Cheese recipe collection

Italian chicken pastry bites with crescent roll dough wrapped around garlic chicken, spaghetti sauce, and mozzarella. Golden, flaky, and ready in 40 minutes.

Italian lasagna with ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered with a homemade tomato meat sauce. A big-batch recipe that makes four 8x8 pans, perfect for feeding a crowd or freezing ahead.

Italian salad pizza on a prebaked crust with melted mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, and a cool romaine-watercress-olive topping tossed in Italian dressing. Vegetarian dinner ready in about 20 minutes.

Italian sausage pie bakes crumbled sweet sausage and onions in an egg and mozzarella custard inside a pre-baked pie shell. A hearty, savory quiche-style dinner that slices clean every time.

Vegan Italian spaghetti casserole with tofu ricotta, nutritional yeast cheesy sauce, and a homemade tomato-herb sauce baked until bubbly. A plant-based baked ziti.

Italian zucchini quiche with mozzarella, basil, oregano, and parsley in a crescent roll crust. A vegetarian main dish that uses up summer zucchini beautifully.

Jalapeno drop biscuits with Monterey Jack cheese and cornmeal, ready in 30 minutes. Both fresh and pickled jalapenos give these spicy, cheesy biscuits a double kick with no rolling required.

Jalapeno pinto beans simmered from dried with onion, garlic, cumin, and bay leaf. Spicy, earthy, and versatile enough to serve as a side or mash into bean enchiladas.

Josephine's pineapple salad: retro molded gelatin salad with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, and whipped cream. A classic potluck centerpiece from grandma's recipe box.

Try this low-fat, scrumptious dish made with fettucine pasta, broccoli florets and parmesan cheese.

Kaesekuchen, traditional German cheesecake: a light cottage cheese and sour cream filling with lemon, vanilla, and raisins, baked on a buttery shortcrust base and topped with almonds. Lighter than the American style.

Kalitsounia me kanella, sweet Greek cheese pastries filled with ricotta, cinnamon, and sugar, folded into half-moons and dusted with powdered sugar. Traditional Cretan Easter sweet with a tender pastry shell.

Layered chicken casserole with chicken-flavored rice, broccoli, mushrooms, and cream of mushroom soup, topped with cheddar and seasoned breadcrumbs. One pan dinner.

Kasseropites are Greek cheese-filled crescents with kasseri, fresh tomatoes, and basil wrapped in homemade olive oil pastry. A golden, hand-shaped vegetarian appetizer dusted with paprika.

Swiss kuttle soup from Ticino: a rustic Alpine tripe soup with carrots, leeks, celeriac, cabbage, bacon, red wine, and parmesan. Old-country comfort food at its most honest.

Aelplermagronen, a traditional Swiss Alpine macaroni and potato dish with melted cheese, milk, and caramelized onions. Simple, hearty mountain comfort food ready in 20 minutes.