Vegetarian Polenta Casserole

"This comes from simple hardy ingredients. A great feel good one dish dinner. Even my kids like it! Adapted from a presentation by Cynthia Liar"
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
1 casserole
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Cover medium casserole dish with thin layer of cooking spray, set aside.
  • Cover bottom of a 2 quart sauce pan, with a thin layer of cooking spray.
  • Heat pan to medium heat.
  • Sweat the chopped onions in pan.
  • Combine garlic,red pepper, shredded cabbage, and spices in pan and cook for about 5 minutes or until soft.
  • Add beans, tomato sauce and water.
  • Let the mixture absorb the water then add the Veggie Ground Round.
  • Pour mixture into ceramic casserole dish, set aside.
  • In a one qt sauce pan heat 2 cups of water to boiling Add polenta, stir constantly with a whisk until the mixture begins to thicken.
  • When it is thick but still spreadable, immediately take off heat and pour over contents in casserole dish.
  • This happens very quickly.
  • Spread mixture into corners to cover casserole ideally about a 1/2 inch thick.
  • Garnish with Parmesan Cheese.
  • Cover dish and bake for 25 minutes in 350degree F.
  • Remove cover and bake an additional 5 minutes at 400 degrees F.

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Reviews

  1. I made some modifications, but this was quite delicious. I skipped the fake meat and added another 1/2 can of beans. I also added in a green bell pepper and frozen corn and used plain cornmeal w/ spices and cheese rather than a prepared polenta mix. I did have to cook it longer at 400 degrees, but I presume that's partially because the frozen corn cooled it down.
     
  2. Very good, a new comfort food especially for the fall season. I had all of the ingredients except the red pepper so I substituted a tomato. I found I wanted more polenta, so I made an additional cup before putting it all in the oven. This will be a fun recipe to play with. Thank you for posting!
     
  3. I loved this recipe but it needed something zippy added for my husband's taste. I don't know enough about cooking to know what to add. I could only find Polenta in a tube in the produce section of the grocery store (does it come any other way??) so that's what I used. 1 cup never quite thickened up so I threw in the entire package. Glad I did because it barely made enough to cover the entire casserole. I ended up using a box of Boca Burger (all 3 pouches) because it was on sale. I loved the combination of ingredients - no one technically likes cabbage in our household but they ate it up! I want to make this again (it was so easy!) and get some advice on what kind of spices to add. (Should I just increase the cumin?) Please post/email if you have any suggestions. -Novice in the Kitchen
     
  4. This is an easy, healthy vegetarian recipe that I really enjoyed, but my husband didn't ask for seconds (guess it was too low-fat for him!) I subbed ground turkey for the veggie ground beef. Next time I would try cooking the polenta in bouillon or stock.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is an easy, healthy vegetarian recipe that I really enjoyed, but my husband didn't ask for seconds (guess it was too low-fat for him!) I subbed ground turkey for the veggie ground beef. Next time I would try cooking the polenta in bouillon or stock.
     

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