Blue Cheese Grits Recipe

This is Judy's recipe for blue cheese grits.  She has cooked it many times and it is SCRUMPTIOUS!
 
This recipe will serve 4 people (or 3 hungry people).

Ingredients
 
3 cups water
3/4 cup grits
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
1/4 cup flat leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
garlic powder (optional)
1/4 stick butter
 
(Note:  I only use old-fashioned, slow-cookin' grits.  None of that instant glop.  I won't let that mess inside my kitchen.)

Directions

1)  Bring the water to a boil, add the salt and stir in the grits.
 
2) Turn the heat down very low and cook the grits for 20 minutes.  Give it a good stir every five minutes or so.
 
3) After 20 minutes, add the parsley. This will give it additional flavor and a nice hit of color. If you like, you can also stir in a teeny pinch of garlic powder.
 
4) Cook 5 more minutes and remove from the heat.  Immediately stir in the blue cheese and the butter and stir till both the cheese and the butter are all melted.  The grits will have a nice creamy consistency.
 
5)  Dig in and pig out.  You got yourself some slammin' grits!
 
Recipe by Judy