Grilled Vegetables

Serves: 4-6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Grilled veggies - good.  Grilled veggies with herb butter – tremendous.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 red peppers, cored and cut into 2 inch slices
• 2 yellow peppers, cored and cut into 2 inch slices
• 1 red onion cut into 1/2 inch thick slices
• 1 pound asparagus, thick ends removed
• ½ cup Finlandia butter*, diced
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon each fresh thyme, rosemary and parsley, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, finely minced
• Salt & fresh ground pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat grill to medium high
2. Combine butter, mustard, herbs, garlic & salt and pepper in a small pot, and stir over medium until melted and well blended – keep warm
3. Grill vegetables, brushing with herb butter until done – being sure to baste once more before serving.

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*Finlandia Butter can be found at Vons, Albertsons and Safeway. Finlandia Cheeses are also available, in Southern California at Costco and other fine retailers.

KALE QUESADILLA

Don't overlook Kale for a quesadilla filling, it stands up well and holds it's texture, I love this. Try it.

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 red onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 Green Hatch Chile, diced
• 1  1/2 cups Organic red Kale leaves, washed, middle stem and vein removed, finely diced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 4 small flour tortilla
• 1/2 cup shredded Monteray Jack cheese
• 1/4 cup Sour cream
• squeeze lemon
• pinch Kosher salt
• pinch cumin

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat large skillet/wok on medium/high heat, add oil, onion, red pepper, chile, cook 4 minutes
2. Turn down heat, add garlic, mix cook 30 seconds
3. Throw in kale, mix and keep it moving in pan cooking for 2 minutes
4. Warm 4 tortillas, evenly sprinkle half the cheese on two of them, then layer kale mixture, sprinkle another layer of the remaining cheese, top with tortilla, flip and cook another minute or 2, until cheese is melted 
5. Mix sour cream, lemon, Kosher salt and cumin
6. Slice quesadillas, dip and eat

WATCH ME MAKE THIS...