Creamy Polenta!

I love this recipe cause its cheap and relatively easy. As per the season, you can adjust it to suit pretty much anyone. Tonight I am going to serve it with some organic lettuce and some olive oil and vinegar.

Recipe: (I usually half the recipe and get enough for about 4 portions)
8 cups water
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups polenta (not quick-cooking) or yellow cornmeal (10 ounces)

1/2 cup cheese (if you have some on hand)

1 cooking onion

Garlic scapes (a handful chopped up fine)

Preparation
Lightly sautee onion and garlic scapes until onions are translucent in color. Add water. Bring to a boil with salt in a 4-quart heavy pot, then add polenta in a thin stream, whisking. Cook over moderate heat, whisking, 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer polenta, covered, stirring for 1 minute after every 10 minutes of cooking, 45 minutes total. Remove from heat, add cheese and serve warm.

I am using garlic scapes because garlic isnt in season here yet, soon, but not yet. So these scapes, which are the shoots of the garlic plant, are an amazing substitute until its digging time.
Also, as for the cheese, I try to find cheese that doesnt have modified milk ingredients. MMI are milk ingredients from all over the world that have been reconstituted here in canada. Check it out for yourself:

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/product_of_canada_eh/

If your not in the position to buy organic local cheese just yet (im in the same boat), here are some brands without MMI's:

Trestella

Cracker Barrell (I think)

Presidents Choice Organics (a little cheaper)