cookingbites recipe challenge

Ingredients: 165 - 170 gms (1 1/2 cups) Ritz crackers, or saltines 50 gms ( 5 Tbsps) melted butter 450 gms (1 lb) cream cheese, at room temperature 2 eggs 6-8 cloves roasted garlic A pinch of salt 1 tsp green peppercorns, crushed 1/2 tsp sugar 1 tsp mixed herbs ( I used herbes de Provence...

I visited Holland, Michigan, last week for the annual Tulip Festival. Holland has a lot of residents from the homeland, and so there are quite a few excellent Dutch things...like tulips and gouda. The unseasonably warm temperatures caused the tulips to bloom a bit earlier than usual, though they...

Ingredients: 2 large leeks (about 350 gms) 125 gms cream cheese a generous tablespoon of butter 3 slices bacon, chopped into small pieces 1 tsp green peppercorns, crushed A splash of white wine (optional) Salt to taste Milk to thin the sauce Method: Slice the leeks in rounds, wash throroughly...

This is an extremely impressive dessert that everyone loves. It will dirty every mixing bowl you own, but it’s worth it. My mother requests the dulce de leche flavour frequently for her birthday. This recipe is adapted from Tasty. Ingredients: 20 graham crackers, crushed, plus 4 whole...

To go with steak (and late in posting) Cream cheese: 100 ml Green pepper corns: 2 teaspoon Garlic: 2+ cloves Lime peel: optionsl, but much nicer with it Chili/sambal/chili powder: little little bit Salt The amounts are really really flexible Pound garlic, salt, lime peel and green peppercorns...

Cream Cheese Chocolate Truffles Makes 25-30 truffles Ingredients 4 oz cream cheese, softened 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted (milk chocolate will work as well; I used a mix of the two) 3/4 tsp orange liqueur (I used Grand Marnier; sub in an equal...

This is a regular feature at my house and DH really loves them! We have always adored bagels in my house, and for years I would put cream cheese, smoked salmon, capers, and shallot (or red onion) on a toasted bagel, only to have the capers roll off or the diced shallots spill out on the plate...

Normally this is made with cream fraiche, but since it is difficult to get where I am, I used cream cheese (home made). I have also made it with thick yoghurt. Ingredients: Dough: in some form or shape, pizza base (or if you are real lazy, pita bread or tortilla). I used sourdough made with the...

So the cream cheese challenge. A bit of a problem when you're both dieting and watching your fat intake, particularly saturated fats. I used my Vitamix Blender for this, but if you're not dairy free, or don't have a suitable blender you could use so bought cream cheese. I had previously...

Chicken Tetrazzini Makes 8-10 servings Ingredients For the bechemel: 4 TB unsalted butter 1/4 cup AP/plain flour 4 cups whole milk 1 tsp kosher salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground white pepper Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg For the tetrazzini: 2 TB unsalted butter 16 oz white button mushrooms, cleaned...

Ms. Mofet's Lemon Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting 1 C. (2 sticks)(230g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature 8 oz. (224g) cream cheese, softened to room temperature* 5 C. (600g) confectioners’ sugar 1 TBSP. Lemon Zest (≈2 lemons) 1/4 C. (≈4 TBSP.) freshly squeezed Lemon Juice (≈2...

Bread Pudding Serves 8 Ingredients 6 slices good quality white sandwich bread, buttered 4 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla Dash of salt 3 cups milk 1 tsp ground cinnamon 8 oz cream cheese 1/4 cup raisins Pure maple syrup, for serving Whipped cream, for serving Directions Grease an 11-inch x...

Not much of a recipe but it’s worth having because it taste’s good, uses only three ingredients, takes 10 minutes to make and people are always impressed. I used to have to make this regularly when the woman I nannied for had friends over for lunch, that was 30 years ago when I was pretty much...

My mom ate this at a potluck many, many years ago when I was in elementary school. She asked for the recipe so she could make it, and from the very first time I tried it, I was in love. I ask for this every year for my birthday instead of regular cake - for close to 30 years now! Ingredients...

Everything's better with bacon, right? Well a lot of us think so anyway, including me and my DH. I made these bacon-wrapped Hungarian-hot peppers stuffed with a mixture of cream cheese, mild Hungarian-style sausage, bread crumbs, roasted garlic, a touch of diced tomato, some diced kale, and...

Savory Swiss Cheesecake Makes 1 9-inch cheesecake (about two dozen servings) Ingredients 1-1/2 cups crushed Ritz crackers (about 36 crackers) 3 TB butter, melted 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream 1 TB oil from sun-dried tomatoes 3 large eggs, room...

Ms. Mofet's Cream Cheese and Jelly Cookies 1 C. (2 Sticks) Butter, Softened 1 (3 oz.) Pkg. Cream Cheese, Softened 1 C. Sugar 1 Egg Yolk 1/2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract 2 1/2 C. Flour Preserves/Jam/Jelly Of Choice (Strawberry, Apricot, Cherry, Peach, Orange Marmalade, Etc.) 1/16 C. chopped pecans...

Ms. Mofet's Cream Cheese Snickerdoodle Cookies 4 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 C. (1 stick) butter, softened 1 C. sugar 1/2 C. brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. Salt 1 1/2 tsp. Cream of tartar 1 tsp. Baking soda 1 1/4 tsp. Cinnamon 2 3/4 C. all-purpose flour Coating 1/3...

I made these with Fresno peppers, which are supposed to be 2,500–10,000 on the Scoville scale. Jalapenos are in the 2000-8000 range, so I expected these to turn out like stuffed jalapenos. And, so they do...except that these were painfully hot. I've never eaten a jalapeno popper where I needed...

This is an easy recipe to make that is both colorful and full of flavor. I make this dish frequently in spring and summer. We had eaten prosciutto wrapped asparagus appetizers at a few restaurants and it was always pretty good, but it seemed like it was missing something. The addition of...