A part of the enjoyment of summer season grilling is just not having to spend a sizzling summer season night time in a sizzling summer season home over an excellent hotter range, stirring issues in pots and pans when you possibly can be within the open air on the deck, enjoyable whereas flipping a few steaks. If all you wanted was a steak or a burger, you’d be set. Rounding out a meal with sides means you will have to spend some additional time within the kitchen – except you utilize the barbecue for that job, too.

You would simply resort to straightforward barbecue-cooked sides like foil-wrapped baked potatoes or grilled corn on the cob. But when neither a kind of strikes your fancy, right here’s a special possibility price contemplating: Grilled Tomatoes with Pesto.

With solely 5 substances, this recipe is simple to drag collectively in a pinch, however tastes prefer it was deliberate prematurely. Utilizing store-bought pesto makes this recipe additional simple, however you can too whip up some do-it-yourself pesto prematurely and stash it within the freezer for simply such an event. As for the mix of basil, garlic, cheese and tomatoes? It’s a match made in heaven.

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GRILLED TOMATOES WITH PESTO

4 Roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise

1/4 cup (50 mL) store-bought or do-it-yourself basil pesto, divided

1 inexperienced onion, thinly sliced

1/2 cup (125 mL) shredded mozzarella cheese

2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped contemporary parsley

Scoop high 1/4 inch (6 mm) pulp out of halved tomatoes. Unfold 1 tsp (5 mL) pesto over every tomato half. Sprinkle inexperienced onion evenly over tomatoes. Mix remaining pesto and cheese. High tomatoes with cheese combination. Place tomatoes on a grill topper or straight on barbecue grid on pure gasoline barbecue. Grill tomatoes over medium warmth till tomatoes are heated via and cheese is melted, about 10 – quarter-hour. Sprinkle with parsley. Serves 6 – 8.

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