Sweet Corn Polenta with Baked Beans

Sweet Corn Polenta with Baked Beans

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of BUSH’S® Beans. All opinions are 100% mine.

There’s a distinct smell to my Grandmother’s very blue kitchen that I remember: Baked Beans. Thinking back, I feel like nearly every time I went over to her house, she had a pot of beans on and almost my entire family loved them. I came later in life to my love of beans. This sweet corn polenta topped with baked beans is my nod to her (complete with ‘cornbread’ base). It’s a simple dish but a perfect bowl of comfort.

Sweet Corn Polenta with Baked Beans

The Beans: BUSH’S® Organic Baked Beans

I’ve teamed up with BUSH’S® Beans to make this recipe happen. Those beans cooking in my grandma’s kitchen were almost exclusively Bush’s®. Of course, they don’t only make Baked Beans- they actually have a solid line of regular organic beans too. I also love that the company is still family owned (for over 110 years!) and is located in the heart of Tennessee.

I’ve found BUSH’S® Organic Baked Beans an easy way to build flavor and add protein for a meatless meal the whole family can enjoy. Plus it’s fun to use Baked Beans in a slightly non-traditional way!

Polenta

When it comes to the polenta, I almost always go with dried polenta and cook it for awhile. You could, however, use the premade polenta found it tubes. It would drastically reduce the cook-time for this recipe and help you get dinner to the table in about 15 minutes.

Sweet Corn: your options

Polenta topped with beans could easily become a boring texture. Enter the fresh sweet corn! Even after cooking the polenta for 20 to 25 minutes, the sweet corn holds a bit of it’s texture. This slight crispness cuts through the polenta and the beans, making the whole dish even more interesting.

Sweet Corn Polenta with Baked Beans

Cheese

I think the best part, beyond the beans, is the cheese. I like using a sharp cheese mixed into the polenta. Try using sharp cheddar, gruyere, or an aged gouda.

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Sweet Corn Polenta with Baked Beans

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