Healthy substitutes for Cream cheese
Cream cheese is rich and high in fat. Strained dairy alternatives mimic the texture with more protein and less fat: great for spreads, dips, and frostings (with a caveat for cheesecake).
The 3 best swaps for cream cheese
Greek yogurt, strained
Strain overnight for a thick, tangy, high-protein spread.
Cottage cheese, blended
Whipped smooth, it's a lighter, high-protein stand-in.
Neufchâtel
The same idea with about a third less fat.
Each line is one metric. The upright rule is cream cheese. A bar that stops short of it has dropped below the original; a bar that crosses it has gone past.
What the lines leave out
- Greek yogurt
- Thick, tangy and probiotic: at a fraction of the fat.
- Cottage cheese
- Nearly double the protein once blended silky.
- Neufchâtel
- The exact cream-cheese texture with about a third less fat.
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