Feta cheese is a very popular and ancient Greek cheese. Feta cheese is a traditional cheese which is made from the milk of goat or sheep. This white colored cheese is soft in texture and is very easy to crumble, so care has to be taken while handling feta cheese.

Feta cheese is a bit salty in taste and since it is cured its flavor varies from mild to sharp. Usually feta cheese is available in rectangular or square blocks in the market.

Feta cheese is also quite rich in nutrients like calcium, phosphorus, vitamin B12 and riboflavin, so if you are plan to eat feta cheese, then you can be assured that your body is getting all these nutrients.

There are many ways to eat feta cheese, some of which we are listing here for your benefit.

• The most basic way to eat feta cheese is to crumble it and sprinkle it over salads. The tangy flavor of the feta enhances the taste of the salad.

• Another way which you can try is to slice tomatoes and feta cheese, add some olive oil and sprinkle herbs over it to make an easy and delicious dish.

• An interesting way to eat feta cheese is to generously sprinkle feta cheese over grilled vegetables and serve this as a side dish with steak or any other dish.

• Mild flavored feta can also be mixed with fruits and served as a delicious salad. Or there is an even better and easy way to sample the delights of feta cheese. Just eat feta cheese along with watermelon! Try it, take a bite of the watermelon and then bite into feta, it tastes seriously wonderful! You can even try eating feta with grapes or even cucumbers. And according to your taste buds, you can try mixing it with some other fruit as well.

• You can try this yummy recipe as well, put feta cheese over baked potato, drizzle with olive oil and oregano and let it work its magic on you.

• Feta cheese is also a good option for using as a topping over rice and rice dishes.

• Pastas made with tomato-based sauces also taste heavenly if you top them with a generous helping of crumbled feta cheese.

• Have you ever tried using feta in your sandwiches? Just give it a try once. Use it as a filling in the sandwich and I’m sure you will want to use feta cheese all the time. You can try it out with pita bread as well.

• If you are not too calorie conscious, then you can eat feta cheese by using it as a filling in omelets.

Feta cheese does not melt easily unlike many of the other cheeses. This quality makes it ideal to be used for cooking purposes in various dishes as it does not melt fully and tends to retain its shape.

I’m sure by this time your mouth would be watering, so go ahead and eat feta in any way that suits you.

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