Wednesday's Weekly Recipes - Pimento Cheese

I honestly had no idea this was a "southern thing," but the internet says it is. (The internet never lies)

As a child, I was exposed to store bought pimento and cheese on white bread. I am not a fan of plain white bread and I do not like store bought pimento cheese.  So, you understand why, when a friend offered some "Homemade Pimento Cheese" a few years ago,  I was hesitant to try it as an adult. Oh my WORD! Am I ever glad that I took a chance and tried it!

My personal favorite way to eat pimento cheese is warm (like a warm gooey slice of grilled cheese heaven) followed closely by eating it as a dip with wheat thins.

Here's the recipe...

Basic Pimiento Cheese Recipe
Ingredients
1/2 cups mayonnaise
8oz Cream cheese, softened
1 (4-oz.) jar diced pimiento, drained
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp. finely grated onion
1 jalapeno pepper, diced (optional)
1 (8-oz.) block extra-sharp Cheddar cheese, finely shredded
1 (8-oz.) block sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
Salt and pepper to taste

Stir together first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in cheese. You can use a mixer for a more blended spread.

Store in refrigerator up to 1 week.

grilled pimento cheese 

You can serve it cold or warm. You can serve it as a dip for raw veggies or crackers. You can use it to top burgers. You can eat it (warm or cold) in a sandwich. I've even had it rolled into balls, battered and deep fried (oh my goodness).

I've also made this with Rotel instead of pimentos and it is super good as a dip with crackers or tortilla chips. (I leave out the jalapeno when I do this...I don't like mine very spicy)

Big hugs,

K

Tuesday’s Tips and Tricks- expanding a flowerbed

So I’m working on the flower bed in my front yard. It’s not really all that bad. I actually kinda like the chaos there. HOWEVER, some of my spring bulbs don’t bloom as expected and I think this may be a result of them not getting enough sunshine.

So, I’m expanding the bed to allow the bulbs to be in the sun for a larger portion of the day. So far all I’ve done is sprayed one section of grass with Roundup. It’s dead now and this weekend I will take on the lovely task of pulling it up.

Here’s a picture of the bed in early March of this year
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My plan is to move the border of the bed out to the pavers, fill in the space between the pavers with gravel to make more of a path,, and move the sun tolerant plants toward the  new front of the bed.

I’ll kill the grass with roundup first,  then cover the dirt with newspaper to prevent new grass from growing, and cover the news paper with mulch sonthat I don’t have newspaper laying in my front yard! Lol  this fall, I will transplant the bulbs  and should have better luck with blooms going forward.

Monday Motivation

The other day I read something along these lines....

When people talk about time travel, they talk a lot about How dangerous it is to go back in time because one small change there could powerfully impact the present...

But no one considers how one small change could powerfully impact the future.


I do often wish I'd done things differently in my past so that there would be things in my present that are more to my liking... but i have only recently started thinking about what I can do now to positively impact my future.

So, for me, this is a perfect quote to start the week:

Have a great week y'all!
K