Blueberries, fresh or frozen, in a sweetened filling layered under a topping of grits?! Here's a breakfast or brunch treat that is sweet enough for a dessert and hearty enough to start your day.
Make the most of what you've got is my near-daily kitchen mantra. I was inspired to buy a canister of quick-cooking grits for a side dish, but my family didn't go for the finished product at all, and I was left with an open canister of perfectly good grits.
Aside to grits lovers: I know grits are good--I like them! My folks now live in a place where breakfast is provided, and when grits are on the menu mom pops back up to their apartment and fetches a package of pepper jack cheese to make her grits cheesy. Apple . . . tree . . . I know!
My family members didn't spend years working across the street from the Museum of the White House of the Confederacy, however, and in addition to not loving grits these family members don't share in my love for collard greens either, so all the more for me. Except I didn't want to
eat most of a canister of grits all by myself, so I started searching for other ways to use them. This recipe was inspired by combining
this blueberry cobbler filling (that my daughter found on the internets) with this
coffee cake topping (that I found on the internets). Since
dessert teamwork works well in our household, my daughter prepared the filling while I prepared the topping.
The topping ended up kind of heavy for a dessert--if you're looking for a light pillowy dumpling to absorb your blueberry goodness, try the Brown Eyed Baker where we found the filling inspiration. This was a sturdier, chewier, heartier topping, which is why I let my daughter eat a bowl for breakfast the next morning. I know there's a ton of sugar in it, and it will never become a staple breakfast or even dessert in my home, but the combination of grits and blueberries really is tasty, so it's worth having as an option for a brunch.
For other recipes using blueberries, please see my
Blueberry Recipes Collection, part of the
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