A fully stocked kitchen is one of life's happiest little luxuries. The ability to whip up things like bacon-flavored compound cream cheese, crab dip, cream cheese pie or cheesecake, and any kind of ...

Sometimes, food piles up in the fridge. A red onion is shoved into the back corner, while pasta sauce is lost among other jars. This may mean you pick up an extra ingredient on your grocery run – one ...

Ideally, freeze an unopened package, as the exposure to air is what speeds up cream cheese's perishable nature. If freezing an opened package, first wrap it tightly with plastic wrap or store it in an ...

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You've got a short window to soften your cream cheese safely. Cream cheese should not sit out at room temperature for more than two hours due to the risk of bacterial growth and food poisoning.

BOGOs -– those exciting little signs at the grocery store that lets you know you're about to get a bargain. Buy-one-get-one-free boxes of cereal? Yes, please. Buy-one-get-one-free cream cheese? Sure, ...

Did you stock up on a lot of cream cheese when it was on sale and now you realize you're not going to use it all before it hits the expiration date? Or maybe you planned on making a cheesecake, ...