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cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheddar

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Processed cheese melts well and is often cheaper

Heat a couple tablespoons of unsalted butter in a hot skillet.

Add diced onions, chopped jalapeños, and chopped pickled serrano peppers to the skillet and let simmer for a few minutes until cooked down.

Add about half a cup of diced cherry tomatoes to the skillet and cook until they start to brown and caramelize.

In a bowl, whisk together 1 cup of evaporated milk and 2 heaping tablespoons of corn starch to create a slurry.

Add 1 cup of water to the slurry and whisk until the cornstarch is fully dissolved.

Pour the slurry into the skillet and let it thicken for a couple of minutes until it resembles a gravy.

Once thickened, reduce the burner to low and start adding 1 cup of American cheese to the skillet, stirring until melted.

Add canned green chilies, diced jalapeños, cilantro, ground cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt to taste, mixing well.

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