Grill what? Stuffed jalapenos, apples and cake

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   >>> we are back in today's kitchen where we're getting saucy and creative with grilled foods, you'll probably spend a lot of time on the barbie this summer, with the chicken and steak and we have other ideas for you.

   >> the folks at "cooking light" magazine have come up with up with few new foods for the grill . great to see you, allison.

   >> we think about throwing burgers or hotdog on the grill . but you say try something new.

   >> especially since we're trying to have more fruits and vegetables, why not put them on the grill ?

   >> why wouldn't we?

   >> what are we going to make?

   >> these are jalapeno, these are stuffed jalapenos on the grill . a twist on the jalapeno poppers you would get that would be breaded and deep-fried and massively caloric. this is cheddar cheese , cream cheese , green onions .

   >> it still is caloric. you've got the cheddar cheese .

   >> and bacon. put it in there.

   >> go for it.

   >> too late now.

   >> and this is garlic.

   >> okay.

   >> and actually one of these cream cheeses is a no-fat cream cheese .

   >> pulling back a little bit.

   >> now when you're buying these jalapenos -- aren't these super-hot?

   >> they are hot, but you can see right here we've taken out the seeds. and the veins. and also when you look for jalapenos, you can see, if they have a little scratchy brown patch on the outside, they're going to be hotter. these going to be a bit milder.

   >> i didn't know that.

   >> so you -- slice them, clean them.

   >> good work for today.

   >> slice them, clean them out and you want to get something like this. a good offset spatula and fill.

   >> that's it?

   >> that's easy to do. want to give it a try?

   >> let's give it a try. i have a question, how come when you throw these on the -- forget it. i'm not good at that kind of thing. when you put these on the grill . how did you get it browned on this side?

   >> great question. so when you put it, if we were at an outside grill . we'll takd down the grill top and the heat will take care of it. cheddar cheese goes nice and golden. it does that. on this we did a little kitchen magic downstairs.

   >> how long should you cook those?

   >> this is eight minutes. because you want the bottom of the jalapeno to be nice and soft. so eight minutes, closed grill . and then here's a little bit of cilantro we can put on. some nice tomatoes.

   >> nice.

   >> very, very nice. so, that's a good idea.

   >> the apples on the grill .

   >> apples on the grill , unusual, huh? you wouldn't think to necessarily do that.

   >> a nice texture.

   >> we're marinating these with orange, a little bit of ginger. some honey. mint, black pepper , vanilla.

   >> interesting, how long should those soak in there?

   >> soak for about an hour, hour and a half.

   >> is this the stuff we're soaking in?

   >> that's the marinate, yes.

   >> and how long do those cook?

   >> these cook for three minutes per side. really good, cooking light recipe, it makes a good side dish . and four apples, three apples serve four people. so you're getting a ton of fiber with that side dish , you can feel good about.

   >> garnish that guy.

   >> drizzle on a little marinade at the end. it brings out the sweetness and also helps the grill marks.

   >> this looks like my real house, i don't know what's going on here?

   >> this is a polenta cake. that you can make, nice corn meal in there, very simple. kind of like a pound cake . then you slice it, grill it. so it's the same as if you had put it on a toaster, you get great grill marks, crispy edge to your cake. and this is great and summer berries, we were talking about the dessert you just made. it's a raspberry puree, frozen raspberries, a little sugar, tossed with fresh berries.

   >> that is delicious, all of the recipes are in your magazine or on our website.

   >> thank you very much, we wish you happy fourth of july.

   >> tomorrow, rapper pit bull is going to perform live on the plaza with marc anthony . and t-payne.

   >> and ann's here.

   >> and ambush makeovers.

   >> and gioda de laurentiis will be here.

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