Snake Recipe from the Florida Everglades

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats while margarine is often less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories, while water can reduce cost.

cooked python meat

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is more widely available and affordable.

Prepare python meat by removing the skin and cutting it into strips.

Marinate the python meat in a store-bought seafood marinade.

Boil water for the grits.

Sprinkle the python meat with Cajun seasoning and sauté in butter until cooked.

Cook grits according to package instructions, then add pepper, chopped yellow onions, chopped green onions, and a lot of shredded cheese.

Mix in the sautéed python and spicy Southern sausage into the cheese grits.

Cooking Techniques

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