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How To Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree

Sure you can buy pumpkin puree in a can, but what fun would that be? Why not be a little adventurous and try making it from scratch? I gave it…

Turn Your Canned Tomatoes Into A Quick Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Here’s an idea for using your pantry staples to make a last minute spaghetti sauce to serve over pasta. If you don’t have a jar of Ragu or Prego around,…

Make Your Own Frozen Garlic Texas Toast

If you find it handy to have one of those boxes of frozen garlic texas toast in the freezer, here’s an idea for making your own homemade version that can…

Spinach Dip

Update April, 2016: This post was originally part of a series in 2010 for recipes using cream cheese after I found a great sale with a coupon and was able…

Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas

Well, here I am at the end of the week and I’ve almost used up my five bricks of 25 cent cream cheese. Today we used cream cheese to make…

Topsy Turvy Cupcakes

This recipe for cupcakes is a favorite of mine that combines two great flavors – chocolate and cream cheese. They provide a sweet treat without any frosting (which means they…

Easy Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Homemade Alfredo sauce is simple to make with this recipe that blends butter, cream cheese, and milk. In the 10 minutes it takes for your pasta to cook, you can…