How to Make Delicious Healthy Pimento Cheese
Healthy Pimento Cheese. Classic pimento cheese recipes are made with plenty of mayonnaise. Beat with an electric hand mixer or stir with a spatula until well mixed.
Classic southern pimento cheese has a few main ingredients: cheddar cheese, cream cheese, mayonnaise, and of course, pimentos. Pimento Cheese Recipe Variations: Here are a few other fun variations that you're welcome to try! But admit it: With all that cheddar and mayo, you eat pimento cheese for the fabulous creamy comfort it provides, not to achieve excrutiatingly correct nutrition.
Add in some sundried tomatoes or finely chopped chives.
Which is what makes Virginia-made Birdie's Pimento Cheese such a great secret weapon for getting picky eaters to eat their veggies.
It's dangerously addicting, especially on Ritz crackers. The first time I remember eating it was only a couple years ago, well into my adulthood, and when I still thought pimento's were a kind of olive. (Note: they are not an olive, they are a pepper). But admit it: With all that cheddar and mayo, you eat pimento cheese for the fabulous creamy comfort it provides, not to achieve excrutiatingly correct nutrition.