Baked Grits and Greens With Bacon

Ingredients

• 3 oz bacon bits 
• 5 tablespoons butter divided
• 0.5 cup bottled creamy caesar dressing 
• 1.3 cups coarsely croutons crushed garlic-flavored
• 2 large eggs 
• 10 oz pkt spinach frozen thawed drained chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt 
• 6 oz parmesan cheese shredded
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper freshly ground
• 1 cup quick-cooking grits uncooked
• 0.3 cup onion red finely chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Bring garlic salt and 4 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; gradually stir in grits. Reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes or until thickened.
3. Remove from heat, and stir in onion and 3 Tbsp. butter.
4. Whisk together eggs and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir about one-fourth of grits mixture gradually into egg mixture; add remaining grits mixture, stirring constantly.
5. Pour into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.
6. Melt remaining 2 Tbsp. butter, and toss with coarsely crushed croutons; sprinkle over grits mixture.
7. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until mixture is set and croutons are golden brown.
8. Note: For testing purposes only, we used Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits.