Baked Cheese Polenta with Swiss Chard


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 167.9
  • Total Fat: 4.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 16.0 mg
  • Sodium: 871.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 24.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
  • Protein: 10.2 g

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Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 3/4 cups water
    1/4 tsp salt
    1 (14 1/2-ounce) can vegetable broth
    1 cup yellow cornmeal
    1/2 cup (2 oz.) crumbled feta cheese
    3 Tbl. grated fresh Parmesan Cheese
    1/4 cup fat free cream cheese - add a few spoons of milk to make it creamy

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Prepare chard: remove stems and center ribs. Discard stems, chop ribs, and coarsely chop leaves. Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add garlic, saute 30 seconds. Add ribs and 2 Tbl. water; cover and cook 5 minutes or until wilted.
3. Prepare polenta: place 1 3/4c. water, salt, and broth into a large saucepan. gradually add the conrmeal, stirring constantly with a whisk. bring to a boil. reduce heat to medium and cook 8 minutes. stirring constantly. Add cheeses, stirring conatantly with a whisk. Spoon half the polenta into a 2-quart baking dish coated with cooking spray; spreading evenly. Top with the chard mixture. Spoon cream cheese ofer chard, spreading evenly. Quickly add remaining polenta, spreading evenly.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes.
Servings: 6 (1 cup) servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JOYCEOSBORN.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I love love love this recipe! I was looking around a while ago for recipes with swiss chard (I had an abundance and was getting sick of it!) and came across this. I was not sure of how it would turn out, but holy moly, it was awesome! I am making it tonight because I've been craving it for weeks! - 10/19/09


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I made this last night with onions, garlic, spinach, broccoli, and asparagus as my filling. I think next time, I will try to make this part of the dish more flavorful or experiment with other fillings. I loved the use of the polenta with the cheeses! - 5/28/09


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    My husband loves this! (And so do I!) I used about two cloves of garlic (which is not in the ingredient list but is in the directions.) - 6/17/08