Sara Habibipour has a thing for feta. She is convinced that, if Guinness is on board, she can use feta cheese on more things than anyone else.–World Records Editor Jake Sonderman
By Sara Habibipour
If you couldn’t tell by the title, I love feta cheese. Besides being so delectable, feta cheese has many health benefits: it’s a great source of calcium; it’s great for gut health; it’s low calorie and low fat; and it’s a great source of Vitamin B. Also, it has such a fun name (especially when you say it fast).
Feta cheese is mostly used in Mediterranean cuisine, but I’d argue that feta cheese can be put on anything, and it can be eaten with any meal. In fact, I think I could beat the world record of “most use of feta cheese.” Guiness Book of World Records, if you ever decide to make that a thing, I’m your gal.
I eat feta at least once a day with dinner. Sometimes, I eat it as a snack. I recommend buying the “Athenos” brand from the store; it’s not too tangy like some other feta cheese.
Here’s some of the things I eat feta cheese with:
- Tortilla and Pecans
If I’m kind of hungry, but it’s too late to eat something heavy, I put feta cheese and pecans in a little tortilla and eat that. It’s very light and tastes great!
- Salad
Ranch dressing and feta cheese go very well together on top of lettuce. I highly recommend it!
- Fruit
I have very fond memories of eating feta cheese with watermelon on warm, summer afternoons with my dad. I love the sweet and salty combination.
- Pizza
I recently went to Bill’s Pizza in Palm Springs, and they had pizza with feta cheese as a topping! I was very excited, so, of course, I got a slice of that. It was very good. 10 out of 10.
- Omelets
I went to a hotel a couple summers ago, and, in the hotel restaurant, they were serving omelets with spinach, mushrooms, and feta cheese. I thoroughly enjoyed that meal! I don’t eat eggs that often, but I really should eat it with feta cheese more!
- Pasta
There was a pretty recent TikTok trend where people were making “Feta Pasta.” According to the videos I’ve seen, you just put pasta in a pan with feta cheese and tomatoes then put it in the oven. I haven’t personally tried it, but trust me when I say it’s on my To-Do list!
As you can see, there are so many ways to eat feta cheese. I encourage you to eat more of it! Maybe then, you and I can compete for the world record of the person to eat the most feta cheese.
World Records Editor: Jake Sonderman
There is no such thing as feta that is “too tangy”!
I highly recommend you try French feta. I know feta is from Greece, but French feta is so creamy and so tangy and utterly delectable.
OMG THIS IS MY FIRST COMMENT EVER!! I LOVE FETA TOO SARA AND ITS THE BEST KIND OF CHEESE!! <33
Welcome, Abby!
Cheese is one of the gifts to the world! Feta is wonderful!!!! As a child of East Asian parents cheese was not a staple in their life. However, I fell in love with cheese at a young age. I remember when I was child my mother told me the first time she tried cheese in the US in 1966 and had an adverse reaction. Taiwan did not produce cheese as it was not part of the food culture. As a child born in 1968, my first experience of cheese was Kraft American Cheese and I was hooked. As time has moved on to gourmet cheeses, and now at the age of 53 I am a cheese aficionado. Feta is incredible you can make it with fruit salad. My favorite is watermelon and feta. Feta hits the spot! Sarah you are dead on. I can’t emphasize the need to eat whole foods, protein, vegetables and drink water. Your gut heath is dependent on it and you will keep your weight off and have a stronger health system. Thanks Sarah for sharing knowledge. You are truly a worldly young women headed to greatness. K