EVERYDAY FOOD displays favorite cheeses and shows viewers how to use them in everyday cooking.

December 2008 (check local listings)

Cheese is great for sandwiches and snacking, and it's perfect for cooking. On today's show, EVERYDAY FOOD displays favorite cheeses and shows viewers how to use them in everyday cooking. Margot uses soft, aromatic fontina from Italy in chicken breasts stuffed with cheese, tomato and basil; they're served with a side of broccoli rabe with yellow peppers. Today's "Have You Tried?" ingredient is manchego cheese. Allie tucks slices of this zesty hard Spanish cheese with some juicy ham into panini, served with apricot-mustard sauce for dipping and an arugula salad with shaved manchego on the side. For "Healthy Start," Emma makes an egg-white omelet with soft, moist and creamy goat cheese , which adds a unique tang to this fluffy omelet. Lucinda prepares ricotta manicotti with tomato sauce. Anyone who likes lasagna and cheese raviolis will love this Italian-American classic. For an after-school snack that's fun for kids - and a guilty pleasure for adults - Sarah prepares cheddar-carrot balls.