Cottage cheese is an excellent swap for heavy cream in creamy Alfredo sauce, a great replacement for cream cheese in spinach and artichoke dip, and a particularly excellent dupe for ricotta in many ...

Goat cheese is an especially good substitute in dips and fillings, but keep in mind that it has a stronger, more assertive flavor. For this reason, it's not always a good swap for sweet recipes. 10.

Whether your tub has spoiled, you don't have enough, or you have dietary restrictions, you can rely on this trusty list of cream cheese substitutes that are just as good as the real thing.

I use milk when making cakes, so why not substitute some ricotta cheese? ... 3/4 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese, room temperature. 2 large eggs. 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour.

PHOTO BY CRAIG T. KOJIMA. 1. Line a colander with porous cloth, to be used for straining the finished ricotta. Ronnie Nasuti uses a couple of Handi Wipes, but cheesecloth also works.