Well, the title is what my brothers always joke. I have to admit that the "vegetable" part of my meal isn't always my favourite. Specially not when it's just a pile of one type that fills half of the plate. Ugg.
One of my least favouite veggies has been eggplant Fried, baked, chopped, ugg. But then I discovered a secret - (almost) everything tastes better if you bbq it. So my quick way to satisfy the "half the plate should be veggies" requirement is that I just make a huge grilled veggie salad. It's easy, stays well in the fridge, and tastes great (as much as veggies can). Below is a rough guideline of possible ingredients for my salad. I never make it with the same things twice, so it really is just a rough idea.
Grilling ingredients:
1 eggplant, sliced length wise 1 cm thick. Lightly brushed with oil
1-2 zucchinis, sliced into thirds length wise, brushed with oil
1 red pepper, cored and cut into flat sections (usually 3)
1 red onion, cut into 3 slices
1 bunch asparagus
Non-grilling ingredients:
1 little box cherry tomatoes
2-3 sticks celery
1 handful chopped coriander / cilantro
1-2 handfuls small mushrooms (possible to just cut into 1/3 or 1/4's)
3-6 cloves roasted garlic chopped / pressed / whatever (optional)
Grill the grilling things, then cut into bit sized pieces. Toss everything into a bowl and either add a oil based salad dressing or some red wine vinegar and oil. Season with some salt pepper and you're done. Makes enough for 6 (at least).
Everything will have a nice smoky flavour and you'll be able to trick yourself into eating veggies.
I like it when you put black beans in there too :)
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