Polenta Pie

Vegetable Polenta Pie

Makes: 4 servings
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 21 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 T EVOO
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 zucchini, minced
• 1 carrot, minced
• 1 celery stalk, minced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 red bell pepper, minced
• 1/2 green bell pepper, minced
• 2 t chili powder
• 1 t ground cumin
• 1/2 t ground cinnamon
• 1 cup tomato salsa (or fresh tomatoes)
• 1/2 c frozen or fresh corn kernels (optional)
• 2 T ketchup
• 1/2 t salt
• 9 oz ready-made polenta, diced (or make fresh polenta, cool and then crumbl
• 1/3 cup shredded pepper Jack cheese (or vegan cheese)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400. In a large cast-iron skillet, warm 1 t of EVOO over medium high heat. Add onion, zucchini, carrot, celery, garlic and red and green peppers to the skillet; saute until vegetables vegin to soften. 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin and cinnamon and saute 1 minute.
2. Stire tomatoes and corn and ketchup into veggies; seasonw ith salt.
3. Scatter potelnta over veggies and sprinkle with cheese on top. Bake until polenta is heated and cheese is golen brown, about 7-10 minutes.