Elizabeth Eats Vegetables

Fancy that -- a recipe posted today that I actually made today. This is grilled vegetable polenta with mozzarella and marinara. This recipe was a real gamble, because I've never had or even seen polenta before, so I have no idea what it's supposed to look or taste like. It took much longer to bake than it was supposed to, but it ended up tasting pretty good anyway.
For anyone who doesn't know (including myself until today), polenta is more or less just cornmeal and water (with optional milk and seasoning), which comes out as something between a cracker and a flatbread. Mine is seasoned with basil, garlic, and oregano. Once you've cooked the ingredients on the stovetop, you can (allegedly) just roll it out and stick it in the fridge until it solidifies. However, mine still looked pretty play-doh-y, so I decided to bake it. Once it was solid enough to cut into squares I added the vegetables and mozzarella and stuck it in the toaster oven for a few minutes to get crispy and to let the cheese melt.





Apologies for the sub-par quality pictures. Sadly, I am still camera-less, and these were taken terribly unprofessionally with myphone.