Good ingredients to pair with cheese
Pasta, potatoes and bread give cheese a comforting base, while eggs and beans add structure. Broccoli brings freshness and texture, so the result does not have to be all richness.
Easy cheese meal ideas
- cheesy pasta bake — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- loaded cheese potatoes — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- cheese omelette — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
- bean and cheese quesadillas — use it as a starting format and adapt the vegetables, seasonings and portions to what you have.
How to get the best from cheese
Match the cheese to the job: a harder cheese adds savoury flavour, a melting cheese gives stretch, and a soft cheese can make a quick sauce. Add most grated cheese off the highest heat to reduce the risk of a grainy sauce.
Turn a few ingredients into a coherent dinner
Choose a base, a flavour direction and one or two supporting ingredients. For example, rice or potatoes can make the meal filling, while lemon and garlic, tomato and herbs, soy and chilli, or curry spices can give the ingredients a clear direction.
Make the idea fit your evening
The same ingredient can produce a very different answer depending on whether you need dinner in 20 minutes, want one pan, are feeding four people or need to use another ingredient before it goes to waste. Add those constraints before choosing the final recipe.
Use SIZZIO to make it specific
Tell SIZZIO what you have, how many people you are feeding and what kind of meal you want. You can then save the recipe and move into the cooking flow instead of starting another search when it is time to cook.