Key Lime Cheesecake Parfaits

I hit another sale–this time on cream cheese.  This store was selling the 3 different varieties.

Frankly, I always preferred Neufchatel cheese even years ago–you know, before it became re-packaged as !!!!Reduced-Fat Cream Cheese!!!

That’s a misnomer, because it’s Neufchatel.  Neufchatel is a different cheese.  Yes, it’s LIKE cream cheese, but it’s a different cheese.  It’s just naturally lower in fat.  I find it a bit more tangy, but I kinda like that to be honest.  And I don’t like paying MORE for a re-named product just because it’s termed “low fat.”  Which is ironic that you pay MORE for getting LESS…LOL.

Anyway, I won’t go near non-fat cheeses.  They are AWFUL. Enough said.

So if I want to make a trade off, I’ll use a lower-fat version.  At least it tastes somewhat like the real thing–and mostly this goes for the lower-fat sour cream which is used here.  As I said before, Neufchatel is a cheese in itself, not a low-fat product.

Anyhow, after going off on my above diatribe, I did want to do a cheesecake-type dessert that was summery and did not require any cooking.  This was it.  Plus I had some Key Lime pie filling that was taking up necessary space 🙂

You can just use regular cream cheese and regular sour cream here and ANY flavor fruit pie filling.