Soup For Sick Days (aka Poor Man's Polenta)

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal (not a cornmeal mix) or 1 cup cornmeal (not a cornmeal mix)
• 4 cups chicken broth (homemade stock is preferable but low sodium low fat canned is fine)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium stockpot, bring chicken broth to a simmer.
• 2 slowly stir in cornmeal and simmer, stirring often for about 30 minutes or until smooth with a creamy texture.
• 3 this also makes a great soup-base for other soups. you can make it as thin or as thick as you like by adjusting the amount of cornmeal.
• 4 this soup is bland until you add your favorite spices or seasonings. we start with it like this -- perfect for sick days.