Show 1202D Bacon Pimento Cheese Bites

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

sharp cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: medium cheddar cheese

💰Cheaper: colby cheese

Medium cheddar is lower in flavor intensity but still creamy.

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Turkey bacon is lower in fat.

crackers

🥗Healthier: rice cakes

💰Cheaper: bread

Rice cakes are lower in calories.

Take 2 packages of mini phyllo shells from the freezer section of the grocery store.

Put about a teaspoon of pimento cheese in the bottom of each shell.

Sprinkle a little crumbled bacon on top of the pimento cheese in each shell.

Add about a half teaspoon of pepper jelly on top of the bacon in each shell.

Repeat the process until all shells are filled, aiming for about 30 shells total.

Place the filled shells in a 350°F oven for 5 to 8 minutes, just long enough for the cheese to melt and the bacon to toast.

After about 6 minutes, remove the shells from the oven when they are nice and melty.

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