Pimento cheese spread with fresh garden veggies

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cheese Appetizers, Quick & Easy, Spreads
Keyword:	cheese
Serves:	2 c.
Prep Time:	20 Min

Ingredients

4 c	grated 2% cheddar cheese
1/2 c	greek yogurt-fat free
1/2 c	light sour cream
1 Tbsp	shaved fresh jalapeno
1 Tbsp	shaved onion
1/2	red bell pepper, roasted
1/2 tsp	black pepper
1 dash(es)	tumeric
	crumbled bacon, opt.
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:
	smoke cheese

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Lynn S

Well Seasoned

Somewhere, TX

lynnsocko

Member Since Oct 2010

Lynn's Notes:

Do you buy your pimento cheese in plastic bowls from the store? You never will again if you ever try this!!
TIP: A JAP member shared with me that you could add lime juice to plain yogurt and it would taste like sour cream. Well I did this when I made my second batch, and by golly, it tasted like sour cream to me! So I will be making it without sour cream in the future which will cut back some on the fat and sodium.

Directions

"Shave" onion and jalapeno using a fine micro-plane, or the smallest side on your cheese grater. Use juice for onion as well.

Roast red bell under broiler till slightly charred and tender. Chop into very small pcs.

In a medium bowl, mix together 1/2 c of greek yogurt and 1/2 c of light sour cream. Grate 4 c. of cheddar cheese, add to mix. Add onion, jalapeno, red bell, pepper and turmeric. Mix together well. Add cooked, crumbled bacon if desired. Let sit in fridge for an hour or so. Enjoy!

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Dana R DRamsey

Jun 21, 2012

Very nice and looks perfect!

Lynn S lynnsocko

Jun 21, 2012

It is so good, it's killing me not to dig in!!! I made it as light as possible, about 300 gm sodium for 2 c. and 18 gr. fat, ouch. That's about as good as it gets, but that's for 2c of it. So not so bad I guess.

Lynn S lynnsocko

Jun 21, 2012

I made it for my sammie for Sherri's sammmie challenge.

Susan Feliciano frenchtutor

Jun 21, 2012

We used to get our pimento cheese from a deli called Pimento's, but they went out of business in our area. Now I'm buying it from a local grocery deli. But it's not nearly as good as Pimento's was.
Your recipe looks like it would taste like Pimento's. Not sure about the onion. One thing I do know - those store brands are too sweet; I like that there's no sugar in your recipe.

Dana R DRamsey

Jun 21, 2012

Lynn I thought so and when I saw that fried squash I was pretty well certain. Was wondering if that was what you were going to do with the squash. I made this amazing blt last year with fried green tomatoes! It was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lynn S lynnsocko

Jun 21, 2012

Thank Susan, the onion and jalapeno could be left out, but I love the flavor. The onion doesn't have a strong flavor, I can't really even pick it out, so to speak. It's killing me staying away from it. Fixing to finish making the guys sammies for tomorrow then I won't be tempted, lol

Lynn S lynnsocko

Jun 21, 2012

I like fried squash, who knew, lol. I fried some tomitallos just to see what they would taste like, they taste like fried green tomatoes, lol. I only ate half a pc. of each, not that big of a fried food fan, but hold me back from the pimento!!!

Jane McMillan janenov46

Jun 21, 2012

I had never heard of pimento cheese until I moved South. A match made in heaven for sure.

Dana R DRamsey

Jun 21, 2012

I've never tried pimento but this is tempting me to try!

Lynn S lynnsocko

Jun 21, 2012

Well it's just red bell chopped and pickled, it's kinda sweet. But I used a roasted red bell instead, every little lack of sodium helps. It's the same flavor.

Lynn S lynnsocko