Cheddar

These can be served on a salad of baby greens. Toss the greens with tarragon vinaigrette and sprinkle with toasted hazelnuts.

Laurie likes to use 1/3 cup each of white cheddar and orange cheddar.

These can be served as hors d'oeuvres, or placed atop a salad of spinach, walnuts and sliced apples.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

(Cheese Pastries)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This quiche also makes a simple and delicious dinner served with a mixed green salad and some crusty bread.

Traditionally, chiles rellenos are batter-coated and fried. This version is baked with a lighter cheese filling.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This Welsh dish is also called "rabbit." The name rabbit may be traceable to the fact that the Welsh, who live in prime dairy land, were as fond of melted cheese as they were of rabbit. "Rarebit" may have been a later gentrification of the word, or a reference to the texture of this rare (soft) dish. Either way, it is excellent served in bite-size pieces for a party.

Buttered steamed broccoli and carrots are great with this ultimate comfort food; end with grapes and cookies.

I love cheeseburgers, but I think that I like this meatloaf even better, especially when served with sesame-seed rolls and french fries.

Rick Rodgers, cookbook author and teacher, says, "I've always thought of mashed potatoes as an everyday way to serve potatoes, but scalloped potatoes really say special occasion to me. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter—they all call for scalloped potatoes, not something as humble as mashed. And since I've never been one for bland food, I kept fiddling with the amount and types of cheeses until I got this full-flavored version. If you like it with turkey, wait until you try it with the Easter ham."