Pimento Cheese Dip

May 18, 2021 Leave a comment

Pimento Cheese Dip – Pimento Cheese Recipe | Healthy Eats by Jennie

This Pimento Cheese Recipe is amazing! I first discovered Pimento Cheese when we went to a wedding in Charleston, SC. and have been obsessed with it!  Since then, I have been making many variations of Pimento Cheese, and this Pimento Cheese Recipe is my favorite. Pimento cheese can be enjoyed in many ways.  Traditionally, it is served cold, but it is also unbelievably delicious when heated up and melty.  Recently, I recently made this for a girls weekend – and everyone loved this!   You will love this Pimento Cheese Recipe too! read more

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Pimento Cheese and Collards Quinoa Salad

March 22, 2020 Leave a comment
Pimento Cheese and Collards Quinoa Salad – Healthy Pimento Cheese Recipe | Healthy Eats by Jennie

This Healthy Pimento Cheese Recipe is delicious and will fulfill your pimento cheese craving in the form of a quinoa salad! Pimento cheese is one of my favorite snacks ever since I discovered it during a trip to Charleston, SC!  I always crave it and wanted to come up with a Healthy Pimento Cheese Recipe.  In making this recipe, I basically put a lot of the spices that I would include in a pimento cheese dip within the dressing, and incorporated quinoa and a lot of collard greens to give it a healthy boost! Pimento cheese has been on my mind and wanted to enjoy a health version of it.  I love this Healthy Pimento Cheese Recipe and know that you will love it too – my fellow Pimento Cheese lovers!

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Pimento Cheese and Collards Quinoa Salad

Course Salad
Cuisine American, Comfort food, vegetarian
Keyword Healthy Pimento Cheese Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup quinoa uncooked
  • 1 garlic clove crushed
  • 1 bunch of collard greens finely chopped
  • 1 4 oz jar of diced pimento peppers drained*
  • 1 4 oz sharp cheddar cheese grated**
  • 1 4 oz Monterey jack cheese grated**

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 3 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 T apple cider vinegar
  • 1 Juice of a Meyer lemon***
  • A Few splashes of Frank’s hot sauce****
  • 2 teas Country Dijon mustard*****
  • 2 teas honey
  • 1/2 teas sea salt
  • 1/2 teas black pepper
  • 1/2 teas hot smoked paprika
  • 1/2 teas sweet paprika
  • 1/2 teas onion powder
  • 1/2 teas garlic powder
  • 1/2 teas chili powder

Instructions

  1. Cook quinoa according to package directions, but with adding a garlic clove crushed before you put the lid on it to cook. read more

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Instant Pot Pimento Cheese and Collard Greens Risotto

July 15, 2019 2 Comments

Instant Pot Pimento Cheese and Collard Greens Risotto – Vegetarian Risotto Recipes | Healthy Eats by Jennie

A big bunch of Collard Greens showed up in my organic produce delivery from MistfitsMarket.  Collard Greens remind me of southern food, which also reminds me of pimento cheese. I thought it would be a great idea to incorporate both in one of my Vegetarian Risotto Recipes! It turned out amazing! If you love collard greens and pimento cheese, then you will LOVE this Vegetarian Risotto Recipe!  With the Instant Pot, you can enjoy Risotto without all the stirring!   read more

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