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HelenMW

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Hi, this is a stupid question but what is meant by cream cheese in the lchf recipes? When I go to the supermarket there's lots of 'soft cheese' but I never see anything labelled 'cream cheese'. Is it the same thing? Is Philadelphia cream cheese? Don't really like Philly, so I'm hoping there's alternatives. I seem to remember having cream cheese as a kid (many moons ago) - might have been Primula? What brands do people buy?
 
June_C said:
Philly comes in different flavours. Would that help?
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Didn't know that! Have studiously ignored it in the supermarket until now but will check it out tomorrow, thanks x
 
Oh and btw it wasn't a stupid question. I've only just realised Philly was the cream cheese mentioned in lchf recipes.
 
I've used Philly in quite a few low-carb recipes - @ewelina 's pancakes, for instance, and a fabulous low-carb pizza base which has it as an ingredient, to name just two - and I wouldn't even have known that there was Philly in them - I think when it's used just a binding ingredient, or to make something just 'creamier', there's no hint of the 'cream cheesiness' in there at all. But then actually I do quite like the stuff in its own right, so I might not be the best example as taste-tester!!!
 
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