Dinner

Basic Polenta is for Dinner.

Basic Polenta takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Basic Polenta takes 45 minutes to cook.

Basic Polenta makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Basic Polenta are:

4 cups water
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 cup corn grits or coarse corn meal
1 TBSP butter (optional)

Here is how you make Basic Polenta:

In a large saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil. Slowly stir in corn grits, and stir frequently to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes until mixture is very thick, continuing to stir often. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Spread mixture into loaf or bundt pan and let stand 15 minutes. Turn polenta onto a cutting board and cut into 1/2" slices. Polenta can be used with your favorite marinara, along side sweet and sour sausage skewers, or even as the pasta layer of your favorite lasagna (make a double batch, grease your lasagna pan and another of the same size if you have one, pour the corn mixture into the pans and press into a thin layer and form 15 minutes. Turn out onto cutting boards, begin to build lasagna and carefully place polenta layers in place of dry noodles). This is from my food blog, http://momvsfood.blogspot.com. Serving Size: Makes 8 slices Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOMVSFOOD.

The nutritional information for Basic Polenta is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 105.9

• Total Fat: 1.8 g
• Cholesterol: 3.9 mg
• Sodium: 145.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 2.2 g

Basic Polenta is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Basic Polenta is Vegetarian