These grits are folded together with sweet potato and topped with healthy chicken sausage. The healthy breakfast of a southerner's dreams!
Ingredients
1large sweet potato, about 1 pound
1/4cupfat-free milk
2cupswater
1/4tspsalt
1/2 cupgrits
4linkslow-fat fully cooked spicy chicken sausage
1/2cupsugar-free maple syrup
1tspground cinnamon
1/8 tspcayenne pepperoptional
black pepper,to taste
Instructions
Wash the sweet potato and poke it multiple times with a fork. Wrap it in a paper towel. Microwave the potato for 5 minutes. Check it, and if you cannot easily insert a fork into it, microwave it for another 1 to 2 minutes. (It will be very hot!)
Wait until the cooked potato is cool enough to touch, then cut it in half. Scrape out all of the flesh, and discard the skin. Mash it in a bowl with the milk to make it smooth, then set aside. (Optional: puree the potato with the milk in a food processor if you want to ensure optimal smoothness).
Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the salt and grits, and stir to combine. Cover and reduce the heat to medium-low, stirring occasionally until thickened, 5-7 minutes.
While the grits are cooking, slice the chicken sausage at an angle. Heat a grill pan or nonstick skillet over medium heat. Grill the sausage slices until they get some color on them and are heated through, 1 to 2 minutes on each side.
When the grits are done, remove them from the heat and fold in the set-aside sweet potato with the syrup, cinnamon, optional cayenne, and black pepper, to taste. Add more milk ΒΌ cup at a time if you prefer a thinner consistency.
Spoon about 1 cup of the grits into each bowl and serve 1 sliced sausage link on top of each bowl of grits.