{"id":421,"date":"2009-06-15T20:39:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T03:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/archives\/421"},"modified":"2009-06-15T20:39:51","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T03:39:51","slug":"sunday-gritty-sundae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=421","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Gritty Sundae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday we ate out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6for every. single. meal.&#160; It was delicious all around, but we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel so hot afterwards.&#160; Sunday we vowed to do some good eating in.&#160; And we did!&#160; For dinner, we had leftover tortilla soup\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6this stuff was even better the second time around (largely because I could now taste it) and we both had giant bowls.&#160; Plus we froze two double-servings for later.&#160; Because I got the giant pack of chicken thighs on sale for just over $5, this was a super economical creation as well! Hooray! <\/p>\n<p>For breakfast, we had some old-ish apples and I remembered we had quick cooking grits in the cupboard. Easy easy breakfast to the rescue: <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#400000\" size=\"4\"><strong><u>Cinnamon Apple Grits Breakfast Sundae<\/u><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 servings grits<\/li>\n<li>5-6 small apples, peeled, cored and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup apple juice or cider<\/li>\n<li>2 Tb sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine apples, juice, sugar and cinnamon over medium heat in a small saucepan, stirring to coat. <\/li>\n<li>Cook away, stirring frequently to avoid burning, until apples are nice and soft and the liquid has cooked down into a nice syrup. <a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0437Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_0437 (Small)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0437 (Small)\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0437Small_thumb.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a> <\/li>\n<li>If the apples get too dry and all the liquid evaporates, add more juice or cider as needed.<\/li>\n<li>While apples are cooking, prepare grits according to package directions.&#160; I added a tiny bit of butter at the end to add a bit of flavor and extra creaminess to the grits!<a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0440Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_0440 (Small)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0440 (Small)\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0440Small_thumb.jpg\" width=\"541\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Top grits with apples and dig in! <a href=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0443Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"IMG_0443 (Small)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_0443 (Small)\" src=\"http:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/images\/SundayGrittySundae_11D34\/IMG_0443Small_thumb.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"455\" \/><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d recommend serving with biscuits and jam (which we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have) or toast or maybe even more fruit on the side.&#160; This bowl was really filling at the time, but didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t last us all the way until dinner.&#160; So tasty though.&#160; Yum! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>And for some fun, here are giveaways!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Envirosax Giveaway at <a href=\"http:\/\/lovejackson.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/envirosax-father-day-giveaway.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maple PB giveaway at <a href=\"http:\/\/walkinthisworld.com\/?p=2628\" target=\"_blank\">I Walk In This World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Holey Donuts (!!!) at <a href=\"http:\/\/danicasdaily.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/my-holey-donuts-giveaway.html\" target=\"_blank\">Danica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday we ate out\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6for every. single. meal.&#160; It was delicious all around, but we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel so hot afterwards.&#160; Sunday we vowed to do some good eating in.&#160; And we did!&#160; For dinner, we had leftover tortilla soup\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6this stuff was even better the second time around (largely because I could now taste it) and we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,27,22,9,11,20,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-fun","category-contests","category-leftovers","category-life","category-matthew","category-southern-love","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}