I Love Kraft Foods

I Hate Kraft Foods.

Can you say "Ambivalent"?

I was in the grocery store last week, and I happened to be passing one of those refrigerated cases that stands in the middle of the aisle that's at the end of the main aisles. Down by the Dairy cases. And down there was the Kraft Rep talking to the Dairy Guy for Kroger. He's waving around this tub of stuff and talking about how great it is. Never one to be shy about about interjecting myself into someone else's public conversation, I asked, "How good is what?"
So the Rep shows me what he's holding. It's a three pound tub of ready-to-eat Cheesecake filling. Now, I instantly think I've either found Dessert Nirvana or the Devil's Own Torment. Either way, I'm a goner. I've GOT to have some. I do manage to exercise a modicum of self-control and limit my purchase to one tub of this concoction.

The Dearly Beloved had requested a Key Lime Pie. Since he had recently sustained an injury, I was in a mood to indulge his whims, and in a weak moment, agreed to make one.

Now, I am an excellent cook. But I am not now, nor have I ever claimed to be a baker. Oh, I can fry pies, that's not baking, though. I come from a long line of excellent bakers, and I am intimidated at the prospect of trying to live up to their legacy. Don't wanna, Ain't gonna, Can't make me! So there!

But I promised him a Key Freakin' Lime Pie, so I gotta figure out how to make one. With a crust made from Shortbread cookies, no less! That turned out to be the easy part. Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook has every pie crust recipe you could ever want to make. Just so you know.
I pulled out every other cookbook I have, not a Key Lime Pie recipe in the lot. There was a recipe for a plain old Lime pie, and I figured I could substitute Key Limes for limes and do OK. So I go to the store to get the ingredients, and what should fall into my lap, so to speak, but Kraft Ready to Eat Cheesecake Filling.

I come home, make the pie crust, let it set up and then I put about 1/2 the tub of Cheesecake in a mixing bowl, put a package of sugar-free lime jello on it and mix that up well.
Then I add an equal amount {to the Cheesecake filling}of Sugar-free Cool Whip and mix that in well. Then I add about 6-8 Tbsp of Key Lime Juice and mix well. All this mixing was done with a wooden spoon, NOT an electric mixer. I wanted to mix it, not liquify it.
And this was perfect. So I spooned it into the crust, covered it with "Press and Seal" and put it in the Fridgeadator overnight. The Dearly Beloved and his older Son pronounced it DEElicious on Monday.

My next concoction using this Kraft Product will utilize Double Stuff Oreos and Chocolate Syrup. Yum-Yum, good stuff for my tum.