Adult Grits and Eggs: Fancy Breakfast
My New Quirky Habit
I have this new quirk, and my husband had to point it out to me. I like eating fancy food. From creating blog and Instagram post I now pretty much style all my meals. Healthy food just tastes better when designed in my opinion, and it’s a part of the food experience. Before I became a health nut, the food experience consisted of a greasy bag, lots of napkins and a stain every single time on my shirt. It was usually eaten in the car, in a hurry, on-the-go and the most memorable thing about the experience are the stains it left on my shirt.
Fine Dining Experience
Now that I eat clean food is an experience. It’s not a quick fix, never fully satisfying thing to pass the time away. It’s a production (not my meals or 30 minutes or less but what feels like a production) flavorful, expression of my creativity. I make new recipes regularly, try new vegetables and fruits weekly. Slice, dice, cut and mince and create amazing flavor combinations and aromas. Then I sit down and enjoy a beautiful meal photogenically styled for all of our enjoyment. Well, that does somewhat happen maybe two days a week. All the others I take regular meals and put it on the plate pretty and just my plate because by the time I am finished the Lil Divas are on their seconds. Then, I eat it and enjoy it. It’s portioned just right and beautiful like from a restaurant. Do I waste my dinner time? Yes, but rather than scarfing down a plate and being on my seconds. I am eating my first. Finishing with the family and not sitting there watching them eat their seconds. Ah-ha, you say? Try it! Works for me!
Little touches make the magic
Well on one of my particularly creative breakfast I decided to grab almost every herb in my garden. A box of grits and some eggs and make adult grits. I never had adult grits, but I wanted to do something other than butter or sugar (I have never done this, but my cousins do) and cheese, grits require cheese UNLESS you are lactose intolerant like me, so that leaves me with, boo. Exactly, so I came up with this simple as making a not adult grits recipe to get fancy at the table, and you can just do this for your bowl and let the family have their regular meal while you dine at your gourmet restaurant 😉 😉 Enjoy!
How do you like your grits? Have you ever “dressed them up”?
Ingredients
- Grits
- Water
- Eggs
- Tomatoes
- Avocados
- Fresh Thyme, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Green Onion and Parsley
- 1 Clove of Garlic,minced
- 1 tbsp of Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook grits according to directions on package
- Scramble Eggs
- Mix all fresh herbs and Mince garlic,olive oil with grits
- Serve with tomatoes or salsa and avocado (Whatever your adult self wants to do)
I love grits…..and they take on flavors beautifully so they are a gray base for creative cooking!!!
I love grits. They take on flavors beautifully so they are a great base for creative cooking!
I am learning the possibilities
Grits with cheese, with bacon, with shrimp…oh grits and shrimp! Delish! Use as a sub for rice when making jambalya or gumbo…
Girl you know how to add some flavor to some grits. I need to step up my game!!
I’ve never been a big fan of grits. Your presentation in these photos is fun though!
Yea, I find grits are either all or nothing you either like them or don’t no in between. Thanks for the photo love!
Fancy smanchy! Seriously though, this photos are making my mouth water. LOVE it! Blessings,
the How-to Guru
It was hard to wait to devour them. Thanks for stopping by!
Wow, this looks great! I couldn’t agree more that the pretty the food or the arrangement of food, the better it tastes 🙂
Yes, It really does for some odd mental reason..Lol! I am glad I am not alone
Yes I love tomatoes I eat them just as a snack sometimes!
Sounds yummy!
My husband is breakfast maker at our house — something I will never take for granted. But I can so see him trying this one. He loves to try new recipes — and I love eating them!
Sounds like you guys have a great little system. I hope he does try it out!
This looks pretty good. I love that you called it Adult Grits and Eggs because my kids wouldn’t touch it!
I love grits and eggs and bacon of course 😉 I may have to make this today for bfast!
me too! mm mm
My husband enjoys grits but I have never made them. Now, I’m going to have to give it a try.
Yum! Let me know what you come up with. I am going with a Caprese next time!