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CNYEats Sausage and Polenta

This week, our book A Taste of Utica offers the recipe for Sausage and Polenta on page 111. I’ve also include recipes from page 112 and 113 for sausage and polenta recipes. Take your pick. They all look good. Recipe 1: Sausage and Polenta, page 111 by Sherry 5 1/2 cups water 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal 2 (7 oz) jars roasted red sweet peppers 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/2 tsp oregano (or 1 TBS fresh chopped oregano) 1/2 tsp basil (or 1 TBS fresh chopped basil) 1 lb Italian sausage, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces. [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-20T08:52:03-04:00March 20, 2011|Taste of Utica|2 Comments

CNYEats A Taste of Utica Italian Polenta Casserole

I was curious about this weeks Taste of Utica recipe so I made a vegetarian version using dark red kidney beans and for Ted, I made the original version using ground beef, found on page 110 of our book Neither Ted nor I have ever been fond of polenta so this was going to be a true test of whether a Utica recipe can take a not so favorite recipe and use it in a dish that turns out a success. Polenta (poh-LEHN-tah) is Italian for cornmeal. The cornmeal is cooked with liquid to form a soft mass. It may [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-13T18:38:44-04:00March 13, 2011|Taste of Utica|Comments Off

Bob's Red Mill Surprise

Surprises. Don't you just love them? The UPS guy delivered late last night and dropped this package of samples from Bob's Red Mill: I went wild! Ted was thinking.. "what has she ordered now?" I eat the 10 Grain Cereal and the Steel Cut Oats usually once per week, so those tested by Moi and prove delish! As for the 4 other items: Polenta, Milled Hemp Seed, Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, and Whole Grain Blue Cornmeal...I've never tried them. I've never even heard of blue cornmeal. So here's a warning guys... there is going to be a lot [...]