Cheese/5 recipes

Whipped orange cream cheese spread with fresh orange juice, zest, and powdered sugar. A bright, citrusy topping for bagels, toast, or muffins made in 5 minutes.

A simple baked rice soufflé with brown rice, eggs, green chili peppers, and melted cheese on top. Just 5 ingredients for an easy vegetarian main dish.

Easy ground beef casserole with cream cheese, mushroom soup, and corn topped with golden biscuits. Just 5 ingredients and 35 minutes for a filling weeknight dinner.

Creamy chocolate peanut butter dip with cream cheese and a hint of cinnamon. Ready in 5 minutes flat. Serve with fruit, pretzels, or cookies for dipping.

Hashbrown picante quiche made in the microwave in just 5 minutes. Loaded with hash browns, two cheeses, sausage, and picante sauce for a spicy, crustless breakfast.

Mini cheesecakes baked in cupcake liners with a vanilla wafer crust, cream cheese filling, and fresh fruit on top. A 5-ingredient, individual-sized cheesecake dessert.

Buttermilk Swedish flatbread (knäckebröd-style) blends rye flour, all-purpose flour, buttermilk, and fragrant fennel seeds into thin, crisp rounds baked in just 5 minutes. A traditional Scandinavian crispbread for cheese, butter, or smoked fish.

Cheesy pita sandwiches with microwave-melted Swiss cheese stuffed with an Italian-dressed salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts, and peppers. A quick vegetarian lunch in 5 minutes.

Tender cream cheese cookies wrapped around walnut halves and dusted in powdered sugar. Just 5 ingredients, melt-in-your-mouth rich. Makes 2 dozen elegant bon bons.

Flour tortillas filled with grated cheese, black olives, tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños cook in a sandwich maker for crispy quesadilla pockets in just 3 to 5 minutes.

No-bake frozen cheesecake with cream cheese, toffee chips, and whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. Just 5 ingredients and 10 minutes of hands-on time.

Easy sweet potatoes and broccoli is a 5-ingredient gluten-free vegetarian side: diced sweet potato steamed with broccoli, tossed with low-fat cottage cheese and toasted sesame seeds.

Ham and Swiss appetizer pizza on a prebaked Italian bread shell with Dijon mustard and scallions. A 5-ingredient party snack that bakes in under 10 minutes and tastes like a hot ham and cheese sandwich in pizza form.

Cream cheese crescent cookies filled with apricot preserves, rolled into crescent shapes, and dusted with powdered sugar. A flaky, buttery Eastern European-style pastry with just 5 ingredients.

Pearl barley baked with cream of broccoli soup and melted Monterey Jack cheese. A cheesy, wholesome side dish that comes together in just 35 minutes with 5 ingredients.

Flaky puff pastry layered with a creamy spinach, green chili, and cream cheese filling. Just 5 ingredients, cut into squares or diamonds for an easy appetizer or snack.