When you receive a blog assignment whose author is a registered dietitian your hands start to sweat a bit. Heart races, blood pressure inches up and a panic attack seems imminent. Then, as you read through the blog, you start to calm and tell the 911 operator that you dialed the wrong number. Such were my feelings when I received Erin’s blog, WholesomeRD. Then, when I decided on the recipe that I was going to make I was cool, calm and collected. There were LOTS and LOTS of great recipes. As Erin says, “Here you’ll find tasty and (mostly) healthy recipes!” And she is exactly right! But when I saw this one, the search was over. At least for the moment. My husband and I were scraping the cheese “scraps” from our oven baked tacos the other night. We almost got in a knock down drag out over who was going to get the little crispy cheese goodies in the bottom of the pan. Mountain Man said, “Wow, I’ll bet just some cheese in the oven would be really good!” And I couldn’t agree more. (Then he told me to get my fingers out of the pan.) It was a moment of epic proportions. Yet, I hadn’t done anything about capitalizing on his idea. Until now. Enter Erin’s recipe for Spicy Cheese Crisps. Someone pinch me. At least, check my pulse. Make sure I haven’t died and gone to heaven! 5.0 from 2 reviews Print Spicy Lacey Cheese Crisps Author: Suzanne Collier, adapted from WholesomeRD Recipe type: appetizer Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 7 mins Total time: 17 mins Serves: 10 Quick, easy, and a good thing that it makes about 60 crisps. Although I should double the recipe next time. Ingredients 4 c Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese 1 minced clove of Garlic 2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees Grate your cheese as fine as possible Combine garlic and red pepper flakes with cheese and mix Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat Take a small finger full of cheese and place on lined baking sheet. Bake in oven for 6-7 minutes, until brown around outside. Let sit on baking sheet for a few minutes before moving to cookie rack to cool. 3.2.1230 These are awesome, delicious, addictive, impressive, and also great dipped in a little marinara sauce. I think I’m going to try some sharp […]
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