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Default Using Cream Cheese for a supper entree

hahabogus wrote:
> sf > wrote in
> :
>
>> Stan Horwitz wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>> " > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a couple packages of cream cheese that I usually use for dips
>>>> or cheesecake, but do not plan to use them for that. I want to use
>>>> them for a main entree for something for supper,but cannot think of
>>>> anything. Any suggestions? Could you put it in lasanga instead of
>>>> cottage cheese? I will also search for cream cheese recipes.
>>> I have an aunt who used to use cream cheese with macaroni. The recipe
>>> was very simple. She would boil macaroni until it was tender, then
>>> drain it thoroughly, return it to the pot, and add two or three pats
>>> of butter and some cream cheese, then melt it gently by stirring it
>>> over a low heat until the cream cheese was thoroughly mixed into the
>>> macaroni and all melted through. This went well with tuna salad
>>> sandwiches. I never met anyone else who made macaroni that way, and
>>> it sounds strange, but its actually pretty good, and very easy to
>>> make.
>>>
>>> That being said, if I had some extra cream cheese, I would go out and
>>> buy some bagels and some lox and enjoy it for breakfast the next day.

>>
>> That's a good idea - but cheesecake would be foremost on my mind if I
>> was trying to use up a signigicant amount of cream cheese.
>>

>
> I make a cabbage and pork casserole...cream cheese is the base for the
> sauce. Several tbsps of taco seasoning and cream cheese to be exact.
>

Is that, perchance, LC? If so, recipe please? :-)

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