how might you adapt for a lower fat recipe, is there something to substitute for the cream cheese, would use low fat cheese work??

There are two types of cheese in the recipe- cream cheese and white cheddar.

There are a lot of great low-fat white cheddar options. I like Cabot. As for the cream cheese, you can sub neufatchel, which is low fat cream cheese or just omit it. I use goat cheese in the recipe when I have it, and it is a lovely addition instead of the cream cheese. Some have tried it with feta- which I'm sure there will be plenty of low-fat options at the grocery store.

In the comments on the recipe, there's some talk of cheese options.