Get grilling!

For my fellow Southerners, you know that grilling season has commenced! The weather down here has been a little erratic - 80 one day, 56 the next? - but the evenings almost alllways cool down to a perfect temperature for cooking out. So, we have been taking advantage! But after our dual spring break weeks, where we splurged and indulged, we need to cut back a few cals and toss a couple of nutritious meals on the grill. 

Some of our grilling *healthy* favorites include: ground bison burgers, turkey burgers w/ feta and spinach, beef/chicken and veggie kabobs, and salmon and asparagus! All are easy peasy to make, and if you have a cute grillmaster I hear they taste even better :) Here is how we grill up our most loved fish!

The ingredients are so simple (you already own most of them, I promise) and now that we have a little grill basket this is even easier to cook - but I took the pics before we owned the handy grilling contraption so I'll have to save its grand introduction for another post! Here is all you do to make this nutritious grilled meal:

What you need:

• 2 salmon filets (or a single cut ~3/4 lb. for two people)
• A bundle of asparagus
• Minced garlic (we like the kind in olive oil)
• Lemon juice
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

Then:

• Wash the asparagus and snap the little ends off, then spread them on a piece of foil
• Drizzle the asparagus with olive oil, lemon juice, and sprinkle w/ salt and pepper to taste
• Put the salmon filets in a separate piece of foil and do basically the same thing... except drench it in the olive oil, lemon juice, and then scoop on as much minced garlic on top as your little heart desires!
• Transfer your foil "pouches" to the grill - salmon over the flames, and the asparagus on the top rack or off to the side of the heat - with the sides folded up so your yummy stuff doesn't roll out
• The salmon should cook in about 20 min depending on how well-done you like it, but just check it with a fork and it should be cooked once it sort of flakes apart
• The asparagus, off the heat, should cook in about the same time as the salmon... you can scoop a little minced garlic over it when its close to being finished, too!

You can serve it all over a bed of spinach if you are like my hubby and are into lots of greens... or, if you are more like moi you can pair your feast with a good-for-the-heart-so-its-totally-justified glass of vino! Seriously so easy... and since grilling outdoors is soo much more fun than being cooped up in the kitchen while your other half watches Seinfeld re-runs, I plan to post some of our other grilling favorites soon!

Enjoy!!