{"id":99,"date":"2012-03-13T21:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T01:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=99"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:04:02","slug":"creamy-cheddar-cheese-grits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Cheddar Cheese Grits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grits.  Never thought I would be eating grits. Here in the south, shrimp and grits are very popular, and the grits are made with cheese. Ahhhh! Put cheese on anything and I will eat it! I&#8217;m not sure I would like plain grits though; I need flavor with my food.  If you love cheese and haven&#8217;t tried grits yet, give these a try and you will be a fan.<\/p>\n<p>4 Tbsp. butter<br \/>\n4 1\/2 c. milk<br \/>\n4 1\/2 c. water<br \/>\n2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. hot sauce<br \/>\n1 garlic clove, minced<br \/>\n2 c. uncooked quick cooking grits<br \/>\n1 (8 oz) block sharp white cheddar<br \/>\n  cheese, grated<\/p>\n<p>Bring 2 Tbsp. butter, and next 5 ingredients to a boil in a medium size Dutch oven over medium-high heat.  Gradually whisk in grits, and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 to 15 minutes or until thickened.  Stir in cheese and remaining 2 Tbsp. butter until melted.  Serve immediately.<br \/>\n                                                  Yields &#8211; 8 1\/2 cups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grits. Never thought I would be eating grits. Here in the south, shrimp and grits are very popular, and the grits are made with cheese. Ahhhh! Put cheese on anything and I will eat it! I&#8217;m not sure I would like plain grits though; I need flavor with my food. If you love cheese and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/?p=99\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-side-dishes","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p29QDf-1B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stirmypot.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}