We are big fans of cheese at our house, but usually recipes call for shredded cheese. I really dislike hand shredding cheese. I do sometimes use a food processor for the job, but because it's sometimes more of a pain to clean the processor after using it, I usually stick to hand grating. But recently I discovered a way to make cooking with cheese much easier. 

For my son's birthday, I made homemade pizza and let the kids top on the toppings. I spent a little extra to buy pre-shredded cheese, just to make life easier for myself - but I over bought. What was I going to do with a couple of extra bags of cheese? How I could I use them up before the cheese went bad?

I popped them in the freezer. 

I was skeptical this would work, because I'd always read cheese has texture issues after it's frozen, but I figured that was better than wasting the cheese. The next time a recipe called for shredded cheese, I removed one of the bags from the freezer and knocked it against the kitchen counter a few times. This loosened plenty of cheese for the recipe, and any clumps easily broke up in my hand. I returned the bag to the freezer and waited to see how the dish would taste. Happily, both the taste and texture were exactly as if I'd used freshly grated, non-frozen cheese. And for months I was able to skip cheese grating, which greatly streamlined my cooking routine.

 In fact, I liked it so much, I now buy a block of cheese and shred the whole thing in my food processor, then stick it in one or two large freezer bags. This is cheaper than buying pre-shredded cheese, but is also extremely convenient. Give it a try!