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    Home » Recipes » Sauce

    veggie cream cheese

    Published: Mar 20, 2013 · Updated: May 17, 2024 · Post may contain affiliate links

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    Recipes for homemade spinach cream cheese and roasted red pepper cream cheese

    Veggie Cream Cheese from Living Well Kitchen

    It makes me feel sad when people don't get enough veggies everyday {read: more vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, etc.!}

    Which means I am always {always!} trying to come up with new ways to squeeze a few more nutrients into people's diets.

    Sometimes veggies can make a good thing even better, and this cream cheese is a perfect example.

    Cream cheese = good. Cream cheese + spinach = gooood. Cream cheese + roasted red pepper = reeaally good!

    Remember when you paid extra for the cream cheeses with herbs & things in them? Well, silly you, you can make it yourself in mere seconds!

    And then you can do things like smear it on homemade everything bagels, dip crackers in it, or use it in a sauce to coat chicken and {more} veggies for an easy & almost effortless meal.

    Cream Cheese Chicken and Veggies from Living Well Kitchen

    There are multiple ways for how you can use this tasty spread.

    The spinach cream cheese tastes more like regular cream cheese because the spinach doesn't add much flavor - just extra nutrients and green color.

    The roasted red pepper version has lots of delicious smoky, peppery flavor.

    I usually combine the two. However, it's not as pretty & certainly does not photograph like the individual ones. But if that doesn't matter to you, then by all means combine the two!

    Or use whatever veggies or herbs you want in your cream cheese. Your imagination is the only limit for the flavors you can create.

    Veggie Cream Cheese from Living Well Kitchen

    You just need an 8 oz. block of cream cheese and your vegetable{s} and/or herbs of choice. {Note that the recipe calls for 4 oz. of cheese, so I cut the block in half to make the two flavors. If you want one flavor, then double the ingredients.}

    Be sure that your add-ins are completely dry because you don't want to add any liquid to the cream cheese. It'll make it too runny. I did not follow this advice for my roasted red pepper version and ended up having to strain the cream cheese overnight because it was a soupy mess. Do as I say, not as I do.

    I included the recipe for both the spinach and the roasted red pepper version.

    Spinach Cream Cheese

    Homemade veggie cream cheese made with spinach
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    Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 2 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4
    Author: Meme

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups fresh spinach regular or baby
    • 4 oz cream cheese softened
    • pinch red pepper flakes

    Instructions

    • Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until completely incorporated.
    • Keep refrigerated, tightly covered when not in use.

    Notes

    Makes ½ cup
    Did you try this recipe?Be sure to leave a comment & recipe rating below. Bonus points for tagging @memeinge & #livingwellkitchen on Instagram! THANK YOU! xo

    Roasted Red Pepper Cream Cheese

    Homemade roasted red pepper cream cheese
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    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4
    Author: Meme

    Ingredients

    • 1 whole roasted red bell pepper dried as much as possible and roughly chopped
    • 4 oz cream cheese softened
    • pinch red pepper flakes

    Instructions

    • Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until completely incorporated.
    • Keep refrigerated, tightly covered when not in use.

    Notes

    *I used one pepper from a 12 oz. jar of roasted red peppers
    *Makes ½ cup
    Did you try this recipe?Be sure to leave a comment & recipe rating below. Bonus points for tagging @memeinge & #livingwellkitchen on Instagram! THANK YOU! xo
    Nutrition Facts
    Spinach Cream Cheese
    Serving Size
     
    2 tablespoons
    Amount per Serving
    Calories
    102
    % Daily Value*
    Fat
     
    10
    g
    15
    %
    Saturated Fat
     
    5
    g
    31
    %
    Cholesterol
     
    31
    mg
    10
    %
    Sodium
     
    109
    mg
    5
    %
    Potassium
     
    165
    mg
    5
    %
    Carbohydrates
     
    2
    g
    1
    %
    Fiber
     
    1
    g
    4
    %
    Sugar
     
    1
    g
    1
    %
    Protein
     
    2
    g
    4
    %
    Vitamin A
     
    2491
    IU
    50
    %
    Vitamin C
     
    6
    mg
    7
    %
    Calcium
     
    50
    mg
    5
    %
    Iron
     
    1
    mg
    6
    %
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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