The easiest way to eat more veggies this summer—just grill your favorites, then drizzle with a lemony herb oil. Serve warm, cold, or tossed into pasta, sandwiches, or salad!
2poundsvegetablescut as needed - see notes! (I like mushrooms, zucchini, summer squash, bell peppers; but you can also do pre-cooked corn on the cob, cherry tomatoes on the vine… whatever is grillable and you enjoy!)
oilas needed
½teaspoongarlic powderor more to taste
salt & pepperto taste
For the herb oil
6tablespoonsolive oil
2tablespoonsfinely chopped soft herbsI usually just grab whatever is growing from the “herb garden” (aka neglected patch, parsley, oregano and thyme are my faves here)
½large lemonzest and juice
salt & pepperto taste
Instructions
Add all prepared vegetables to a very large mixing bowl. Toss with enough oil to cover all vegetables, then add seasoning to taste. You may be tempted to do more to your vegetables, but I don’t add anything beyond garlic powder, salt and pepper at this point because a) fresh garlic or herbs just burn to a crisp on the grill, b) the best thing about grilled vegetables is their grilled taste - not their seasoning, and c) I prefer to add any additional flavor after grilling!
2 pounds vegetables, oil, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, salt & pepper
Grill the vegetables over medium heat until done. This will take a different amount of time for each vegetable, and also depend on how thin you sliced the zucchini etc.
For the herb oil, combine olive oil with chopped herbs, lemon zest and juice and salt and pepper to taste.
6 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons finely chopped soft herbs, ½ large lemon, salt & pepper
Once the vegetables are grilled, arrange them on a platter and drizzle with the herb oil. We like them served both hot or cold!
Notes
For prepping, I leave mushrooms whole, slice zucchini and summer squash lengthwise, cut bell peppers into quarters after seeding; when I use corn on the cob I use pre-cooked corn and cut each ear into ~3 pieces; cherry tomatoes need to stay on the vine but they are really not that fun to grill. They are very tasty though, just annoying!