Honey-Glazed Sweet Red Peppers with Goat Cheese

An elegant appetizer for two. Have more guests to serve? Simply increase the recipe as needed.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 large sweet red pepper, cored and seeded
1/4 cup thinly sliced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed
1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt
Fresh ground black pepper
2 whole lettuce leaves
2 ounces goat cheese
Toasted baguettes

Cooking Directions:

1. Thinly slice red pepper.
2. Sauté pepper, onion and garlic in oil 10 minutes or until onion and pepper are tender.
3. Add honey, vinegar, basil, salt and pepper; cook and stir over medium-high heat until glazed.
4. Serve on lettuce line plates with goat cheese and toasted baguettes.

Makes 2 servings.

Nutritional Infomation Per Serving (1/2 of recipe): 314 Calories; 15.2 g Fat Total; 3.9 g Protein; 27 mg Cholesterol; 44.7 g Carbohydrates; 713 mg Sodium; 1.27 g Dietary Fiber; 42% Calories from Fat

Recipe provided courtesy of National Honey Board.