Grits and sausage lunch for toddler

Hooray for leftovers! I’m trying to recreate a dish of creamy grits and smoky tomato sauce with sausage/peppers/onions we had at Acorn Winery in Healdsburg this weekend during a wine country event. Zin Restaurant catered it — the dish was outstanding! I’m close but not quite there with this version; tinkering to come in the weeks ahead.

• stone ground yellow grits with cream and cheese
• sausage with tomatoes, red bell pepper and onions
• grilled salmon
• sauce pig with pesto cream inside
• red grapes

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