Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!!

Proverbs3Rubies · 07-15-2014, 02:06 PM

I passed a few recipes using polenta on Pinterest, so I thought I'd pick up a tube of organic polenta at Trader Joes to force myself to try something different (and veg friendly for DH.)

Before I blindly choose a recipe, what are your favorite way(s) to fix it up?

And I will most likely have the pizza guy on speed dial that night.

Kiara.I · 07-15-2014, 02:08 PM

I've just cut it into thin slices and then pan-fried it, and drizzled a sauce made of olive oil and a "pizza spice mix" overtop.

BlissfullyEsther · 07-15-2014, 02:34 PM

A tube of polenta? I'm so confused.

Polenta comes as a grainy packet here.

I love to cook it with milk, like porridge, and eat it with copious amounts of butter and sugar. Yum!

Mum used to cook it with water and set it in a container to cool, then cut it into slices and pan-fry it and serve it with gravy-based dishes to soak up the gravy. I much prefer the buttery-sugary version.

Kiara.I · 07-15-2014, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BlissfullyEsther

A tube of polenta? I'm so confused.

Polenta comes as a grainy packet here.

Yeah, here you can get it pre-cooked in a plastic sleeve. It's quite convenient if you want to serve it fried!

saturnfire16 · 07-15-2014, 04:06 PM

I thought the title said placenta and was intrigued!

I know nothing about polenta, so carry on.

Proverbs3Rubies · 07-15-2014, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by saturnfire16

I thought the title said placenta and was intrigued!

I know nothing about polenta, so carry on.

BlissfullyEsther · 07-15-2014, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiara.I

Yeah, here you can get it pre-cooked in a plastic sleeve. It's quite convenient if you want to serve it fried!

I will never cease to be amazed at what can be bought precooked over there. My in-laws went travelling in the US and told us about buying boiled eggs at the shops. It's all quite bizarre to me!

Proverbs3Rubies · 07-15-2014, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BlissfullyEsther

I will never cease to be amazed at what can be bought precooked over there. My in-laws went travelling in the US and told us about buying boiled eggs at the shops. It's all quite bizarre to me!

😁

That must be why we are the healthiest nation in the world!

Kiara.I · 07-15-2014, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Proverbs3Rubies

😁

That must be why we are the healthiest nation in the world!

BlissfullyEsther · 07-15-2014, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Proverbs3Rubies

😁

That must be why we are the healthiest nation in the world!

Ah yes, that's it. Silly me.

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Originally Posted by saturnfire16

I thought the title said placenta and was intrigued!

I know nothing about polenta, so carry on.

Of course we know who to poke when we want a thread about cooking placenta.

Kiara.I · 07-15-2014, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Proverbs3Rubies

I passed a few recipes using polenta on Pinterest, so I thought I'd pick up a tube of organic polenta at Trader Joes to force myself to try something different (and veg friendly for DH.)

Before I blindly choose a recipe, what are your favorite way(s) to fix it up?

And I will most likely have the pizza guy on speed dial that night.

OOOOOOooooookay, so poor P3R is probably in despair of her actual question getting answered.

I actually went on a hunt for polenta recipes recently, because I never ever ate it growing up, but last time I googlechatted my Bro and SIL, they were having polenta for dinner, and then it was stuck in my head. So here are some yummy looking recipes that *I cannot vouch for*, I have not made them. Yet.

http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-baked-...-tomato-sauce/
http://realfoodfamily.com/food/recip...e-gluten-free/
http://mobile.seriouseats.com/recipe...es-recipe.html
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/290693350920288226/
http://www.marthastewart.com/900641/...tichoke-hearts

BlissfullyEsther · 07-15-2014, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiara.I

OOOOOOooooookay, so poor P3R is probably in despair of her actual question getting answered.

I totally answered her question before I derailed her thread.

Proverbs3Rubies · 07-15-2014, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BlissfullyEsther

I totally answered her question before I derailed her thread.

Hahaha!

I enjoy the derailments! I do! I do!

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Originally Posted by Kiara.I

OOOOOOooooookay, so poor P3R is probably in despair of her actual question getting answered.

I actually went on a hunt for polenta recipes recently, because I never ever ate it growing up, but last time I googlechatted my Bro and SIL, they were having polenta for dinner, and then it was stuck in my head. So here are some yummy looking recipes that *I cannot vouch for*, I have not made them. Yet.

http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-baked-...-tomato-sauce/
http://realfoodfamily.com/food/recip...e-gluten-free/
http://mobile.seriouseats.com/recipe...es-recipe.html
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/290693350920288226/
http://www.marthastewart.com/900641/...tichoke-hearts

Thank you m'love!

My tubed polenta should be packed with enough preservatives to last until nuclear winter (yay health!

), so I shall be going through this list in the next couple of days!
(Now I need to really go look at the ingredients list bc I was so stoked at the tube that I didn't check!!!

)

And PLACENTA:
I'll definitely be playing with mine in one form or another for baby #3.
Stay tuned.

knitlove · 07-15-2014, 07:44 PM

So you bough dried polenta or ready made polenta?

Polenta is one of our staples aftergoing gluten free here. We eat it with maranara sause, mushrooms and baked eggplant.

Alten brown has a great aseago polenta - we are dairy free as well so I generally just cook it in chick broth and finish it with olive oil.

Proverbs3Rubies · 07-15-2014, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by knitlove

So you bough dried polenta or ready made polenta?

Polenta is one of our staples aftergoing gluten free here. We eat it with maranara sause, mushrooms and baked eggplant.

Alten brown has a great aseago polenta - we are dairy free as well so I generally just cook it in chick broth and finish it with olive oil.

It's cooked, organic in the pasta/grain section at Trader Joes.

(It looks like a big tube of Jimmy Deans sausage.)

Log-o-polenta:

07-15-2014, 02:06 PM	#1
Proverbs3Rubies Deactivated Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 166	Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!! I passed a few recipes using polenta on Pinterest, so I thought I'd pick up a tube of organic polenta at Trader Joes to force myself to try something different (and veg friendly for DH.) Before I blindly choose a recipe, what are your favorite way(s) to fix it up? And I will most likely have the pizza guy on speed dial that night.

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Kiara.I Rose Garden Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Pacific South-West. You know, north of the Pacific North-West Posts: 12,922	Re: Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!! I've just cut it into thin slices and then pan-fried it, and drizzled a sauce made of olive oil and a "pizza spice mix" overtop. __________________ ENTP fits me to a T, though it took me forever to figure it out! DYT Type 3, Enn. Type 1 (hold that thought...enneagram crisis...might be a 7!) Sparks (9) ; Spitfire (8); Sprite (4.5)

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saturnfire16 Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Eastern CA Posts: 9,119	Re: Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!! I thought the title said placenta and was intrigued! I know nothing about polenta, so carry on. __________________ ~Emily INTJ, Type 4 Wife to D Mama to: E 12/05 L 7/08 Z 12/10 A 6/14 and J in heaven 2/10 Torah Keeping, Unschooling Family My blog on unschooling and family life: Peace On Dark Nights.

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knitlove Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle area Posts: 21,260	Re: Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!! So you bough dried polenta or ready made polenta? Polenta is one of our staples aftergoing gluten free here. We eat it with maranara sause, mushrooms and baked eggplant. Alten brown has a great aseago polenta - we are dairy free as well so I generally just cook it in chick broth and finish it with olive oil. __________________ Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years. Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this.

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07-15-2014, 02:34 PM	#3
BlissfullyEsther Rose Trellis Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Victoria, Australia. Posts: 2,317	Re: Polenta?! Cooking Challenge Accepted!!! A tube of polenta? I'm so confused. Polenta comes as a grainy packet here. I love to cook it with milk, like porridge, and eat it with copious amounts of butter and sugar. Yum! Mum used to cook it with water and set it in a container to cool, then cut it into slices and pan-fry it and serve it with gravy-based dishes to soak up the gravy. I much prefer the buttery-sugary version. __________________ Our family has been blessed with two boys - Echidna 2006 and Bilby 2009. In the search for community which combines a love of our Creator with a love of raising children gently. Echidna, 7.5yo: "Does icebergs (aspergers) mean lots of lego?"