Easy Philadelphia Cream Cheese Dip Recipe

INGREDIENTS  

• 1 tub Philadelphia cream cheese (about 8 oz/ 250g) Feel free to substitute with another brand if necessary.
• 4 oz mayonnaise After emptying the cream cheese into the mixing bowl, squeeze the Kewpie mayo into the (empty) cream cheese container till it’s about ⅓-½ full. (I do this to save on the washing up!) I like Kewpie Mayo but you can also use regular mayo
• 6 cloves fresh garlic Minced. Substitute: garlic powder If refrigerating the dip then eating it, use more garlic, as the coldness will dull the flavour.
• ½ teaspoon Salt If adding canned tuna, add the tuna THEN salt as the tuna is already super salty.
• Black pepper few turns of the mill
• spring onions, minced green chillies, chives, parsley etc Optional garnishing for colour

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Mix all the ingredients, except the garnishing, together in a mixing bowl,
2. Sprinkle the garnishes on top.
3. Serve immediately with crackers and what not. (See above for full list of serving ideas.)