Cheese.

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  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    YESSSS! I love cheese. My FAVORITE is muenster especially when it's heated and gooey.... but I also really love brie, fresh mozzarella rocquellette, gouda, extra-sharp chedder, gorgonzola, assiago, feta,Parmesan, and whatever that syrian cheese is that they use for kneffe. oh, and cream cheese, labane, ricotta and cottage cheese too! .... I don't love swiss or american cheese though and I'm not a fan of bleu cheese.. how I love gorzonzola and don't like bleu cheese is a mystery.

    I find that cheese is REALLY hard to resist. putting it only on top of things rather than mixing in helps. also using the most flavorful cheeses helps too since you get a big bite of flavor with just a little bite of cheese. ... but yeah, I literally sometimes want to pick up a half pound bar of cheese and just chomp it down like a candy bar. I don't keep it in the house.
  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    so it seems I have found cheese-fiends anonymous! thank goodness

    do the wine-o's meet here also?
  • Cali212
    Cali212 Posts: 20 Member
    Buy the really expensive kind, not the huge blocks of cheddar you can get for five bucks.

    When a pound of cheese is $20+, you'll learn to enjoy and savor.
  • returntorural
    returntorural Posts: 339 Member
    Love it. Seriously. LOVE. IT.

    My favourite cheeses are creamy white ones like monterey jack and havarti.

    I try to weigh my servings and pair them with fruit like apples to help fill me up (so I won't fill up on heavy cheese).

    Cheese, fruit, and crackers is my favourite meal.
  • andy13
    andy13 Posts: 208 Member
    I find if I go for the stronger cheeses like gorgonzola or Stilton I don't eat as much as I would if I had say cheddar, mozzarella or pepper jack.
  • lkplibra
    lkplibra Posts: 147 Member
    There have been many nights where half a grilled cheese sandwich on toasted whole wheat bread and a cup of hot yummy tomato soup has been the balm on my soul.
  • floshideaway
    floshideaway Posts: 101 Member
    I possibly will take the prize for this one, lol... I am french and cheese has always been part of my diet. I have never given it up but I do weight my portions. I love variety but my area does not have a whole lot. I am fortunate, though, because i travel to France on a regular basis to take care of my Dad, not only I indulge there in all kinds, I also bring back a lot.
    Because of my flying status, I am allowed 2 free suitcases every trip i take therefore one suitcase is dedicated to the food I love and cannot find in my part of the country. This last trip (less than a month ago) I brought 30lbs of assorted cheeses and another 15lbs or goodies. I do share the wealth with my kids and a couple of friends who are as addicted as I am. I am going back in February and will do the same. Most cheeses do travel quite well and freeze well so i am always stocked up. Cheese is good for you, like anything else, in moderation.


    Did you ever see the I Love Lucy Episode where Lucy tries to smuggle the cheese on a plain, I think they were in Europe and possibly France.....but anyways she wraps it up like an infant and that's the first thing I thought of when I read your response. :smile:

    You had me laughing, yes I remember,I had forgotten it. Fortunately I do not have to smuggle, it is still legal to transport it
  • PibblesRun
    PibblesRun Posts: 236 Member
    so it seems I have found cheese-fiends anonymous! thank goodness

    do the wine-o's meet here also?

    YES thats a great idea. Cheese lovers and winos! Im both :) Oh...and I HAVE eaten a whole block of cheese :noway: Gave it up though since dieting...but never my wine!
  • panicintheattic
    panicintheattic Posts: 102 Member
    I always liked cheese, it was the one thing that really made it hard for me when I was eating vegan, but I never really ate a whole lot of it. Then I got a job as a cheese monger. And you can probably assume how it went from there haha, especially because during market season when we get $10 worth of free cheese when we work and 50% off past that! But yes a food scale would be my suggestion if you are worried about how much you are eating.

    Also, if you are looking for cheese suggestions, my favorite is Sartori's raspberry bellavitano. It tastes like a parm but is soaked in a raspberry ale so it's a little fruity, it's very good over spinach drizzled with straight balsamic vinegar. And I just found out that they also make a merlot bellavitano, which is just as tasty ;)
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    Love it! Weigh it!

    It's the only way.

    I won't eat "lite" cheeses - I'd rather eat less of the good stuff.

    And I've recently discovered that I can fit in 2 oatcakes and 25g or so of cheese as a snack fairly easily a few days a week; I like strong flavours, blue cheese, smoked cheese, aged cheese, goat's cheese. These little bits seem to satisfy the cheese craving.

    I use gruyere and parmesan quite a bit in cooking, as I find a little adds a lot of flavour. Yes it's saturated fat... but it's also protein and calcium, so within reason I think that's OK. I mix breadcrumbs with grated cheese for a gratin topping, and instead of bechamel I mix reduced fat creme fraiche and reduced fat cream cheese with herbs and pepper to make the sauce, and just top with a sprinkling of grated cheese. This makes dishes like lasagne and moussaka do-able within calorie goal.

    Damn, it, going to have to go find the cheese in the fridge now!
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    I never met a cheese I didn't like.
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    I never met a cheese I didn't like.

    put some cake under it and DAYUM
  • dorianaldyn
    dorianaldyn Posts: 611 Member
    Goat cheese is divine. I love cheese in general, but goat cheese... mmmmm.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Desert Island + Me + One Food = Cheese
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    I came for the cheese.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    :: comes back from a lunch break spent rolling around in Wegman's cheese section ::

    what?
  • ToshaFeb268
    ToshaFeb268 Posts: 71
    I enjoy extra sharp cheddar, swiss, blue or gorganzola cheeses. I have eaten my share over the years but had to limit my amounts. I am taking iron supplements and they don't mix well with dairy products. I use to put cheese on my scrambled eggs or in omelettes and now I have to do without. I take my supplements in the morning. So later on as the day goes by I am hankering for a hunk of cheese. LOL
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    so it seems I have found cheese-fiends anonymous! thank goodness

    do the wine-o's meet here also?

    Wine-o's meet at my house, Cass!
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I never met a cheese I didn't like.

    Great on sammiches, amirite?
  • AggieCass09
    AggieCass09 Posts: 1,867 Member
    so it seems I have found cheese-fiends anonymous! thank goodness

    do the wine-o's meet here also?

    Wine-o's meet at my house, Cass!

    sounds like fun...I'll wear heels ;)
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    I'm sure the correct healthy eating advice is to always have wine with cheese.

    Apparently it creates a fat-burning metabolism boost, and makes you look 10 years younger overnight. And two sizes smaller.
  • cjsacto
    cjsacto Posts: 1,421 Member
    I honestly have a hard time having cheese in the house. I can go back for slice after slice after slice. I bought a small block of mozarella yesterday to make a healthy, whole wheat spinach artisan pizza with low-fat cheese and I have already cut into it (though only a little) and it calls to me from the dairy cubby. If a cheese plate appeared before me I would eat it ALL. Immediately. Stomach cramps be damned.
  • bootifulisa
    bootifulisa Posts: 22 Member
    Desert Island + Me + One Food = Cheese

    I have to 2nd that too! Cheese is my weakness... :)
  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    I find if I go for the stronger cheeses like gorgonzola or Stilton I don't eat as much as I would if I had say cheddar, mozzarella or pepper jack.

    ^This
  • beattie1
    beattie1 Posts: 1,012 Member
    Oh yes...the more cheese the better!!!

    I will tell my dirty secret that, one time in high school, I simply melted cheese in a bowl and ate it with a fork. :blushing:

    I still enjoy cheese. Laughing cow triangles, a lovely swiss, light mozzarella, beautifully aged grated parmesean, smoked gouda.

    I make it work! (Like my wine!)

    You melted it just the ONE time? I did that often as a teenager - didn't help weight loss one bit!

    I try to stick to smaller portions of stronger cheeses & brainwash myself into thinking of those mild cheeses as blocks of wax - they're about as tasty!
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    I discovered yesterday that Trader Joe's sells cheddar cheese with slivers of dark chocolate in it! Of course I had to buy it. Leave it TJ's to combine my 2 of my favorite things. That and a bottle of wine completed the trifecta of guilty delights!

    *drools*
  • dillydally123
    dillydally123 Posts: 139 Member
    sweet cheeses, i could talk about this all day. My hubsand is a cheese maker, score!. Mostly I eat goat's cheese because that's what he makes but my favorite fermented milk product is blue cheese of any description but i particularly like blue bree. I weigh it now to keep myself in check and i no longer eat a whole block while i'm thinking about what to make with it.
  • suzzann666
    suzzann666 Posts: 334 Member
    cheese lover here too. right now i'm abstaining, but i'm a bit worried about xmas because we will be having a cheese tray put out as an appetizer.
  • prettymomma16
    prettymomma16 Posts: 92
    OH I am not knocking cheese by any means. I said "ONE" of the main reasons I gained 40 pounds. I didn't mention the insane amount of carbs and wine that I used to pair with that delicious cheese. I still have them all, I just now understand the importance of moderation.

    Yes, fellow wine-o's and cheese-o's unite :)
  • prettymomma16
    prettymomma16 Posts: 92
    I discovered yesterday that Trader Joe's sells cheddar cheese with slivers of dark chocolate in it! Of course I had to buy it. Leave it TJ's to combine my 2 of my favorite things. That and a bottle of wine completed the trifecta of guilty delights!

    *drools*

    that sounds like my dream cheese right there lol!

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