anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

[elizabeth229]

the stuff is pretty awful but is there any way i can make it into a cheesecake or something else that tastes decent? all the low carb recipes ive seen [smartly] use full fat or low fat cream cheese. the only recipe i've found that manages to hide the digusting taste of the fat free cream cheese is one with sf jell-o, vanilla extract and splenda.
thanks in advance! =)

[Hopeful1]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

I've never tasted fat free so I can't be sure how horrible it is. lol But I would go with something savory maybe. I eat a lot of cream cheese but rarely use it for sweet dishes.

Maybe try it in Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes

Linda Sues just like stuffed baked potato. I'm thinking maybe the regular cheese would mask the flavor? I use sharp cheese in everything so it is overpowering and good.

I also like either ground beef mixed with cream cheese or breakfast sausage also mixed with some sharp cheese to make it like a dip. I use Josephs flax bread made into crackers to dip in it. Just a couple of ideas.

[Chicklady]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

I wouldn't normally buy it....I usually get the one labeled "neufchatel" but anyway, I have always found that garlic or chocolate can fix just about anything! how about a nice garlicky shrimp dip?

[Ashan]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

Why fat free? You know full fat is better for you on atkins. They have replaced the fat with starches and some sort of sugars. Full fat is natural and has less carbs. Fat free has more carbs and is full of junk that Dr Atkins did not want you put into our bodies

[hopejoy]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

It would be great in the trash can! ha! sorry that's what I'd do with it! Why bother eating something unhealthy like that? Toss it and get yourself some good stuff.
liz

[Lyssie]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

I, also, do not understand why you would be purchasing fat free cream cheese while on Atkins. All the recipes I use with cream cheese involve you tasting it.

[MommaRuthie]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

Lyssie, LOL "involve you tasting it" LOL LOL LOL you made me laugh so hard i spilled my hot tea!!!!!!!

[elizabeth229]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

for those who were wondering, i always try and keep my fat intake to a minimum when possible. just a personal preference. if i could make something that tastes just as good with none of the fat, then why not? i was just curious to see if it would be possible...guess not! thanks

[boonie stomper]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

HOW ABOUT THIS???!? LOL



ROFL

[Luvnhappiness09]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

for those who were wondering, i always try and keep my fat intake to a minimum when possible. just a personal preference. if i could make something that tastes just as good with none of the fat, then why not? i was just curious to see if it would be possible...guess not! thanks

I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something but your statement doesn't make sense to me. Placing oneself into ketosis enables the body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates.(?) Restricting your fat intake--while on Atkins-- should prove to be counterproductive.

[Chef Kevin]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

yeah, you really need to keep your fat at about 65% of your total calories. Low fat is not really an option. This is a high fat diet, not high protein.

Too much protein and your body converts it to glucose. So, you really should buy the full fat products. You can actually slow your loss with low fat products.

[Mark M]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

Fat Free ?
I see that you want to lower your fat intake thats good but you need some fat, why deprive your self with no taste or just bad tasteing foods...
Try this , this is the for the chip & dip fans out there, get regular cream cheese and a can of rotel ( salsa ) . Heat cheese in microwave for thirty to fifty seconds to soften, mix can of rotel and warmed cream cheese together untill it is all incorperated to a nice creamy blend, then get the bigest bag of porkrinds and your mouth will have a great big permagrin out .....lots of luck Mark M.

[Chicklady]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

Actually, I can see wanting to lower your saturated fat intake.....

[sexywannabe]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

I don't understand why people come on here talking about low fat this, potatoes this, why should I not eat low fat etc. Don't people even understand what the Atkins AKA low carb diet is? I'm sorry if I'm being rude, but with Atkins, you don't need LOW FAT! You eat regular cream cheese, full fat cheeses, olive oil, regular sour cream, but of course you don't know that because you did not read the book!!!!

[Chicklady]

Re: anything good i can do with fat free cream cheese?

Well, I did full fat on induction, but now I buy several things low fat (fat free is just too gross) to watch my calorie intake.