Cook with Cheese
The world of cheese has expanded well beyond American sandwich singles and string cheese. Here are a few ideas to help expand your cheese tastes and your appreciation of aged cheeses!
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Steps
- Try making your macaroni and cheese with a natural cheese such as fontina, asiago, gruyere, feta or zesty pepper jack.
- Discover a new kind of mashed potatoes with a cheesy twist of flavor! Add shredded cheeses such as white Cheddar, Gruyere, Parmesan or gorgonzola.
- Make a different kind of grilled cheese sandwich! Try adding some sharp aged cheeses, flavored natural cheeses or blends of multiple cheese varieties.
- Try a combination of Manchego, Asadero, queso blanco to make your Make Fully Grilled Burritos and try quesadillas with a new adventure in cheese flavor!
Tips
- Cheese is one of those foods that helps to keep things interesting. The use of specialty cheeses can turn a boring dish or sandwich into a tasty part of your diet!
- If above legal drinking age, some cheeses go well with specific Find the Best Wines from Canada.
- Grate the cheese. Some people think cheese tastes better when it is grated.
- Crumbled feta or blue cheese tastes delicious on salads.
- Natural cheese is low in carbohydrates and can be used to bring creamy textures and rich flavors to otherwise bland dishes. It is also great as a low-carb snack.
Warnings
- Eating too much cheese can cause stomach and intestinal problems in people who are lactose intolerant.
- Eating aged cheeses can bring on a migraine headache in people who are sensitive to fermented products.
- Eating too much cheese can make you put on a bit of extra weight, as it is quite high in fat content, so don't eat much of it and certainly not every day.
- Eating aged cheese can cause bad breath, but with enough garlic -- who will even notice?
