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Chicken, Mushroom, and Polenta Lasagna

Submitted by: chickuh4u

Home Town: Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA

Living In: New York, New York, USA

A delicious, healthy, and easy-to-bake lasagna that substitutes polenta for pasta, topped with homemade sauce!

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Cheese and Sausage Polenta

Provided by: Classico

A trio of Italian cheeses--ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan--gives this hearty casserole recipe a cheesey gooeyness that balances the gutsy, sausage sauce.

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Jalapeno and Monterey Jack Grits

Submitted by: abotexascooker

This grits recipe uses breakfast sausage, jalapeno pepper, bell pepper, and Monterey Jack cheese. This is great with any main dish, as a main dish, or for breakfast.

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Polenta with Homemade Tomato-Seafood Sauce

Submitted by: Natalie Ercolini

Home Town: Redwood City, California, USA

Living In: San Carlos, California, USA

Fresh spinach, garlic, and Italian cheeses give your polenta extra amazing flavor. The homemade tomato seafood sauce in this recipe is the secret to impressing your guests! This recipe is easy to alter to your preferred taste by adding more or less spices as you please.

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Polenta Pizza

Submitted by: Mary-Anne

Home Town: Torrington, Connecticut, USA

Layer your leftover polenta with pan-fried vegetables, sausage, spaghetti sauce, and mozzarella cheese to create a new twist on pizza.

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Crispy Polenta with Sage and Smoked Gouda

Submitted by: Ryan

Home Town: South Pasadena, California, USA

Living In: San Francisco, California, USA

Impress your guests by adding smoked Gouda and sage to your crispy polenta side dish. Top with marinara for a colorful and tasty addition.

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Perfect Polenta Dressing

Submitted by: C. Portteus

Substitute polenta for cornbread for your next stuffing dish. Whip up a batch of fresh polenta and stir in sausage, bread cubes, dried pears, herbs, and spices for a flavorful side dish on the holiday table.

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Vegetarian Polenta Pie

Submitted by: RR

A layer of polenta is topped with seasoned vegetables and Parmesan cheese and baked into a savory vegetarian pie.

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Cheesy Polenta

Submitted by: dadrules

Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Living In: Fairfield, Ohio, USA

This rich, cheesy polenta is the perfect foil for pork, chicken, beef, or fish dishes.

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Pesto Polenta Lasagna

Submitted by: Fiffen

Sliced, polenta is layered with marinara sauce and pesto, and topped with mozzarella cheese and pine nuts for a beautiful (and quick!) vegetarian main dish.

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Oklahoma Cheese Grits

Submitted by: SARA LEE

It's a great day when my mom serves up this Southern specialty! Cooked grits are combined with seasonings, cheese, and eggs, then baked. You may adjust or eliminate the hot sauce to suit your taste.

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Easy Polenta with Tomato Sauce

Submitted by: Jacquita

Home Town: Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Centreville, Virginia, USA

My entire family loves this recipe. A quick baked polenta topped with red sauce. Very easy to make and great the next day too (and the day after that!) Top with additional Parmesan cheese if you like.

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Italian Summer Squash Polenta Bake

Provided by: Melissa McGee

Even the name of this dish makes your mouth water. But we love polenta, and so will you after tasting the colorful vegetables that are first cooked in olive oil and then spooned over garlicky slices of pan fried polenta. Heaven, when it emerges from the oven.

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Basic Cheese Polenta

Provided by: Dawn

Parmesan cheese gives this polenta a nice, subtle cheese flavor. Serve it immediately as a creamy side dish, or chill it so that the polenta can be sliced, then fried or grilled.

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Polenta

Submitted by: IDAJ

This recipe is for the polenta novice. Two ingredients - polenta and water. So if you can boil water ...you can make a fabulous pot of polenta. Every time!

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Cheesy Baked Grits

Submitted by: ABBYLADYBUG

I had this at a party at a colleague's house. I've loved cheese grits for years, but these are by far the best I've ever had.

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Cheese Grits

Submitted by: BEETS

This recipe is a complement to any brunch or dinner. The name says it all--this dish is super cheesy and a little hot.

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Polenta with Spicy Sausage-Veggie Sauce

Submitted by: SPICYGIRL

Home Town: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Living In: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

A spicy tomato-based sauce loaded with fresh zucchini, bell peppers, mushrooms and spicy Italian sausage is served over browned polenta rounds and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. You can substitute yellow squash or eggplant for the zucchini depending on your tastes.

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Polenta with Rosemary and Parmesan

Submitted by: food-dancer

Home Town: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA

Creamy cornmeal polenta with rosemary and Parmesan cheese is made with simple ingredients, but it makes a flavorful side dish for a special dinner or just a family supper. This version is baked in the oven to save your arm from all that stirring.

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Baked Polenta with Fresh Tomatoes and Parmesan

Submitted by: rjohl

Home Town: Mount Vernon, Illinois, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Quick cooking polenta is baked with Parmesan, basil and tomatoes for this colorful and flavorful sidedish. This baked polenta is a lovely way to show off tomatoes from the local farmers' market or your garden. It is a great side dish for grilled meat and vegetables.