The Southern Kitchen: Pimento Cheese

Happy Derby Day! Pimento cheese is a southern staple with a lot of flavor and can be used in many ways. It can be added to eggs, top burgers, grilled cheese, and even added to biscuits. Or you can eat it as a dip. Below is the recipe plus the recipes of 2 ways to use it. 

The ingredients:

16oz sharp cheddar shredded

4oz diced pimento drained

8oz cream cheese softened

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 tsp salt

The recipe:

Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix well until well combined.

Refrigerate and use as needed

Notes:

1 serving = 2 Tbsp

Pimento Cheese Biscuits

2 C almond flour

1.5 C Pimento cheese

2 eggs

1/2 C heavy cream

2 TBSP butter diced

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

Preheat oven to 375.

Combine dry ingredients and mix 

Add in wet ingredients and stir to combine well. 

Scoop onto baking sheet about 12. 1-2 in apart.

Bake 25 min. 

Pimento Cheese Souffle

3 eggs

2 TBSP sour cream

Pinch salt and pepper

1/3 C pimeto cheese

1/3 C bacon optional

Herbs of choice optional

Preheat oven to 350.

Spray large ramekin cup.

Put Pimento cheese and bacon in ramekin.

Whip together eggs, sour cream, salt, peppers, and herbs.

Bake 30-35 minutes.

Serve immediately, will fall.

The Low Carb Kitchen: Boursin Chicken Bake

This is a low carb twist on the boursin pasta bake. I used chicken bites instead of pasta, and added some zucchini.

The ingredients:

1 package boursin cheese

10 oz cherry tomatoes

1/2 zucchini sliced and quartered

Olive oil

Garlic powder

Pizza seasoning

Chicken bites

The recipe:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a 7x10 baking dish place boursin in center.

Surround with zucchini and top with tomatoes.

Drizzle olive oil on top.

Sprinkle with garlic powder and pizza seasoning

Bake for 30- 45 minutes.

Air fry chicken.

Crush tomatoes and stir together.

Add chicken and bake for 10 more minutes.

Notes:

I used tyson simple chicken bites but you can you regular chicken cut up as well. 

Be careful crushing the tomatoes they squirm and are hot!

The Low Carb Kitchen: Pizza Bake

When the office is having pizza I try and make something low carb that is similar. This time I'm making this pizza bake with cottage cheese.

The ingredients:

2 C low fat cottage cheese

3 eggs

1 TBSP Italian Seasoning

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp onion powder

1/2 C pizza sauce

4 oz Mozzarella shredded

Topping of choice

The recipe:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, eggs, and seasoning and mix well.

Bake cottage cheese layer in greased square pan for 20 minutes until set.

Spread pizza sauce over the cottage cheese layer.

Add toppings of choice 

Top with mozzarella.

Bake an additional 15-20 minutes.

Notes:

I used pizza seasoning instead of Italian Seasoning.

For toppings I used Italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives, and mini peppers.

The pizza sauce i used was Rao's Margherita pizza sauce.

You can put toppings on top of cheese if desired instead.

The Low Carb Kitchen: Spicy Ground Turkey Cauliflower Rice

This cauliflower rice uses some of my favorite spices: cumin, coriander, and paprika. Its a great meal to get protein and is veggie heavy. 

The ingredients: 

1.5lb ground turkey

12 oz Cauliflower rice

1 bell pepper diced

Chopped broccoli

Chopped kale

1/2 C frozen carrots and peas

1 tsp garlic powder

2 tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp coriander

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 tsp crushed red pepper

2 TBSP olive oil

Jalapenos

Salt

Cilantro optional

Chili crisp optional

The recipe:
In a skillet brown the turkey with 2 TBSP water. 

Add the garlic, paprika, turmeric, cumin, coriander and cook until water evaporates.

Add in the veggies, cover and cook 4-5 minutes.

Add the crushed red pepper, black pepper, salt, and jalapenos.

Garnish with cilantro and chili crisp if desired.

Notes:

I roasted the broccoli and kale in the oven 1st. 

The Original Kitchen: Ground Turkey Stir-fry

This is a twist on a stir-fry making it lean but high in protein. 

The ingredients:

1.5lb ground turkey

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp ground ginger

2 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp five spice seasoning

1/4 TSP hot paprika or cayenne

3 TBSP Soy sauce

1 bell pepper stripped

1 C chopped brussel sprouts

1 C shredded cabbage

12 oz Cauliflower rice

2 eggs scrambled

1tsp yum yum sauce optional

1 TBSP Chili crisp optional

Cilantro optional

1 tsp hemp hearts optional

The recipe:

In a skillet, brown the turkey and add the seasonings. 

Add the veggies and soy sauce and cook to desired consistency and flavors combined.

Make a well in the middle and add the eggs and cook then combine with the rest.

Garnish with yum yum sauce, chili crisp, cilantro, and hemp if desired.

Notes:

You can swap bang bang sauce for yum yum. I used the G Hughes yum yum sauce. 

You can use sesame seeds or everything seasoning instead of hemp hearts if desired.

You can switch up the veggies I was trying to use up some veggies.

The Breakfast Kitchen: Herbes de Provence Egg Bake

I had some ham on hand and was inspired to do a French twist on an egg bake. 

The ingredients:

8 eggs

2 C egg whites

1 C diced ham

1 C crumbled bacon

1 C diced green bell pepper

1/2 C sauteed mushrooms chopped

1 C gouda or Swiss shredded

1 TBSP baking powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1-2 tsp herbes de provence

1/2 tsp sweet paprika

Pinch salt and pepper

1 TBSP butter

The recipe:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Grease 9x13 pan.

In a skillet, cook the ham, bacon, peppers, and mushrooms with butter and half herbes de provence and set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, baking powder, and remaining seasonings. Mix to combine well.

Add shredded cheese to the egg mixture and fold in.

Add the meat mixture to the eggs and fold it in.

Pour egg mixture into baking dish and bake for 30 minutes.

Notes:

Top with any remaining cheese if desired before baking. 

The Sheet Pan Kitchen: Sweet Chili Chicken and Veggies

A great way to use up some veggies in the fridge. Instead of using chicken breast I used frozen chicken nuggets for a quick meal.

The ingredients:

40 pieces of chicken nuggets

1 C broccoli

1 C cauliflower

1 C diced radishes

1 TBSP olive oil

1 C G Hughes sweet chili sauce

Pepper

Gochugaru seasoning

Parmesan grated optional

Cilantro optional

The recipe:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Cut up veggies and add to a bowl.

Add olive oil, 3/4 C sweet chili sauce, pepper, and sprinkle of gochugaru. Add in chicken and stir to combine.

Add to greased baking sheet.

Top with remaining sweet chIli and another sprinkle of gochugaru. 

Bake for 20 minutes.

Top with parmesan and cilantro if desired.

Notes:

I added the chivken straight from the freezer. No need to thaw. 

Gochugaru is a Korean chili used in kimchi you can use another chili like crushed red pepper or use a sauce like gochujang or sriracha as a finish instead.