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American Cheese Grits
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Creamy American cheese grits with cayenne pepper.

Rating:
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
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Nutrition Facts
Makes 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 135.0
Total Carbs 21.5 g
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g
Sugars 3.0 g
Total Fat 1.0 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Unsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Potassium 18.7 mg
Protein 7.5 g
Sodium 376.5 mg
Dietary Exchanges
1.0 Fat, 0.7 Meat, 0.1 Milk, 0.9 Starch,
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Note: One or more ingredients from this recipe are not included in the nutritional analysis above. Either the ingredient is missing from our database or is listed as "optional" in the recipe.
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Servings
Ingredients

2 3/4 cup  cold water
0 1/2 cup  Grits, corn, white, dry
0 1/4 tsp  salt
4 piece  Cheese, American, white, low fat, singles
0 1/2 cup  fat free half and half
0.125 tsp  ground cayenne (red pepper)
1 pinch  black pepper
Directions
  1. Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Mix in grits and salt. Decrease the heat, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes.
  2. Take off of the heat and mix in the remaining ingredients except the black pepper. Let sit, covered, for 2 minutes. Season with black pepper and serve.

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