Grated cheese

Sorry to be the one to have to tell you.

Sprinkled onto pizza dough, stirred into a bechamel to make the perfect mac and cheese, or melted over a plate of tortilla chips for nachos, grated cheese is a dairy staple in our diets. But it turns out that you might be grating cheese all wrong.

It's totally easier to buy a bag of pre-shredded cheese, but lots of sources claim shredding at home is better.

Melted grated cheese gets frozen into edible serving bowls that are great for any special occasion.

Don't let leftover ingredients go off just because you can't use them all at once. Here are smart ways to keep food fresh.

Use these simple tips to grate cheese with less mess. We also have instructions for grating cheese without a cheese grater or shredder.

Cheese Puffs - quick and easy Gougeres recipe for puffy, light and airy French cheesy puffs. Loaded with mozzarella and parmesan cheese, so good!

Char grilled oysters topped with butter, garlic, cajun seasoning, hot sauce, grated cheese and a little lemon

These spinach artichoke wontons are filled with a mixture of cream cheese, artichokes, spinach and grated cheese, then wrapped up and fried to perfection.

9 · 25 minutes · This four-cheese Italian grilled cheese takes one of our favorite guilty pleasures to a whole new level layered with crisp prosciutto and roasted peppers for added flavor in every bite.