Welcome to 30 Days of Grits, Day 14!

Today’s grits recipe is one of my absolute favorites. It’s called Corn Roasted Grits and they make it at the restaurant called ZEA’S. There are Zea’s restaurants all around the New Orleans area, and whenever I go visit family I *always* stop in to get my grits fix! Seriously, this is about the BEST grits I have ever eaten.

You can find the recipe here. Just be prepared for your taste buds to be super happy!

NO GRITS NO GLORY releases on October 1st!

Welcome to 30 Days of Grits, Day 13!

Today’s recipe is Fried Grits and I must confess, is more Northern than Southern. Though it starts with regular grits so I guess you could say it has its roots in Southern-ness!

2 cups of grits – already cooked and chilled overnight*

1/4 stick butter

2 tbsp olive oil

syrup or honey

* If you don’t want to use “real” grits you can use Aunt Jemima’s Quick Grits to make the grits in less than 5 minutes and then chill overnight.

Take approximately 2 cups of grits that are already cooked and place them into a square container in fridge overnight. The goal is to use a container that will allow for easy slicing, like bread, the next morning, so make sure container is somewhat tall (like a butter tub).

After grits have chilled in container overnight, slice them into 1/2 inch pieces (you want the chilled grits to slice like bread slices, about that thick). So you will have several slices of chilled grits. Heat stovetop with olive oil in saucepan. Put in grits slices and saute. Flip when they turn light brown, keep heating.

Put on plate, pour syrup (or honey, if that is your preferred choice) over the grit pieces and cut with fork, eat up :)

You can play with this recipe some by adding herbs, butter, more olive oil, etc. The key is just to start with chilled grits you can easily slice like slices of bread.

Welcome to 30 Days of Grits Day 12! Today’s recipe is Tomato Gravy Grits.

You can find the recipe here, it was first published in Southern Living magazine.

I haven’t seen tomato sauce or anything like it in grits recipes before, so this one looks like an interesting try :)

Welcome to 30 Days of Grits, Day 11! Today’s recipe is Bacon – Grits Fritters. You can find a picture and the recipe at my Pinterest board here.

I am truly amazed at all the different ways to cook grits! I hadn’t anticipated finding such variety when I started the #30DaysofGrits promo as a lead-in to NO GRITS NO GLORY book release, but the array of recipes has been amazing!

Hi all and welcome to 30 Days of Grits, Day 10!

Today I am pointing you toward my Pinterest board set up for NO GRITS, NO GLORY where I have collected a series of grits recipes (thanks, Cristy W!) and photos.

FYI, in order to respect copyright, the Pinterest board does not “list” the recipe but the photo of the grits links to the author’s site where the recipe can be found. I wouldn’t want to copy recipes here without permission and this is a fair way to share the recipe while giving all due credit.

So today’s great recipe is Cheesy Shrimp & Grits Casserole

Looks yummy so check it out!