Ideas on left over polenta?

WOW! So many great ideas! I can't wait to try all of them. Thanks so much... :)

One of my favorite lunches is polenta squares (either fried or baked) topped with chunky tomato sauce and sauteed cremini mushrooms on the side.

Slice it, brush both sides with olive oil and grill it. Serve with salsa.

Slice it fry it and top with poached eggs and hollandaise and you have a vegetarian breakfast. (essentially vegetarian because most veg's eat eggs)

Spread it out on an oiled baking sheet and refrigerate it overnight. The next day, cut it into squares of whatever size you think best, wrap them in plastic, and freeze them individually. To re-purpose them, thaw, then fry in some olive oil, and top however you please. I love fried polenta topped with a slice of tomato and a poached egg with some olive oil over the top and some minced fresh herbs.

This is one of my go-to favorites for potlucks. Vegetarians and )non-veg) love it! coat one side of the triangle with melted butter. If large (>2") cut into smaller pieces, layer "shingle-style" in a well-buttered baking dish. Crumble about 1/2 to 3/4 lb of gorgonzola over the top (no need to the 'spensive stuff here). Bake at 350-375 until the edges of polenta pieces are browned and the cheese is melted. Top with your favorite tomato sauce or a roasted red-pepper sauce. Devour. Gratitude to Mollie Katzen for Sundays at Moosewood. (Did anyone else have the experience of auto-correcting from polenta to polecat? Hah!)

If you want it soft, just reconstitute it. Put in a pot, add a bit of liquid (stock, milk, water, etc) and heat. Adjust seasoning and go. You can always reuse polenta, it's pretty bulletproof.

If you know the yield is going to bed too much spread it out in a sheet pan while it is still soft. It can rest overnight if covered. Bake in the oven at about 350F. This is similar to what PazzoNico is suggesting for "gnocchi". Cut into squares you can top it with a ragu type sauce. If your vegetarian, tomato and mushroom based.

Arancini di Polenta (polenta arancini; polenta replaces risotto).

Gnocchi di Polenta (made in the same manner as Gnocchi alla Romana; baked).

I wouldn't bother with a recipe. I would slice it and fry it in butter or olive oil. If the polenta is already cheesy, it could be eaten just like that--perhaps topped with some sort of tomato sauce. If the polenta is not strongly flavored, you could top it with ricotta sweetened with a bit of honey and grated lemon peel, and then put it under the broiler until it is hot and beginning to brown.