A Passion for Goat Cheese

I've found that there is an enormous variety of topics that can stimulate great online conversations, but none elicit such excited and passionate responses as "cheese"!

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Here are several interesting ways to enjoy my favorite - goat cheese:

• Goat cheese and avocado sandwich.
• Mix goat cheese with balsamic vinegar and olive oil for a great salad dressing.
• Make a salad with butter lettuce, goat cheese and small cubes of fresh pineapple with a sweet Vidalia onion dressing.
• Asparagus lasagna with a goat cheese bechamel sauce.
• Make a savory goat cheese frosting for cupcakes.
• Chocolate-hazelnut spread and goat cheese brownies.
• Goat Cheese Truffles: Roll balls of goat cheese in different herbs and spices and serve with crackers
• Enchiladas filled with Sweet corn, green chilies, onion and goat cheese - spiced with cumin, garlic, chili powder & cilantro.
• Devils on Horseback: dates stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped in bacon.
• Goat cheese, Italian white beans, olive oil, fresh flat leaf parsley, sea salt, & cracked pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.
• Blend goat cheese with the fruit curd of your choice; spread between two waffle cookies & freeze for an hour. Best ice cream sandwich ever.
• Phyllo dough spread with pesto, goat cheese, sundried tomatoes and pine nuts; rolled, sliced and then baked. YUM!
• Lamb chops topped with goat cheese, rosemary, and white wine sauce.
• Goat cheese, strawberries and mint pesto on pizza dough - grill it!
• Add goat cheese to sweet pea risotto and finish with fresh thyme.
• Stuff goat cheese under the skin of a chicken breast and bake in the oven.
• Top homemade pizza dough with olive oil, goat cheese, fresh thyme and caramelized onion; top with a sprinkle of good sea salt.
• Rosemary and goat cheese bread pudding.
• Boil a cut-up head of cauliflower. Drain and beat with an electric beater. Add goat cheese, mayonnaise, butter salt & pepper.
• Goat cheese and scallion scones.
• Semi-hard goat cheese bechamel macaroni & cheese with shaved truffles (or morels) topped with crispy bacon.
• Mix goat cheese with colatura (anchovy sauce) and stuff into halved peppadew peppers; broil until cheese is lightly browned.
• Tomatoes, goat cheese, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh basil, pine nuts!