My mum always used cottage cheese, milk, eggs and grated cheese instead of white sauce in lasagne. - no extra cooking required. Easy, healthy and yumo.
I can't help thinking of the places I'd use cream cheese - so...
As a spread on bagels, crackers or bread rolls with loads of salad and a sprinkly of s+p,
As a base for yummy dips - blend with roasted capsicums, s+p, or with tinned chickpeas, lemon juice, cumin and coriander, as a creamy version of hummous,with french onion soup mix, with garlic, onion powder, and a mix of fresh finely chopped herbs, or blended with tinned beetroot, or with sweet chili sauce poured over... Then eat with crackers or toast or crudites.
Add to rissole/meatloaf/meatball type mixes before cooking.
Add to creamy sauces instead of cream.
Dollop on tacos/burritos/quesadillas etc instead of sour cream
Mix with tinned tuna and a few herbs and make little parcels/rolls out of thin long strips of cucumber or zucchini.
Mix through the couscous or rice-based stuffings that you can use on stuffed peppers or mushrooms or zucchini or eggplant.
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