[goosejuice]

I wouldn't do this in a restaurant but a quick cheese sauce for something like nachos. Just pop some shredded cheese in the microwave with some heavy cream or half and half. Adjust to taste / texture. Stir well.

Mornay, citrate, and evaporated milk approaches work but I'm lazy so I just do the cream approach for "queso".

[bigstrat2003]

Honestly for a quick cheese sauce for nachos I don't think you can beat Velveeta. It doesn't get easier, and I prefer the flavor of American cheese for things like that.

[goosejuice]

If you like Velveeta I guess. I can't stand it and prefer to use whatever melty cheese I have on hand.

I always have cream and some kind of melty cheese. Buying Velveeta would be a specific purchase, for me, rather than hmm what can I make with what I have.

[superb_dev]

Melt together some velveeta and a salsa for a pretty good cheese dip

[silisili]

It's a bit heavy for my liking, but add some breakfast sausage and sour cream and you have basically every party queso.

[dekhn]

I knew somebody who called that "Barf dip". presumably for what it looked like, not tasted like.

[kadoban]

Velveta on its own is pretty rough (imo), but if you start adding anything to it, it helps a lot. Like salsa is the easy one.