In my dreams, I have a cooking show called Snackdown in which I prepare a meal for pro-wrestlers of yesteryear, and we just hang out and talk about how cool they are. In this episode, I make over the classic Italian bread salad to the southern tastes of Hillbilly Jim. It’s chock-full of black-eyed peas, fresh veggies like beets and cucumbers, and set off with a tangy mustard dressing. Be sure to read the notes on this recipe – unless you like pink salad and bad cornbread.
Whatsa Panzanella: Southern Style Vegan Cornbread Salad
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Cornbread
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 tablespoon vegan margarine
- 2 cups plain, unsweetened non-dairy milk
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups cornmeal
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup canola oil
Dressing
- ¼ cup dijon mustard
- ¼ cup agave nectar
- ¼ cup vegan mayo
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
Salad
- 1 14 oz can black-eyed peas drained and rinsed
- ½ red onion thinly sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper seeded and cut into 1” cubes
- 2 to tomatoes cut into 1” cubes
- 1 cucumber unpeeled, seeded and cut into ½” pieces
- 6 oz baby spinach
- 1 can sliced beets cut into 1” pieces
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350° F, and spray a 9 x13” baking pan with cooking spray. In a skillet over medium heat, melt the margarine, then add the corn and cook 5-7 minutes until brown flecks start to appear on the cooked kernels. Remove from heat and cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, stir the vinegar into the milk and set aside to curdle for a minute or two while you get the other ingredients together. In a large bowl, mix together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the milk mixture and oil to the dry ingredients and stir until just mixed. Stir in the cooled corn kernels and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Once cooled, cut the cornbread into 1” cubes - they should be pretty dense and relatively dry. If the cornbread seems too soft, throw the cubes into a 400° oven for about 10 minutes to dry them out.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
- In a large bowl, mix the black-eyed peas, onion, pepper, tomatoes, cucumber and spinach together. Add the cornbread cubes and toss with the dressing. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Allow the salad to sit in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving, then re-toss the ingredients. Add the beets just before serving.
Notes
Notes:
- This cornbread recipe is specifically made to hold up in this salad - if you eat it on its own you’ll likely find it on the dense side.
- Throw the beets in last unless you like your salad bright pink.
This looks amazing! I have just ordered your book, now I’m even more excited to dig into more of your recipes!
This looks great Natalie! Happy VVP and thanks for sharing!
That looks stunning!
The blog after you hasn’t posted so you should change the go forward link to the next blog which is http://veggisima.com/?p=1255
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Fantastic recipe! Can’t wait to make this xx
Just changed it, thanks!
Just updated that, thanks!
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for being a part of the Potluck, Natalie!
Just to completely mess with you…Please change your GoForward button to:
http://vegantripper.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/israeli-inspired-lettuce-boats/
Vegan Adventures has published her post. Thanks!
This recipe looks lovely! Using cornbread must make for an even more appealing panzanella. And your tangy mustard dressing sounds divine; I might whip up a batch of that dressing TODAY even though I don’t have beets or black eyed peas in the house. 🙂
OH man I love the idea of using cornbread instead of regular bread in panzanella salad! Great change. I also wish that Snackdown existed. I’m not too up on my pro wrestling, but I’d be obsessed with that show.
Snack down!!! Amazing haha I’d so watch that. I’m also a wrestling fan, I used to do a “Monday night raw” feature and post my favourite raw recipes 🙂 your panzanella looks fab!
I love cornbread ~ and with all the beans and veggies and mustardy dressing…. fantastic!
I would totally watch the hell out of Snackdown if it existed, especially if you had Goldust on, haha.
Nice change up with the cornbread, this looks super good!
The recipe looks great but I really like your blog name!
Bread and salad is one of my all time favourite meals. Bread IN salad, must be a winner too!
Thank you for the recipe.
The blackeyed peas are a sure thumbs up for Hillbilly Jim and me.
Do I have to prepare this in the ring?
This looks so good! I love panzanella!
Yummy ~ Thank you for the great idea of cornbread cubes in my salad. I love your recipe and with be doing a bit of a modification to make it gluten-free 🙂
Great Photo!
Cornbread in a panzanella is a great idea! Heartier and will hold up to the other ingredients! So good!
This is a wonderful panzanella, love the Southern spin. Happy VVP!
Thank you very much!