Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2009

Polenta rocks. I love using it in baked dishes as a replacement for noodles. Although I altered this recipe to suite my taste it is still a very good base recipe. Particularly good with Jo's Rosemary Bread from this site.

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maude s.

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2009

surprisingly good for how simple! i added some mushrooms also, and as i was eating it was thinking that some prosciutto would taste great in it, too.

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tastebud

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2009

This was very tasty! You can make it a bit cheaper by making you our polenta! I highly recommend this recipe.

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khask

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Home Town: Warsaw, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009

This was awesome!!! I didn't have any pine nuts, but they probably would have been great to add some crunch, I'll have to make sure I have some on hand next time. I did add a layer of baby bella mushrooms because my hubby and I both love mushrooms and I had them in the fridge for a while and they needed to be used...mushrooms make everything better :-) Thanks so much for a great recipe. I think next time I'm going to try to make my own polenta too!

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Jackie C

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Home Town: Claridge, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Winter Park, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

Delicious. Between the two layers of polenta, I added large chunks of onion, spinach, and more mozzarella. I used a three cheese pasta sauce. Tasted fantastic and was super easy, too.

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Michelle

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Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2009

Very easy and tasty, and the kids loved it. I smashed up the polenta instead of slicing it, making it a little more like a casserole.

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lis

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2009

I absolutely love this recipe, and I've made it several times! Today I added sauteed shrimp and sundried tomatoes. I put the shrimp in with a little more sauce and mozzarella cheese and then put in under the broil for 6 mins. Fabulous!

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Lfeldman

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Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2009

I made this unique twist on Lasagna with some of the suggestion by Maezystar (thanks)layering polenta, onions, spinach, pesto, tomatoes...of course cheeses and pine nuts and then, baked it on my new gas grill! it was incredible receiving rave reviews from all my family several of which are not vegetarians! tasty alternative to pasta~

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Brenda

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Reviewed: May 10, 2009

Delicious and simple, if not particularly healthy. Once it finished cooking, I tilted the pan as much to one side as I could without the contents sliding (glass Pyrex dish of prescribed size) and then used a paper towel to sop up the oil from the one side it had all poured towards. Probably tells you something about store-bought vs. fresh pesto, amounts of oil in them?!?! Might try just pulsing basil & garlic in a blender instead, with a titch of oil...it's cheaper that way, too. Did the baking-polenta-5-mins-each-side trick, too. Good texture. My sauce had mushrooms, fresh basil and garlic in it.

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

This dish was too dry. There isn't enough sauce or cheese to make it taste anything like lasagna. It was just a waste of my time and money...

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kmbeckmeyer

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Living In: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2009

Needs something else, it was lacking in flavor.

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2008

Although I am a vegetarian, I had never had polenta prior to making this recipe. I was leary when the polenta resembled Play Doh, but it was absolutely delicious! My husband also enjoyed is very this recipe much.

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bvolkmann

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

Great easy dish to make with everything I had on hand already. I didn't have the tube-type polenta, so I made it with the cornmeal I had (3-1/2 c water to 1-1/4 c cornmeal). Then I just spread the polenta in the pan, and by the time I got to the second layer, the rest of the polenta was cooled off enough to cut into slices for easier placement. I sprinkled some of the mozzarella on top of the first layer as well because I love cheeeeeeeeeeeese. :)

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Kim G

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Home Town: Monmouth, Oregon, USA

Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008

I love polenta, and I actually made my own for this recipe but overall the dish was not that great. It is a unique idea, but it seems like it is lacking something. I tried adding some baby bella mushrooms and sauteed spinach but the dish still wasn't anything special. I think I will stick to lasagna noodles in the future for lasagna. Will not be making this again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2008

Very good. I did half mushroom/onion/spinach/artichoke heart, and half onion/spinach/zucchini/tomato sauce. My only gripe is that you end up with a ton of liquid and oil at the bottom of the pan unless you somehow drain the pesto and make sure your sauce is thick. I periodically took it out of the oven and held a spatula over the top (I made a single serving so this was possible) and drained the liquid off. The taste was amazing though.

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Emily

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Home Town: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

Living In: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

I am a vegetarian and this was my first time using polenta at home! Duh! Although it didn't say to in the recipe, I lightly browned the polenta slices in a skillet before assembling the lasagna. I used an 8X8 dish. This only made 4 servings. I have enough pesto left and 1/2 a bag of the mozzerella, so I will buy another tube of polenta and make it again next week. You could also probably get away with using only 1/2 a jar of sauce and then you'd have all the ingredients for the second half on hand. This was really yummy the day of and reheated and was easy to make.

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korn_chik

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

this recipe was fast and easy. i added ricotta chesse, everyone enjoyed it.

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Rachel

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Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2008

My family (children included) loved it! I had never used polenta before. It was better than lasagna noodles in traditional lasagna!

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CARENHEATHER

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Reviewed: Sep. 8, 2008

This dish was ridiculously easy but yet so delicious. I added some spinach after the first layer of pesto and also some minced garlic cause I am a garlic fiend. It was soo yummy and even better on the next day when microwaved. This is definitely going into the rotation...

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