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Cream Cheese Is The Unexpected Base For A Delicious Salad Dressing
By Grace Allison
Cream cheese has evolved into a seriously versatile ingredient, and its marvelous flexibility has even found its way into salad dressing, adding richness, saltiness, and texture.
The soft texture of cream cheese allows it to seamlessly meld with other ingredients like olive oil, water or milk, herbs, and spices to create a delectable salad dressing.
Before you whizz these ingredients in a blender, remember to choose a reputable cream cheese brand that will capture the creamy saltiness this dressing deserves.
A cream cheese dressing will work effortlessly in a bound salad, which is held together by a dressing or binding agent (such as mayonnaise).
Classically creamy salads like potato salad or Waldorf salad will also pair well with cream cheese because it can easily substitute the original creamy ingredient.
Regarding leaves, crunchy leaves like radicchio or endive would go great with a cream cheese dressing as the cream cheese would offset their bitter edge.