Philadelphia Cream Cheese Salad Food

CREAM CHEESE FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• Beat the cream cheese and sugar together in a large bowl. On high speed, beat in the whipped topping. Fold in the bananas, pineapple, fruit cocktail, apple, and coconut. If desired, mix in the maraschino cherries, pecans, and raisins. Pour the salad into a serving bowl, and chill 1 hour before serving.

PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE SALAD

Steps:

• Cream cheese needs to be soft. Add Miracle Whip, stir till well blended.
• Add pineapple & cherries, blend well. Add juice from pineapple, enough to make it easy to stir.
• Add Cool Whip and fold in. Add marshmallows and fold in. A little cherry juice is also good to give extra color and flavor.

"PHILLY" WALDORF SALAD

Steps:

• Combine softened cream cheese, orange juice, orange rind and sugar, mixing until well blended.
• Add remaining ingredients; mix lightly.
• Chill.

PASTA WITH PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot or pasta pot, fill 3/4 full with hot water and bring to boil.
• Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon of salt and penne and rotini pasta.
• Bring to boil and continue to cook uncovered for about 20 minutes or until el dente.
• Meanwhile, in a large frying pan on medium-high heat add olive oil and butter.
• Add onions and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, stirring often, but do not burn.
• Add mushrooms, sweet red pepper, green pepper and stir fry for 4 minutes.
• Add pesto, basil, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes, mix well to blend.
• When pasta is cooked, drain well but reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water.
• Add pasta and 1/4 cup of pasta water to the mixture in the frying pan and stir well to coat.
• Add the cream cheese and stir well to coat the pasta.
• Reserve the remaining 1/4 cup of pasta water to be used later if necessary.
• Serve pasta immediately.
• Refrigerate any unused portions. Cover with plastic wrap.
• To re-warm the next day. Press parchment paper into a frying pan. Using scissors, cut the protruding parchment paper level with the top of the frying pan.
• Add 1/4 cup of pasta water and the pasta and
• stir to blend.
• Cover the frying pan with a lid and heat the pasta on medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Serve hot.

PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE CHICKEN SALAD

Steps:

• Drain water from chicken, put chicken in bowl, and set aside.
• Then add to the chicken the softened cream cheese and Miracle Whip. The Miracle Whip is according to taste (1/2 cup).
• Finally, add a few sprinkles of dried onion flakes.