Creamy Italian Polenta :: Breakfast :: Trail Meals

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Polenta is to Italy what grits are to the South: comfort food! Made from ground yellow corn, our savory polenta is blended with milk, cheese and herbs and available with or without sausage. Delicious as a hot "hunger killer" breakfast or as a dinner side. Ready in less than 5 minutes

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Serves	Weighs	# Pots	Water Need	Heat Need	Cook Time	Prep Ease
1	3.2 oz	1	9 oz	Boil	05<	Super EZ
2	6.0 oz	1	18 oz	Boil	05<	Super EZ

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Cook-In Bag Meal

This meal requires boiling water when cooked in the bag
Rehydration time is about 5 minutes

Serving Size

Two-serving option makes two large (10 oz) servings or three small (6.5 oz) servings
Single serving option makes one large (10 oz) serving or two small (5 oz) servings

Vegetarian and Sausage Options
Gluten Free

Our polenta is made with precooked corn meal

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Parmesan Cheese

Known as "the hunger killer" in Italy!

Read an independent review of our Creamy Italian Polenta with Sausage at Trail Cooking & The Outdoors

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Author: Kim Varey My backcountry partner and I gave this a 'test drive' in Glacier NP this past weekend -- fantastic. Very easy to prep, tasty and filling enough to power us up the trail. We'll definitely be ordering more for breakfast and dinner on our backpacks.
Author: Bob S. I decided to eat this for breakfast. Because of its ease of preparation I used a simple alcohol stove and and a small titanium pot. This dish fits in really well with my style of easy backpacking cooking. Heat some water, pour over the concoction, let sit and eat. Preparation: Could not be easier. I used the Cook-In-Bag method. I simply boiled some water, added the Polenta mix to the larger outer bag, poured in the hot water, sealed it shut, slipped the bag inside an insulated coozy and waited 10 minutes. I then just ate the polenta right out of the bag with a long handled spoon. The best part was no dirty dishes to deal with. Taste: Very good and filling. The sausage bits, Parmesan cheesy and garlic really made this a flavorful meal. Originally posted on BackpackGearTest http://www.backpackgeartest.org
Author: Carol C. This was easy to make - just add boiling water to the pouch and stir. I ate the polenta for lunch and enjoyed the nice warming sensation. The sausage was especially good. It tasted like fresh cooked sausage. Originally posted on BackpackGearTest http://www.backpackgeartest.org
Author: Thomas V. Stove used: alcohol stove My breakfast of choice on the trail has long been oatmeal. It sticks with me, is easy to cook, and is even easier to carry. On a long 9 mile ( km) hike along the LoneStar Trail, I stopped and cooked up the Creamy Italian Polenta with Sausage for breakfast. It was pretty easy and all I had to do was heat water with my alcohol stove, bring the water to a boil, then mix in the polenta and sausage. When it had cooked for a few minutes I pulled the polenta off the heat, added some parmesan cheese, and waited for things to cool off. The wait was more than worth it. I was starving after hiking for about two miles ( km) and the Polenta was tasty. It had a great texture and most importantly it filled me up. It was just enough for a hot breakfast or lunch, but not enough for a dinner. While I am not a grits fan, this polenta was pretty close to what I consider grits and I would eat it again. In fact, I am pretty sure that I have found something to alternate with my oatmeal while planning trail breakfasts. Originally posted on BackpackGearTest http://www.backpackgeartest.org
Author: Steven Singkofer (steve@sierra-hikes.com) I must have received the bad batch of polenta. I was really looking forward to it, but the amount of salt in the meal was nearly enough to gag me. Really! I could only eat two spoonsful of the polenta before having to dump it out. I may order it once more, just to be sure I wasn't hallucinating.