MENU
 

Great ingredients make for great meals. Whenever you can, use the highest quality supplies for your recipes. The flavor difference will always come through in your finished dish.

If there is an ingredient that you are not familiar with, check our Ingredient section. There are pages and pages of information about the ingredients used in my recipes.


 

Ingredient Information

Cream Cheese

Reduced fat cream cheese (sometimes called light cream cheese) is actually an American version of the French Neufchâtel (new-sha-tell). Like its French counterpart, it is a semi-soft cheese, but American versions are made with a lower fat cow's milk (23% milk fat instead of the 45% used in the French Neufchâtel).

Regular cream cheese is made with milk that is about 35% butterfat. In practical terms this works out to about 10 grams of fat in an ounce for regular cream cheese and only 7 grams in the light version. Reduced-fat cream cheese can be used in place of regular cream cheese in recipes. Because it has a higher moisture content the amount of liquids need to be reduced in some recipes, especially baking.

1 Tbsp. reduced fat cream cheese = 35 calories, 2.5g fat, 1.75g sat fat, 0g mono fat, 2g protein, 1g carbohydrates, 75mg sodium, 8mg cholesterol