once you have baked your cheesecake and it cools for a bit, top with the strawberries in a simple syrup and enjoy!
Fluffernutter Dip
Fruit trays are easy and simple to prepare. Plus, they’re healthy for the whole family. Cut up some grapes, strawberries, and pineapple. Add some blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries to the tray as well.
Eating this fruit would be a way better experience if you had some fluffy and delicious fruit dip. All you have to do is mix marshmallow fluff, otherwise known as fluffernutter, which can be usually found in the peanut butter and jelly section, and a tub of strawberry cream cheese. There are other varieties such as mixing marshmallow fluff with regular cream cheese and peanut butter for you to dunk fruit and graham crackers into. The graham crackers would even be delicious with the strawberry fluffernutter. If you want to get creative, replace the strawberry cream cheese with another flavor of it such as blueberry or cinnamon for a different flavor profile.
Crab Dip
Believe it or not, crab dip can be more luscious and creamy when you add cream cheese. Get a container of store bought fresh crab meat or if you are really adventurous, go crabbing, catch your own, cook them, and extract the crab meat.
Add breadcrumbs of your choice. Panko bread crumbs can make the dip more crunchy. Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon or more depending on how zesty you want the dip to be. Cut up fresh cilantro and place it into the bowl. Add some Old Bay seasoning for flavor and the cream cheese to round out its creaminess. Bon appetit!
