Sometimes I’m just looking for ways to make my life easier, like multitasking, like procrastinating and like baking instead of cooking.
This time I really wanted cheese balls but the ones you can usually find recipes for are the ones that mix a few kinds of cheese together, roll into a ball and serve with a nice piece of bread. Well, I wanted something different, I’m not sure why but these” raw” cheese balls are associated with either a fancy reception or breakfast in my head, so I had to come up with something different since I wanted to serve these for dinner.
After thinking about it, I decided to try and bake my cheese balls and make cheese bites.
So I decided I’d roll the balls in sesame, but of course I open the cupboard and see that I have maybe 1 tsp sesame left – great, now what?
I look above the sesame and I see a bag of walnuts – bingo! I can dice them in a food processor and voila! I get a walnut coating for my cheese bites. I mix, I roll, I coat, I bake, I hope, I cross my fingers and it works. I take the baked goodies out of the oven and they are beautiful and smell awesome. The kids taste test it and love it, the hubby gets it for dinner with a side of fresh salad and loves it. Well, I guess taking the short cut did work this time.
- 75gr Cheese – Grated (1½ Cups)
- ½ cup Cottage Cheese
- ¼ cup Sun-dried Tomatoes – Chopped
- 1 tsp Dry Basil
- ½ tsp Dry Oregano
- 5 tbsp Bread Crumbs
- 1 Egg
- Diced Walnuts or Sesame Seeds for coating
- Preheat oven to 350F (175C)
- Mix all the ingredients together (except for the walnuts/ sesame) until fully combined
- Scoop mix with a teaspoon and roll into balls
- Roll the balls in the diced walnuts or sesame seeds and place on a parchment paper covered baking sheet
- Place in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes and serve
