CHEESE TOPPED PEPPER WEDGES

These bell peppers are stuffed with cheddar and cream cheese, kalamata olives and green onion. They cook up quickly on the barbecue.

Yield: Makes 24.

CHEESE TOPPED PEPPER WEDGES

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup spreadable cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp chopped pitted kalamata olives
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped green onion
  • 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 yellow bell pepper
  • 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

  1. Preheat natural gas barbecue on low heat for 10 - 15 minutes.
  2. Combine cream cheese, olives, green onion and cayenne pepper until blended; set aside.
  3. Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise; remove seeds and ribs. Cut each half lengthwise into 4 wedges.
  4. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over inside of pepper wedges. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top.
  5. Place pepper wedges, cheese side up, on a grill topper. Grill peppers, with lid down, over low heat on natural gas barbecue until peppers are heated through and cheese is melted, about 5 - 7 minutes.
Nutritional analysis per wedge:

39 calories, 3.3 g fat, 1 g protein, 1.5 g carbohydrate, 0.3 g fibre, 50 mg sodium