Lazy afternoon polenta

2011-03-13T22:39:00.000-04:00

Thanks to the title, you know when to make this delicious dish! Adapted from Stacey, this was the perfect thing I needed to serve as comfort food on one Sunday afternoon. Not a proper lunch, but definitely filling, not heavy, but just the right amount of comfort.

Now I want to go back a few hours and eat this all over again. Sigh.

Ingredients:

1 cup cornmeal
3 cups water
1 medium onion
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
A bunch of walnuts

First whip up some polenta as instructed on your cornmeal package. Instant polenta would probably work too. When you reach the desired consistency, cut two 1/3 tablespoon squares of butter and put them on the polenta, and set it aside.

Now cut up the onion into half circle arcs.

Throw them into a pan (I felt like using a pot - don't judge) and fry them on medium heat with all of the oil for about 10 minutes. While that's going on...

Take a bunch of beautiful walnuts...

And chop them into cute little pieces. You could leave them whole too. I just happen to like chopped walnuts. Now, throw them into the ~~pot~~ pan with the onions.

Add the last little piece of butter, and honey. NOW look here, don't be prejudiced. Honey is sweet. Honey heals you and makes you happy. It will become something awesome. Just try it. ~~actually i just didn't have brown sugar and the honey happened to be lying around~~

After about another 10 minutes, your onion walnut mix should become something delicious of this sort.

Now scoop up some polenta into a bowl, top with the onions, and dig in!

Again. Just in case you missed it the first time. IT WILL BE DELICIOUS. I promise.

Sunday tuna salad

2011-03-11T17:05:00.000-05:00

This is an ideal basic and delicious salad to have for Sunday lunch. I'm a firm believer that the simpler a salad is, the better. The amount of ingredients listed is for one person.

Ingredients:

A bunch of greens, any kind you like
A small can of tuna in water, drained
About a dozen green olives
Freshly grated parmesan cheese
Walnuts!
Olive oil
Half a squeezed lime

Preparation:

Throw the tuna on the green leaves and toss with lemon juice. Add the olives and cheese on top. Throw in the walnuts and ta daa - you have made yourself an awesome little salad!

Sunlight Tea

Lazy afternoon polenta

Sunday tuna salad