Beer Cornmeal Salad

Vegetarian, can easily be made vegan.

I have some fancy corn meal lying around, so I whipped some cornmeal mush up last night and slapped it on a bed of greens. The end result:



I got the recipe out of the book 1,001 Low-Fat Vegetarian Recpies (I think, I don't really use the book enough to remember what the cover looks like), and as usual modified it to my own taste.

1 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup beer (I would recommend a brown ale*)
1/2 cup corn meal
Seasoning salt
Curry powder (optional)
Chia seeds (optional)

Bring the water, beer, and spices to a boil. Slowly add the corn meal, stirring the entire time. Once it's added, toss in the chia seeds. You'll want to stay near the pot and keep stirring it from time to time. After it has firmed up, it's pretty much done.

Assemble a bed of greens (whatever you enjoy). Top with the cornmeal mush, drizzle with honey, a bit of butter (optional), and some cheese.

* I take the same attitude toward cooking with beer as Julia Child took toward cooking with wine; don't cook with it if you don't like drinking it. The flavor is the point.