Dinner

Soft Parmesan Polenta with Garlic Mushrooms

Name: Soft Parmesan Polenta with Garlic Mushrooms
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 90 g Cornmeal polenta; 600 g Vegetable stock; 30 g Parmesan; 400 g Mushrooms; 10 g Butter; 5 g Olive oil; 3 cloves, about 9 g Garlic; 100 g Spinach; A few sprigs Fresh thyme; A squeeze Lemon juice; A handful Fresh parsley

Parmesan polenta with a pan of mushrooms fried hard in butter, garlic and thyme, and a handful of spinach. A lighter plate at 344 kcal.

Calories: 344kcal
Protein: 15g
Fat: 13g
Carbs: 40g

Per serving, makes 2. 20 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Milk
Celery

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Ingredients

Cornmeal polenta90 g
Dry weight.
Vegetable stock600 g
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Parmesan30 g
Mushrooms400 g
Torn or thickly sliced. Thin slices shrink to nothing.
Butter10 g
Olive oil5 g
Garlic3 cloves, about 9 g
Spinach100 g
Fresh thymeA few sprigs
Lemon juiceA squeeze
Fresh parsleyA handful

Method

Bring the stock to the boil, whisk in the polenta in a thin stream and cook on the lowest heat for ten minutes, stirring often, until thick and smooth. Beat in the parmesan and season.
Meanwhile heat the oil in a wide pan until it smokes, add the mushrooms in a single layer and leave them alone for two minutes before turning. Cook until browned all over.
Add the butter, garlic and thyme for a minute, then the spinach until it wilts, and the lemon.
Spoon the polenta into bowls and the mushrooms on top with the parsley.

Worth knowing

Mushrooms brown in a hot, uncrowded pan and steam in a cool, full one. Two batches if the pan is small.
Protein is 15 g, lower than most dinners here, because polenta is corn. Doubling the parmesan adds 5 g for 60 kcal a serving.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.