Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

It is common knowledge that one must have non-greasy, light food during the hot months of summer, as the basic idea is to keep your body cool during the perspiration inducing months of the year. Fruits and vegetables naturally become the food items that one should indulge in more. But feeding healthy fruits to a kid can prove to be quite a task. So, option? Concoct some flavored and colorful cream cheese fruit dips for your family and serve a bowlful with a platter of freshly washed and sliced variety of fruits. It really does work. I agree, that to a calorie conscious mom, the cream cheese fruit dip calories may seem a little too much with 2 tablespoons of the most basic preparation being packed with 178 calories, but you also have to keep in mind the fact that it is so much better an option than feeding your family harmful fried and junk food. Besides, your child will consume the dip in only limited portions and you can always make it every 3-4 days and not everyday. Flavored cream cheese fruit dips are fantastic that will definitely act as incentives for your children to eat more of those apples, pears, kiwis, grapes and strawberries! So, let us see some quick cream cheese

Quick and Easy Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipes

Basic Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
For a cupful of luscious creamy dip, you must have,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Walnuts or pecans, 1 cup (finely ground)
• Packed brown sugar, ¾ cup
• Vanilla extract, 1 tsp.

Procedure
Take a large vessel and put all the ingredients in it. After that, you can either use a hand whisk to blend everything together or use a molinillo, which happens to be a wooden Mexican hand whisk. In case you have one, hold the handle of the molinillo in between your palms and rotate it by chafing your palms against each other. This will make the broad disk at the other end of themolinillo to rotate and mingle all the ingredients very well together, leaving you with a smooth dip. Add the ground walnuts and whip some more and chill for an hour in the fridge, covered, before serving. Simple, ain't it?

Nutella Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
You can make a cup of this delicious hazelnut spread fruit dip with,

• Cream cheese, 6 tbsp. (softened)
• Nutella, 6 tbsp.
• Milk, ½ cup
• Salt, 2 pinchfuls

Procedure
First, whip together the cream cheese and the nutella. Keep adding salt as you whip. Once you see that the concoction is completely brown with no patches of white left, pour in the milk, little by little. Whip thoroughly until a smooth dip is formed. This cream cheese fruit dip is tailor made for apple slices!

Lemon-Marshmallow Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
To make this tangy you must have,

• Cream cheese, 8 oz. (softened)
• Marshmallow cream, 8 oz.
• Lemon juice, 1 tbsp.
• Vanilla, 1 tsp.