Last updated on February 8, 2019
Cornmeal is a wonderful, healthy grain! High in fiber, low in fat, and gluten-free; it is also abundant with B-vitamins and minerals to ground you! When you are looking to make an easy side dish, 
don’t discount polenta. Long regarded as difficult, because it required endless stirring, this recipe couldn’t be easier to make. And it beats the packaged tubes of supermarket polenta HANDS DOWN.
Polenta is a staple of Northern Italian cuisine, but you will find it an excellent side dish for any meal. It’s also wonderful for babies and children.
Make sure to always buy organic Polenta corn grits. Corn is a genetically engineered crop (GMOs). Cornmeal comes in a variety of grades, fine (corn flour for baking), medium and coarse, so be sure to buy the medium grade appropriate for Polenta!
Easy Baked Polenta
Ingredients
- 1 cup organic Polenta cornmeal
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp butter or substitute, such as Earth Balance
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray an 8x8 earthenware baking dish with non-stick cooking spray, or grease well.
- Add the cornmeal, water and salt to the baking dish and stir together (they will not congeal but this is fine).
- Place in the oven for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, remove from oven and add butter (or substitute) and stir.
- Place back in the oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
Enjoy!
