This G(irl) R(aised) I(n) T(he) S(outh)...

has just learned to love grits!! When I was growing up there was always the occasional weekend breakfast when my mom or dad would make a nice big breakfast with eggs, toast, bacon and.. ahem.. grits. I maybe only ever had a bite or two and decided I didn't like them. I felt like I was eating pig slop or something with a weird texture and bland taste that would be served in a nursing home or to homeless or poverty stricken people. I have come to realize that in most cases all it takes to go from hating to loving a food is: #1 - the quality and freshness of the food #2 - the preparation With a few small adjustments you can magically turn something from a hated food to a loved food. This is my food experience with grits. I figured I'd give...

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Let's start at the berry beginning..

I recently learned that you can eat uncooked oatmeal. I did not know this! This has just revolutionized my breakfast. Apparently, uncooked oatmeal that has been soaked in milk is muesli. Sure, I've heard of it before and just never really fully knew exactly what it was. I've never really been a huge oatmeal fan. My childhood memory of oatmeal is my mom having a pot of cardboard tasting thick slop which I had to generously add its weight in brown sugar and milk to enjoy. Now, as an adult and wanting to rediscover the many ways of eating oatmeal, I came across a simple and wonderful way for me to enjoy oatmeal without drowning it in sugar. And if I'm going to eat oatmeal during the week it has to be fast. I wake up five minutes after...

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