low calorie grilling recipes

Well spring is finally here. Baseball has started, the flowers will are in bloom and more importantly the Grill has been uncovered. I wanted to make something different since it’s been a while since my grill was lit. One that stood out was a recipe for Salsa Verde. From what I have read this is a pretty popular Mexican sauce with a base of Tomatillo and Cilantro. If you don’t know a Tomtillio are those little green tomato looking things covered with a green husk. I have tasted one before but not in this application. While crawling the web for Salsa Verde recipes I saw a lot of varations . I decided to just pick and choose. So I took went to the local market to pick up the ingriedients for the Salsa Verde. When I went to grab a bunch of cilantro I was distracted by a pungent smell. It was a strong Cilantro smell but oddly enough it wasn’t coming from the Cilantro. It was another green herb which I later found out to be Culantro. Latino cuisine is definitly not my strong suite and I wasnt fimilar with this herb. I tasted a small piece of it and it tasted like Cilantro but a little but stronger in flavor. I went with it instead of the Cilantro.

Salsa Verde

approx 1 Cup chopped Culantro(or Cilantro) 3 Jalepeno Peppers, seeded and pilth removed, chopped 4 tomatillos, husk revmoved,chopped 1 Bunch Scallions Chopped 1 clove of garlic chopped

Combine all ingriedients in a blender or food processor and mix until smooth. Thats it.

Tips:

* If you do decide try this don’t be afraid to deviate from the recipe above. Especially when it comes to the Culantro over the Cilantro. Not that it tasted bad or anything its just not authentic

* I used the sauce with Monkfish and Shrimp and it was delicious. The next night I had it with steak it also came out nice. Feel free to exipirment with Salsa Verde

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low calorie grilling recipes