GRILLED VEGETABLES

Good morning.  Another beautiful day in Southern California.  What a great place to live.  It really is time to start cooking outside.  You can really do that all year here, but now it's time to get serious about grilling. When you think of grilling and cooking outside you probably think meat, chicken, even fish.  But don't overlook all the other things you cook on the grill.  All the vegetables, and even your bread.

So today just some tips on what to cook on the grill.

Make a mixture of olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper .  Mash the garlic.  Mix well.  Baste Peppers, Zucchini, Mushrooms with this mixture.

Red, Green, Yellow peppers.  Cut them into 1/4's removing the white and seeds.  Grill for about 5 minutes.

Corn on the cob, Remove the silk, close up with the husks.  Soak in water for about 10 minutes.  Put on the grill, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, turning to cook all sides.  Slather with a mixture of butter and crushed garlic, salt and pepper.  Or just plain butter.

Radicchio, Cut into 1/4's, brush with olive oil.  Grill for 5 or 6 minutes.  Salt and pepper.

Zucchini.  If they are large, cut into 1/4's or in half.  Use the garlic olive oil to baste.  Cook about 4 or 5 minutes.

Potatoes.  Wash thoroughly, cut into thick wedges about 1/4".  Cut an onion into the same thickness in slices.  Using a metal skewer put one slice of potato, one onion, until you have 3 potatoes and 2 onions.  Use a double folded piece of foil wrap, lay the skewer on the foil, add butter and salt and pepper.  Wrap up tightly and grill until potatoes are done about 10-15 minutes.  Make one per person.

You can grill mushrooms on a skewer.  Be sure to brush them with one of the olive oil mixtures.  Another great one is olive oil, juice of a lemon and salt and pepper.

You can do tomatoes, but be gentle and don't grill them very long.

Cut thick slices of Ciabatta, French Bread, Italian Bread.  Brown on both sides on the grill.  Remove and  rub with a clove of garlic and brush with olive oil.  Yummy!

Mix and match your veggies.  Grill several different ones, mix them together into a "salad".  Good way to get your kids to eat a lot of good vegetables.

Have a great day.  Get out on that grill.  Time for some new flavors.

Ciao for now
Grayce