On Saturday Danny asked if he could come over to our place and cook dinner. Dallas is still out of town so he’d be cooking just for his girlfriend Caroline and me. Danny is a very good cook and has worked in some of the best kitchens around town – Shikago, Green Zebra, Nola’s Cup. Ok, that last one is technically in Oak Park, but you get what I’m saying. There’s no way I was going to say he couldn’t come over and use our grill and kitchen to make me dinner! So, this is what he made:
Grilled shrimp with grits and andouille sausage gravy. The creamy grits cut the spiciness of the sausage. Delicious. I probably hadn’t had grits since I was a kid. Half of my family is from the south and my dad would always make quick grits. I hated them! But these grits were so rich and creamy. . . probably because Danny used like 3/4 of a carton of cream! Let’s just pretend he didn’t. That cream just evaporated out of the carton (into my belly!).