Zucchini Bruschetta (or as my kiddos call them Zucchini "Boats")

I made these today for lunch and they were DELISH!  The only way to make them better is to make them on a grill outside!  (I'll post a picture tomorrow.)

Ingredients:

• Zucchini
• Cherry tomatoes
• Grana Padano cheese
• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• Diced fresh herbs that you desire
• S&P
• EVOO

1. Preheat the broiler on your oven.
2. Wash and cut the ends off of your zucchini
3. Slice the zucchini long-ways right down the middle.
4. Using a spoon, scoop the "seedy" part out of the center of the zucchini  (You don't need to do too much - just enough to make "wells" in the center)
5. Drizzle some EVOO over the flesh side of the zucchini (into the wells) and sprinkle with S&P to taste
6. Place zucchini skin side down on a cookie sheet (if you're grilling place them flesh side down on the grill)
7. Grill/Broil until zucchini is just tender
8. Meanwhile dice or halve cherry tomatoes & toss gently with 1 clove pressed garlic, more S&P to taste and any other fresh herb you might want.
9. Carefully fill the wells of the zucchini with your tomato-garlic mixture and place back in oven/on grill skin side down until tomatoes are starting to crinkle
10. Carefully sprinkle freshly grated grana padano on top of the tomatoes & place under broiler one last time.
11. Allow cheese to bubble and turn golden
12. Let zucchini cool slightly and serve while still warm!

Roasted Broccolini

I love baby broccoli - or, if you buy it at Trader Joe's "Broccolini."  A crazy lady I used to nanny for used to have broccolini in her house ALL THE TIME and I had to steam it for her kiddos anytime I made them dinner.  If I recall the kiddos never ate the steamed version & now I know why...  BECAUSE ROASTED BROCCOLINI is THE BEST!  :)  This is how I made our broccolini tonight.

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2.  Rinse broccolini and pat dry
3.  Take out a cookie sheet and spread rinsed/dried broccolini on cookie sheet
4.  Drizzle EVOO over broccolini - toss with your hands to evenly cover broccolini with EVOO
5.  Sprinkle some good sea salt over EVOO coated broccolini
6.  Place cookie sheet in oven and roast broccolini until crispy (about 15-20minutes) - It's almost like broccolini chippies!
7.  Let cool slightly and serve as a side.