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A Healthy Twist On Comfort Food

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Welcome from Lois & Don Crawford.

Welcome from Lois & Don Crawford.

Hello. Welcome to Recipe Idea Shop, where we give you recipes for comfort food with a healthy twist. Get all the newest recipes when you subscribe to our newsletter.

Good food can more than nourish you, it can heal you. Thank goodness! Because I developed several health issues a few years ago. I learned I had food sensitivities and what a pain (literally) that is. Food helped me heal my gut and my heart. How? Let me tell you how food healed me. But first…

What’s Up This Month?

August already? Can you believe it? Time flies when you get old(er), I guess. August is always a busy month. We have a lot of family birthdays this month, which due to the pandemic, we will be celebrating from afar. One favorite birthday cake for my family is Chocolate Cake, and my gluten free recipe is super good. This month is National Peach Month and Monday, August 3, is National Watermelon Day. So watch for peach and watermelon recipes. It’s also National Sandwich Month. My favorite is Slow Cooker Chicago Style Italian Beef Sandwiches.  What’s yours?

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A few years ago I was overweight, …

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Cheesy Grits

Cheesy Grits can be made with cheese, garlic and salt and pepper. This version makes a scrumptious breakfast side.

Cheesy Grits can be simply topped with butter and salt and pepper. Or add some shrimp and vegetables to jazz it up.

Cheesy Grits can be simply topped with butter and salt and pepper. Or add some shrimp and vegetables to jazz it up.

Cheesy Grits are perfect in 25 minutes.

Hi. Don here. The recent quiz going around on Facebook about cooking at home includes whether you have ever cooked grits from scratch. I definitely have cooked them many times and I’m reposting this recipe for you so you can make them, too. Grits are a Southern favorite. Smooth, creamy and very tasty. You can vary the spices to match the meal or recipe you are making. If you are having them for breakfast, add a bit more black pepper to spice them up as an accompaniment to eggs and biscuits. As a side dish at supper, add some savory spices and serve with pork chops or country ham slices with red-eye gravy or the way we show it above, Shrimp and Grits with Sausage.

Making grits is much like making old-fashioned Cream of Wheat, a hot breakfast cereal eaten frequently in the North, but grits are made from corn and Cream of Wheat is obviously made from wheat. Both are made from the interior kernel, or meal, part of the grain.…

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