Eggs Baked with Grits and Ham and Buttermilk Pancakes

I've mentioned it before, but I simply love having breakfast for dinner!  Throughout this blogging endeavor, you will probably see me cook breakfast more for dinner than for actual breakfast.  If you ever have difficulty deciding what to do for dinner, breakfast is always a great way to go!

Paula's Eggs Baked with Grits and Ham is a great and simple breakfast dish.  Its as easy as 1-2-3.  This dish includes all your favorite breakfast foods: eggs, country ham, and grits.  The only real problem I found with this recipe is that it contains too much salt.  When using country ham, you really don't need to add the extra salt she calls for in the recipe.  Even being a little too salty, this was still an excellent dish.

Since this was such a simple dish, I decided to serve it with Paula's Buttermilk Pancakes.   I can't really say too much about the pancakes,  It's not too difficult to make pancakes and there wasn't anything special about them.  This is a good pancake recipe if you don't already have one. 

Eggs Baked with Grits and Ham

1/2 cup quick cooking grits                                    Salt and Black Pepper
1 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese                              1/8 tsp garlic powder
3/4 cup chopped country ham                                4 large eggs

1 to 2 Tbsp. scallions

Preheat your oven to 350.  Grease an 8-inch square dish.  Cook the quick cooking grits to the directions on the package.  Once done, stir in 3/4 cup cheddar cheese, the country ham, salt, pepper and garlic powder and keep stirring until the cheese is melted.

Pour the grit mixture into the 8-inch pan.  Make 4 indentions and crack one egg into each indention.  Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and bake for about 15-20 minutes.   I like my eggs runny so you may only have to bake 10-15 minutes, but if you like them well done, cook until the yolks are firm. Then garnish with scallions.

 

Buttermilk Pancakes

2 cups all purpose flour                                             1 3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup sugar                                                             4 Tbls. butter, melted
2 tsp. baking powder                                                 2 large eggs
1 tsp baking soda                                                       1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt                                                                     Maple syrup


Grease your griddle with butter.  Whisk together your dry ingredients in a large bowl.  In a smaller bowl whisk the buttermilk, eggs, butter and vanilla.  Fold the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until combined.

Pour about 1/3 cup batter onto your hot griddle and cook until golden brown then flip your cakes and finish cooking until golden brown on the underside.