{"id":2217,"date":"2013-01-25T17:07:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T22:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2013-01-25T17:07:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T22:07:55","slug":"pbj-grits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/pbj-grits\/","title":{"rendered":"PBJ Grits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pbjgrits.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2219\" alt=\"pbjgrits\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/pbjgrits.gif?resize=500%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what got into me.<\/p>\n<p>I knew that I wanted to have grits. I love them. They may be my number one comfort food. I like to eat them when I&#8217;m sick. I like to eat them when I just don&#8217;t know what to eat. Grits feel like love in my tummy.<\/p>\n<p>But it was as if a voice whispered to me, &#8220;You know, you can add peanut butter and jelly to them. It&#8217;ll be good. You&#8217;ll like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That voice was right.<\/p>\n<p>Making the grits was nothing difficult.<\/p>\n<p>I made grits like regular, and added about a tablespoon of strawberry preserves. When the grits were the texture I like, I added a dollop of peanut butter on top.<\/p>\n<p>Not too shabby for a whim! I&#8217;m sure to repeat this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what got into me. I knew that I wanted to have grits. I love them. They may be my number one comfort food. I like to eat them when I&#8217;m sick. I like to eat them when I just don&#8217;t know what to eat. Grits feel like love in my tummy. But&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/pbj-grits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PBJ Grits<\/span><\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-zL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":575,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/comfort-food\/","url_meta":{"origin":2217,"position":0},"title":"Comfort food","author":"sherlonya","date":"March 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone has her ultimate comfort food. 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