One day last week Chef D suggested Shrimp and Grits for our Christmas Day meal. He had ran into a friend from church who shared that this menu was a Christmas family tradition and that got his taste buds yearning for Shrimp and Grits. I tracked down the friend and got her recipe and then compared it with a few others I found on the internet. Chef D and I finally decided to use a combination of them all and create our own. We used this recipe as a base, but adjusted it slightly by adding leeks and green bell peppers. I left out the cheddar cheese to allow everyone to choose whether or not they wanted plain grits or cheese grits with their shrimp sauce. In the end, I felt it definitely needed the flavor of the cheese, as shrimp sauce was kind of bland. It was not bad, but it just was not special. We will probably try a different recipe again someday.
I chose a family favorite, fresh fruit with mint-balsamic tea, to accompany the shrimp course. It has been several years since I prepared this fruit salad, but it will not be that long before I make it again. It was just as delightful as I remember.
I also decided to try out a new, easy roll. We had these new place and bake rolls from Pillsbury -- crescent rounds. The whole family was pleasantly surprised with their taste and texture and we will probably have them again sometime.
A few weeks ago we purchased some yummy sticky toffee pudding to serve to our Tuesday night Bible Reading group. Chef D decided to try to recreate it using this recipe and served it for dessert. He topped it with a little whipped topping and we were good to go...DELICIOUS.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
1 comment:
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I was wondering how the Shrimp and Grits recipe was received by your family.
My husband and son are not fans of Grits.
If I see it on the restaurant menu I would definitely give it a try.
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