Healthy Vegan - vegan Cornmeal Baked Okra

Okra Star or Okra Sun, whatever fancy name I want to give it, this is really a light snack called Oven Baked Cornmeal Okra.  

 I actually have an ulterior motive for sharing this post today and presenting it like the sunshine ray of sorts, I am off on my first long (more than a long weekend) holiday in years - I am going to South of France, the journey begins tomorrow, so I will be taking a proper rest from blogging for a week or so.
Back to the Cornmeal Baked Okra.  Think crispy 'fish' fingers, crispy 'chicken' wings and you get the idea.  This is awesome and I say that as someone who has become a convert of the okra, lady fingers aka Bindi.  I absolutely hated it when I was growing up, but in the last 10 years or so, I have come to appreciate okra  much much more.  The viscous texture associated with okra disappears completely on baking.  What is more delightful about this finger food is that the okra is enhanced with  spices and crunch from the baked cornmeal.  You could easily chop these into bite size pieces and make turn them into Baked Cornmeal Okra Popcorn!
I've been selfishly hogging  home-made Cajun spice. 
Vegan Cornmeal Baked Okra.

Also as I was looking on blogosphere for a link up to the original recipe, I noted lots of other versions dubbed as Okra Po'Boys, Okra Popcorn and Crunchy Baked Okra.  This version however is Inspired and adapted from  Crispy Okra Fries. Okay, I am going to sign off and get into holiday mode, see you when I get back.

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