Month 5 day 11: Sausage+polenta and muffins

Today I made:
Parmesan Polenta and Spicy Sausage Sauce, Cooking Light May 2011
Tuscan Lemon Muffins, Cooking Light May 2011

I planned to make a different recipe today, either one for Asiany tuna or one for halibut with peach salsa, depending on the availability of ripe peaches. But by the time I got to the grocery store the fishmonger was closed up for the evening so that didn't work out. I remembered that there was some polenta tomatoey recipe with sausage, and figured I probably had most of the necessary ingredients at home as long as I picked up some tomatoes and sausage. I thought I remembered the word "spicy" in the title so I bought spicy sausage, although when I got home I realized the spice is from red pepper, and it was supposed to be sun-dried tomato chicken sausage. I cut up a few sun-dried tomatoes to put in the sauce and didn't put the full amount of pepper to make up for it. I didn't have fresh basil or oregano, so I used dried. This was a good recipe, and I think G would like it too, so I will save it. We enjoy polenta! But I didn't think that the Parmigiano-Reggiano flavor made it through, so next time I would either add more or just use normal (cheaper) parmesan cheese. The sausage was good!

After dinner I made lemon muffins. They're made with ricotta cheese and olive oil! It's a bit unusual, but they are very soft and moist. The lemon flavor is actually pretty subtle, even though it has a full lemon's worth of zest and juice. It could use more though.

I meant to eat salad too, but ended up eating muffins instead :-P Does it count as a vegetable if it is in a flower cup?