Pimento Cheese Sandwich Recipe - The Easy Diet Plan

Pimento Cheese is typically off-limits to dieters but when a bit of savvy food engineering is applied to the recipe, it can certainly be a healthy choice that you can enjoy without feeling an ounce of guilt.

Sure, you can purchase pimento cheese ready-made and simply spread it onto your favorite bread. And it even comes in skinnier versions that are lower in dietary fat content - which make this product convenient for dieters.

However, there is nothing like a fresh, homemade batch of this delicious sandwich spread.

So if you prefer the freshest flavors by making your own pimento spread, here is our tasty, lower calorie recipe that you can use as is, or as a pattern to create your own personalized version for your diet plan.

2 slices of whole grain bread
1/3 cup of finely grated skim-based mozzarella cheese
1 Teaspoon to 1 Tablespoon of drained jarred pimentos
1 Tablespoon of Light Miracle Whip

Mix and spread on toasted whole grain wheat bread.

The caloric values of this recipe will vary depending upon the brands of bread OR the types of recipes used for bread. We'll touch base more on this below to give you tips on how to keep this sandwich wholesome so that it can fit into your weight loss plan.

Feel free to substitute your favorite reduced fat cheese which are comparable to the mozzarella in caloric and dietary fat content. Speaking of which, 1/3 cup of the cheese contains less than two grams of total dietary fat about 1 gram derived from saturated fat.

Mozzarella Cheese: The skim-based, low fat varieties contain about 340 calories per 1 cup and 86 per ounce. Therefore, a 1/3 cup serving will equal about 115 calories - and is quite a lot of cheese so that your sandwich will taste full-bodied without all that extra fat.

The Bread Basket:As stated, the caloric values in the bread will have a great bearing on total values so choose wisely. Opting for diet bread which contains less than 40 calories per slice will allow you to save calories while enjoying more for less. If you would rather enjoy your favorite brand and slice of bread, then try to keep a limit on the calories per slice. Bread which contains less than 70 per slice is ideal for your diet menus.

Your best choices are always whole grain breads. If they contain other healthy ingredients such as oats on top, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower or pumpkin seeds, added dried fruit or fresh chopped fruit, ground cinnamon or wheat germ, these make excellent bread choices for sandwiches, or as part of a healthy meal plan.

When 35 calorie diet bread is used in this recipe the total calories for the Pimento Cheese Sandwich equal about 225 calories. If the 70 calorie bread is used then the total jumps to about 195 for the sandwich.

You can take the sandwich up a notch in flavors by choosing rye bread, pumpernickel, sourdough bread, Italian and French bread.

The Mayo: By keeping the spread light, we're keeping the fat gram content light as well. In turn, this has a very healthy impact on total caloric values.

Enjoy this sandwich with a side of baked potato chips and a diet drink of your choice.

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