Looking for an easy holiday appetizer? A batch of Smoked Salmon Endive Boats can be made in about 15 minutes. Then watch them disappear from the plate in seconds! 76 calories and 1 Weight Watchers SP When it comes to entertaining, I’m a sucker for hors d’oeuvres that require five ingredients or less, like these…
Turkey Pesto Tortilla Roll Ups
Appetizers, picnics or lunch boxes, these turkey pesto tortilla roll ups are a healthy and easy way to change up lunchtime or feed a crowd. 68 calories and 2 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Turkey Pesto Tortilla Roll Ups Recipe When I made a batch of whipped pesto cream cheese spread the other day, I knew…
Whipped Pesto Cream Cheese Spread
Smear this whipped pesto cream cheese spread on a bagel or tortilla and layer it with all of your favorite sandwich toppings. Or just eat it straight with your favorite crackers! 51 calories and 2 Weight Watchers SP Whipped Pesto Cream Cheese Spread Recipe Homemade flavored cream cheese recipes are as simple as combining the…
Tart Cherry Cream Cheese Yogurt Dip Recipe
Four ingredients and five minutes are all that’s needed to make this healthy tart cherry cream cheese yogurt dip recipe. Bring a little zip to that plate of fruit! 47 calories and 2 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you. There’s nothing…
Baked Tart Cherry & Cream Cheese Wontons Recipe
Healthy snack or light dessert? You decide! Either way, these Baked Tart Cherry & Cream Cheese Wontons will disappear in a flash. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you. My eldest son (M) is about to reach a milestone in his young life, and I’m not…
Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls Recipe
These easy Baked Pumpkin Pie Egg Rolls are a fantastic (lactose-free), healthy dessert with a kick of gingersnap flavor. Thank you to Green Valley Organics and Redwood Hill Farms for helping me to share this recipe with you. There’s one trick for turning pumpkin pie from mediocre to “I need another bite right now!”, at…
Caramelized Onion & Chive Cream Cheese Recipe
Call me cheap, but I am always shocked by the price of a miniscule container of flavored cream cheese at our local bagel shop. Of course, I’m also the person who, during the summer, orders a shot of espresso at Starbucks and takes it home to make my own iced latte so that I don’t…
Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast Recipe with Toasted Pecans
Pumpkin stuffed French toast is a great way to change up any fall or winter brunch get-together. Decadent and delicious! Pumpkin Stuffed French Toast Recipe The weekend is here and it is time for a treat. There has been a lot of healthy cooking going on here – Mushroom & Edamame Salad, Baked Trout (or…
Nutella & Cream Cheese Swirled Blondie Recipe For A Surprise Baby Shower
There is nothing more exciting than welcoming the arrival of a little one to the world. Of course, the birth of every baby boy or girl is special, but there’s a certain glow that envelops couples who are about to have their first child. That must be because sleep deprivation hasn’t yet set in. Seriously,…
Double Chocolate Loaf with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Spread Recipe
While I am enjoying some summer playtime with my family, several of my favorite food bloggers are sharing their talents with you. Today, please welcome Michelle of Brown Eyed Baker. Not only is Michelle a kindred hockey-loving friend, but she comes up with some pretty incredible recipes. If you are looking for an ice cream…
Smoky Jalapeno & Tomato Cream Cheese Dip Recipe
What else does one do on a hot and humid summer’s day but hunker down for a cut throat game of Dino-opoly? Yes, you read that correctly. No more Park Place or Marvin Avenue. Nope, my kids were buying up Giganotosaurus, Sauroposeidon and Triceratops at a rate that would make any paleontologist drop his pickax…
Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Cream Cheese Spread Recipe
This easy cream cheese spread comes together in less than 10 minutes and is flavored with sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil. When the thermostat edges toward the 100 degree mark in the middle of summer, I start to wilt like an under-watered flower and do whatever I can to stay cool. Of course, that often…
Shrimp, Cucumber & Curry Cream Cheese Canapes Recipe
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kraft. When I was growing up, my mum and I would occasionally fix ourselves a real afternoon tea, complete with fine china, sandwiches and a full pot of Orange Pekoe tea. We set to work cutting the crusts off of multiple slices of soft, white bread. Some…
Strawberry & Chocolate Cream Cheese Napoleon Recipe
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kraft. Aside from the watching the cherry blossoms burst open and the hummingbirds make their annual arrival, one of the pleasures of spring is biting into a fresh strawberry. I am not talking about those pale red specimens that mope on the shelves year-round, tasteless and scentless….
Southwestern Chicken Pizza with Chipotle Cream Cheese Sauce Recipe
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kraft. Every Friday night at our house brings great excitement for my boys. Pizza night ranges from standards, such as pepperoni and Hawaiian, to slightly more adventurous versions, such as Thai chicken or grilled shrimp and pesto. Southwestern or Mexican pizzas have crossed our pizza stone several…
Braised Leeks with Red Pepper Cream Cheese Sauce & Capers Recipe
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kraft. When cream cheese is mentioned, one of three things comes to mind – slathered bagels, cheesecake or frosting. Quite honestly, I rarely use cream cheese for anything else. Of course, that is a rather narrow-minded view, as many people use cream cheese in dishes such as…
How to: Make Compound Butter
There is no simpler way to add flavor to baked goods, meat, fish and chicken than by infusing or slathering them with herbs and spices. One of the easiest, but most impressive ways of doing this is with compound butters. This sounds fancy, but is no more difficult than mashing together butter and your choice…
Carrot Ginger Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe – 40th Birthday
The day has arrived. The big 4-0. (This gives me good reason to take a departure from healthy eating to indulge in these carrot ginger cupcakes.) It is hard for me to fathom that I am turning forty today. It seems like only a blink of an eye from when I was running through sprinklers…
Pioneer Woman’s Jalapeno-Bacon Poppers
I agree with Pioneer Woman; I have no idea what to call these…”thingies”. All I know is that they are so good that I might trade my first born for a platter of them. The juices of the bacon seep down into the cream cheese and are a perfect foil for the subtle spice of…