Meat Free BBQ

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Well I'd debate the prep times on these recipes, it would take me as long just to gather the ingredients as the prep time states
But they are restaurant dishes and were probably estimated by chefs with everything to hand.

Any of them appeal?

Meat-free barbecue: Ben Allen’s recipes for flame-grilled vegetables

 

[badjak]

Sort of
I would simplify them to let the veg shine more.
I do leek and baby cabbage on the braai every know and again. Same as green asparagus and they always come out nice as they are

 

[karadekoolaid]

Yep, I agree with badjak . Far too much fuss for leeks and cabbage! Love grilled veg, though. I've got a recipe for grilled lettuce somewhere and it' s brilliant.

 

[medtran49]

We have a grilled vegetable meal every now and then, usually 1 or more red/yellow/orange bell peppers, thick sliced zucchini and yellow squash, thick onion slices, big criminis or portabellos, with some kind of sauce, a lemon juice, garlic, EVOO, or a salsa verde type sauce.

Not a whole lot of work goes into it, just slicing the vegetables and making the sauce.

 

[Morning Glory]

Sort of
I would simplify them to let the veg shine more.
I do leek and baby cabbage on the braai every know and again. Same as green asparagus and they always come out nice as they are

Agreed. Let the vegetables shine!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I grill alot of different veg and keep them simple.
Olive oil, S&P, garlic - usually that's it, but I wouldn't no say to some of those sauces.
I find that grilling makes alot of vegetables sweeter... I saw in one of the ATK/Cook's Country magazines grilled carrot, now that sounded excellent, haven't tried it yet...

 

[karadekoolaid]

saw in one of the ATK/Cook's Country magazines grilled carrot, now that sounded excellent, haven't tried it yet...

Years ago, when my kids did BBQs every weekend, a girl turned up with some sliced beetroot and carrots. Olive oil, balsamic. s&p and into a double foil package, then on the grill. Amazing.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

karadekoolaid wow! That does sound pretty good - mental note - foil packets!

 

[karadekoolaid]

mental note - foil packets!

I think that's a trick we all picked up from Jamie Oliver, when he first started with Naked Chef. His method went something like " Chop them up - never mind the skin, whack them into a bit of foil, then add a glug of olive oil - don't forget the s&p - then scrunch up the foil, bung 'em on the grill, easy peasy!"

 

[TastyReuben]

karadekoolaid wow! That does sound pretty good - mental note - foil packets!

We do that here with just about any vegetable. Some people (not me) call them hobo packs.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I just chuck everything on the grill and call it dinner ...

 

[TastyReuben]

We do that here with just about any vegetable. Some people (not me) call them hobo packs.

We were talking about hobo packs:

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

We were talking about hobo packs:

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I still don’t know why they’re called hobo packs, I’ve made up lots of reasons and now it’s time to ask, why?

 

[TastyReuben]

I still don’t know why they’re called hobo packs, I’ve made up lots of reasons and now it’s time to ask, why?

Most likely because whomever coined the term assumed that’s how hobos would cook their supper, in sort of a makeshift way over an outdoor fire (substituting in a modern outdoor grill).

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Most likely because whomever coined the term assumed that’s how hobos would cook their supper, in sort of a makeshift way over an outdoor fire (substituting in a modern outdoor grill).

Ah that crossed my mind bit I had it down to a luxury item, the foil blanket they use for homeless people in the winter.