INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat a large Dutch oven, non-stick or sprayed with Pam.  Add onions and
push around to brown a little. Add a few Tbsp water and stir to unstick
from bottom. Add Chopped Kale or spinach and stir about 5 minutes until all
is wilted and onions are translucent. Add more water as needed to prevent
burning.
Add jalapeno,  cumin, cinnamon and garlic, saute 3 minutes. Stir in
mushrooms, cover and cook 5 minutes, Stir in tomatoes, cover and cook 5
minutes, Add salt, pepper and mashed pumpkin and stir well. Cook uncovered
3 minutes, stirring well. Remove from heat.
Prepare basic Polenta, spread half in 11x7x2 inch baking dish coated with
non-stick spray.  Spread pumpkin mixture evenly over polenta. Sprinkle with
Swiss cheese (optional)   Spread remaining polenta evenly over. Bake at 375
F for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.. Let stand 5 minutes before
serving. Yeild 6 servings.
Basic Polenta:
1 1/4 cups cornmeal 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cups water
1. Place cornmeal and salt in large saucepan. Gradually add water, stirring
constantly with a wire wisk.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, cook
uncovered 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Yeild 4 cups.
2.  Microwave method: Place cornmeal and salt in a 3 quart microwave
cassarole.  Gradually add water, stirring until blended. Cover, microwave
on HIGH 12 minutes, stirring every 3 minutes. Let stand covered 5 minutes.
I made this two times, the first time I couldn't find kale in the
particular grocery store that I went to so I used spinach. I used the
microwave method for polenta since I tend to scorch things and it worked
great.  The first 2 times I stirred I wasn't sure it was going to thicken
by the time it finished it was perfect and it sure is easy to just set the
timer for 3 minutes and stir when it beeps. The non-fat cheese is totally
optional, in fact I shredded it then forgot to put it in the first time .
In is fine without cheese, but the cheese tasted good on the microwaved
leftovers too.  (The only edible non-fat cheese I've found is called
Lifetime brand and they don't sell it in every store here). The effect is
rather like lasagna but different.
From:    maoh@phyast.nhn.uoknor.edu (Maureen O'Halloran) Fatfree Digest
[Volume 1 Issue 1] June 22, 1994 Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34,
TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV
: From Cooking Light magazine (Jan/Feb 1994):
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.#Abraham Lincoln”