Today Ivy Larson of Hot And Healthy Living  shares a super quick, healthy, yet glamorous recipe perfect for nights when dinner needs to be on the table in under 30 minutes. Enjoy!

White Bean–Butternut Squash Ragout and Polenta Squares

Serves: 4

Family-friendly, this super nutritious, ultra delicious and very easy to prepare meal is a great way to get your kids to eat their beans and veggies.

 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 large onion, diced

Coarse unrefined sea salt, to taste

3–4 cloves garlic, minced

1-inch piece gingerroot, peeled and minced

1 (12-ounce) package frozen butternut squash, thawed and drained of excess water

2 tablespoons all-natural creamy peanut butter

1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained

2 (14.5-ounce) cans Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage

Pinch of cayenne pepper

1 cup shredded Gouda cheese

Heat oil in a heavy 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and a pinch of salt; sauté for 5 minutes, or until onion is softened. Add the garlic and gingerroot, and sauté an additional 2 minutes.

Add the butternut squash and peanut butter; stir to combine until peanut butter is well blended. Stir in the tomatoes, beans, sage, and cayenne pepper; cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

Spoon the ragout over the individual square-shaped polenta servings (below). Top the ragout with shredded

Gouda cheese. Serve at once.

For the polenta squares:

3 cups water

1/2 teaspoon coarse unrefined sea salt

1 cup corn grits (polenta)

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus more as needed

Pour the water and salt into a medium-size pot; bring water to a boil. Add the polenta and reduce heat to low;

cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes. Stir in the oil.

Oil the bottom and sides of an 8 x 8-inch casserole; spoon the polenta into the casserole and let sit for 10 minutes, or until firm. When firm, cut polenta into four squares and place on individual plates.

**Ivy Larson is the author of the Amazon.com #1 best-selling health and wellness book, The Gold Coast Cure, the follow-up Gold Coast Cure’s Fitter, Firmer, Faster Program and the recently launched Whole Foods Diet Cookbook. She has a fourth cookbook scheduled for release next year.