{"id":772,"date":"2014-01-15T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T13:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2014-01-16T21:19:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T21:19:19","slug":"i-miss-cheese-grits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"I Miss Cheese Grits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was never a big corn fan, be it popped, on the cob, or the dreaded, yak-worthy creamed. I don&#8217;t hate corn, and I&#8217;m not even ambivalent to it all.  I love corn chips, tortillas, and cheese grits.   Mmmmmmm cheese grits.<br \/>\nGiving up gluten was tough.  Giving up corn is extremely hard. Especially when you can&#8217;t rely on wheat.  I&#8217;m circling around Mexican food right now because I miss it, but I seem to get side tracked in southern comfort food right now, and I wanted grits.  CHEESE GRITS.<br \/>\nSo I made them&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140115-070543.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140115-070543.jpg\" alt=\"20140115-070543.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOk well sort of.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still playing with and experimenting with amaranth.  <\/p>\n<p>The ratio I used for this was:<br \/>\n1\/2c amaranth<br \/>\n1 c water<br \/>\n1 c milk<br \/>\nPut everything in a pot and bring to a boil, then dial back to a simmer.<br \/>\nI added salt, granulated garlic and onion powder to taste, and let this go stirring occasionally for about 20 mins.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-142700.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-142700.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-142700.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-142726.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-142726.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-142726.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it was cooked to the consistency I wanted, I added a half cup of shredded Colby jack cheese,  and a sliced up green onion.  (Actually I used a ramp here bc I had one) <\/p>\n<p>The meat here is just a braised pork loin,<br \/>\nI browned the meat, then placed it on a bed of onions, garlic, thyme, and a little water to cook, then shredded the pork. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143148.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143148.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-143148.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143210.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-143210.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The broccoli was just roasted off in a little olive oil and salt. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143505.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143505.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-143505.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was happy with how this turned out.  It&#8217;s not just like cheese grits, but it&#8217;s pretty close, and definitely satisfied my craving.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143550.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20140116-143550.jpg\" alt=\"20140116-143550.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was never a big corn fan, be it popped, on the cob, or the dreaded, yak-worthy creamed. I don&#8217;t hate corn, and I&#8217;m not even ambivalent to it all. I love corn chips, tortillas, and cheese grits. Mmmmmmm cheese &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/?p=772\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thetravelingzipperhead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}