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My daughter is absolutely in love with the Philly Strawberry Cream Cheese. She wants me to buy it every week so she can make a strawberry cream cheese and strawberry jelly sandwich. Can you tell she has a thing for strawberries? Well, I decided to look at the ingredients on the strawberry cream cheese and compare them to the regular Philadelphia cream cheese. There a a ton more ingredients in the flavored cream cheese and one of those is the dreaded red food dye. I really detest artificial colors in my foods! I decided to try making strawberry cream cheese at home and skip the artificial stuff. How hard can it be, right? Just add strawberries to cream cheese with a touch of extra sweetness maybe? If I can get my daughter hooked on the homemade version I will happily leave the Red Dye #40 behind forever! If you are looking for an easy strawberry recipe this summer, this one is certainly one you should try!
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So, how did it turn out? Let me just say that the flavor of this strawberry cream cheese is so much fresher than the store bought stuff! I added a bit of sugar to mine along with a smidge of vanilla and it was heavenly. You can see the tiny little seeds in it and the bright pink color is amazing. I used my Cuisinart food processor and it literally took less than a minute to make this completely smooth. I seriously don’t know how people live without a food processor! So, if my strawberry cream cheese came out so vibrantly PINK with nothing but real strawberries and cream cheese….why does the store bought stuff have red dye in it?
Strawberry Cream Cheese
A vibrant and fresh tasting way to liven up your bagel!Home Made Strawberry Cream Cheese
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Diane has a Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology with a Minor in Health Management and Policy. She spent many years working in cancer research, academics, and biotechnology. Concern over the growing incidence of human disease and the birth of her children led her to begin living a more natural life. She quickly realized that the information she was learning along the way could be beneficial to many others and started blogging as a way to share this knowledge with others. While passionate about health and the environment she can’t quite give up her favorite Cheetos and Diet Coke! Learn more about her HERE.
I used to make my own kefir and would make cream cheese from that. I would add stevia and stawberries or pineapple…. It is all good. Your cream cheese makes me want to start making it again.
I was wondering if it was possible to actually make the cream cheese from scratch! I would love to give this a try so if you have a post you could share I would love it!
Store bought foods have so many unnatural ingredients and preservatives. Good for you making your own strawberry cream cheese! Looks delish.
It really was delicious and only took a few seconds! My daughter loved it. I want to try a pineapple version soon!
I made this last night and ended up with a pretty soupy consistency. After letting it rest in the fridge overnight, it’s not much better. I’m thinking I added too many strawberries. :/
I think the ripeness of the berries probably plays a part, too. The riper they are the more juice they will have. Maybe start with fewer berries?
Cheapness is the culprit. they cut down on the actual strawberries and try to make up for it with dye and refined sugar.
You are definitely right! I would happily pay more if they would ditch all the fake stuff! Keep meaning to look at Whole Foods to see if they offer one.
I made this a 2nd time today. 1st was too watery. This time i used more cream cheese, dried the strawberries. Both times I used Swerve as subs for sugar. Serious – also used as a fresh fruit dip & sauce. Yum & healthy for low carb living.
I am glad you liked it! You do have to play with it a bit, depending on consistency!
I replaced the sugar with agave for a natural sweetener. Turned out great. Kids loved it. I love healthy alternatives to pre-made store bought choices. Thanks for sharing Diane!
So glad your kids enjoyed it! I make it regularly and my teen still loves it!