Cheese Recipes

Cheesy turkey vegetable tetrazzini casserole with leftover turkey, cheddar, peas, carrots, and a buttery breadcrumb-parmesan topping. The classic Thanksgiving leftover transformer.

Hawaiian Spam pizza topped with provolone, thin-sliced Spam, pineapple chunks, red onion, and green bell pepper on refrigerated pizza dough. Salty, sweet, and tangy in every slice.

Venison shoulder roast soaked overnight in milk to tame the gamey flavor, then braised in a Dutch oven with tomatoes, red wine, juniper berries, and a bouquet garni. Fork-tender wild game at its finest.

Easy breakfast casserole layers crescent roll dough, sausage, mushrooms, and Monterey Jack cheese under an egg and cream-of-onion soup custard. Make-ahead overnight bake for brunch.

Corn quiche with cheese cracker crust skips the pastry entirely. Crushed cheese crackers form a buttery, savory base for a thick milk-and-egg custard packed with sweet corn kernels.

Low-calorie eggplant mozzarella casserole layered with cottage cheese instead of ricotta, mushroom-enhanced spaghetti sauce, and melted mozzarella. Light and satisfying.

Greek eggplant rounds broiled with tahini, fresh tomato, and crumbled feta cheese. A low-carb, vegetarian appetizer with Mediterranean flavors that comes together in 20 minutes.

Mexican rarebit with sharp cheddar melted over corn, green chilies, and tomatoes in a double boiler. A Southwestern twist on the classic Welsh cheese dish.

Crustless quiche with ham, cheese, green chilies, and black olives. Bisquick batter blended with eggs and evaporated milk forms its own light base.

Baked walleye fillets in herbed tomato sauce topped with melted mozzarella cheese. An easy Italian-style fish dinner with just eight ingredients.

Mock ravioli casserole: layers of butterfly pasta, a meaty tomato sauce, and a herby spinach-egg-parmesan filling. All the flavor of ravioli without rolling a single sheet of dough.

Cheddar corn casserole bakes whole and creamed corn with cornmeal, sharp cheddar, green chilies, and pimentos into a soft, savory side somewhere between cornbread and spoonbread. A Tex-Mex potluck classic.

Ricotta pudding baked in individual cups until puffed and golden, made with part-skim ricotta, lemon zest, and a folded egg white for souffle-like lift. A light Italian-style dessert.

Freezer-friendly eggplant and tuna casserole layered with breaded eggplant, zucchini, mozzarella, and a seasoned tomato-wine sauce. Make two, bake one now, freeze one for later.

Yeasted coffee cake with a sour cream dough, sweet cream cheese filling rolled jelly-roll style, and vanilla glaze with sliced almonds. An overnight rise makes it brunch-ready.

Three mini cream puff fillings: smoked salmon mousse, curried caramelized onions, and a crab-cream cheese spread with red peppers. Ready to pipe into pate a choux for elegant hors d'oeuvres.