Okra And Polenta Recipes

A hearty meal casserole that satisfies! Trade ground turkey for beef in this recipe to cut a few calories and grams of fat, but I love the real deal.

This is a wonderful sidedish to go alone with chicken, fish, or chops.

Pan roasting turns okra into a tasty finger food--no slime or breading here!

I don't know a kid who doesn't love the combo of cheese and barbecue sauce. This dish is a swap on mac-n-cheese and BBQ chicken that's quick and grown-up approved.

Cajun-style side dish

Low on carbs, fat, and calories, and high on flavor, this quick and easy meal will fill you right up.

A delecious Main Course meal

I know that Okra is not to everyone's taste but in the summer when the tomatoes are fresh and the okra is small and tender, this is wonderful and reminds me of my childhood

This simple and delicious appetizer is very festive--red and green for the holidays.

For a hearty, rich turkey dinner, try this polenta dish.

This sauce is terrific when served on top of polenta.

This includes homemade vegtable stock.

This is a Traditional soup from Nigeria

Slow cooking makes the pork very tender, and the glaze gives it a sweet and spicy finish.

Easy and tasty chicken gumbo for a cold night!

Soup

A delicious low fat recipe my grandmother used to make.

Rich velvet-y soup chock full of vitamins from the pumpkin, with the surprising touch of peanuts, ginger and a kick of red pepper

Recipe from Clean Eating Magazine. This recipe makes 8 cups of sauce. Leftovers can be frozen, used for lunches, or as pizza sauce.

I developed this lower fat version of my favourite moist lemon polenta cake which uses fat free yogurt instead of butter! Less than 200 cals and 1g of saturated fat per generous slice. It is also naturally gluten free.