What to do with cheese scraps?

curiositycat
curiositycat Posts: 111 Member
edited October 4 in Recipes
I just finished prepping cheese-and-crackers platters for my girls' Halloween classroom parties tomorrow. I used mini Halloween cookie cutters to make cute shapes out of the colby jack cheese, but now I have a TON of odd-shaped cheese scraps. Any ideas how I can use these up besides just as help-yourself snacks for my girls? Thanks!

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  • wannababyH
    wannababyH Posts: 106
    edit: Blah, didn't read fully.
  • whisperingdragon
    whisperingdragon Posts: 334
    You can "freeze" cheese.
  • Jessica2Skinny
    Jessica2Skinny Posts: 118 Member
    get some nachos, sour cream and melt the cheese on top with tomato :)
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    grilled cheese? Would be good with grapes too!
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    Put them in your morning egg white omelette. :)
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    Grilled cheese, melt them on veggies, eat em on crackers, give em to the dog?
  • andrea198721
    andrea198721 Posts: 173 Member
    I would use them for anything you normally use cheese for.....
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    PUt them in the food processor to turn them into "crumbs" then freeze them and use them instead of grated cheese. They'll last for ages in the freezer.
  • sugarbeans
    sugarbeans Posts: 676 Member
    mushroom caps but only cause I'm craving them right now lol. I agree with a lot of the other peeps, use them for anything you'd normally use cheese with.. haha
  • peanut613
    peanut613 Posts: 438 Member
    when i saw the title, i instantly thought "eat them, duh" :laugh: but i guess that's how i ended up on mfp to begin with

    they would be awesome for a casserole. stuff it full of veggies and a little whole wheat pasta action--yum! or melt some over steamed broccoli.
  • curiositycat
    curiositycat Posts: 111 Member
    OP here. I found a use for some of the cheese scraps today:

    CHEESE SAUCE FOR NACHOS OR MAC & CHEESE (from allrecipes.com)
    4 tablespoons butter
    4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 cups milk
    10 oz. colby jack cheese
    1 teaspoons salt
    *This recipe can easily be halved*

    In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and stir in flour. Pour in the milk and stir until the mixture thickens (about 5 minutes). Stirring constantly, mix in cheese and salt. Continue to cook and stir until cheese has melted and all ingredients are well blended, about 15 minutes.

    I coordinated the stirring with the boiling of penne pasta, and then mixed the cooked pasta into some of the sauce. I only had a couple of bites (too many calories for me), but I thought it was delicious! My girls (5 and 8) weren't too into it, but I think it's because they've only ever had mac and cheese from a box, sadly.
  • ennaejay
    ennaejay Posts: 575
    You don't know what to do with cheese? Seriously? Melt it, bake it, mix it into veggies or chicken or the crockpot or just stuff it in your face. It's cheese. Stromboli, pizza, wraps, omelettes, jalepeno-cheese muffins, dips, sauces, hell just mail it to me. I'll make use of it.
  • ennaejay
    ennaejay Posts: 575
    excuse me. I just like cheese that's all
  • curiositycat
    curiositycat Posts: 111 Member
    Apparently :wink:
  • ennaejay
    ennaejay Posts: 575
    Apparently :wink:

    :happy:
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