Southern Living’s Glorious Grits
October 17, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Bakers' Tools
I was asked to review this cookbook by Southern Living. It sounded interesting and so I said, “Bring it on!”
First of all Glorious Grits is a book with some awesome photography. I wasn’t expecting the images to be as dramatic and beautiful as they are, after all…we are talking grits here.
(That is the chair in my bedroom where I curl up next to the fireplace and read)
But that wasn’t the only surprise.
Southwestern Style Grits
September 21, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Quick and Easy, Side Dishes
I suppose you could call this polenta but I made it with grits so grits it shall be.
Polenta and grits are similar products, both made from corn. Grits are normally served as a side dish for breakfast, much as you would serve cream of wheat. In recent years they have become more popular and taken on the role of a side dish.
Grits are creamy, somewhat bland, and soothing but they will take on the flavor of almost any ingredient you put into them. They are cheap and filling and those two attributes make them a favorite ingredient at my house.
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