Grilled Veggies

I figured that it would be fitting to follow up my garden post with a post about what we plan to do with some of the produce that we're (hopefully!) going to be harvesting in the next few months. Even though we know that that squash/zucchini will probably take the longest to mature, we're super excited at the possibility of getting lots of it because we have found an amazing way to prepare it. And, as a bonus, it utilizes one of my kitchen gadgets that I raved about in my Wedding Registry post!

Ready for this? It super ridiculously easy.

Step one: Slice summer squash/zucchini using a mandoline

Step Two: Season to taste. Darrell always puts a little bit of olive oil on them to keep them moist, and so far we've tried them lightly salted and with a little bit of lemon pepper. Truthfully, the flavor these things have from the grill (and the veggie itself) is great, so they really don't need lots of seasoning.

Look how thin those slices are! I daresay it would be impossible to cut them like that with just a regular knife--or at least I know it would be for me!

Step Three: Grill! The grill master in our house like to cook on high, and he's been cooking them for about five minutes, then turning them and cooking them for about five minutes more. We then have a warming rack on our grill that he moves them to--stacked on top of each other to keep the flavors sealed in!

Step Four: Enjoy!

We've been eating brats like crazy around here lately because we went to this specialty meat store a few weeks ago and they have 33 different types of brats, so naturally we had to try a few. The brats pictured are Jamaican Jerk brats--and let me tell you, they certainly lived up to their name! I had a difficult time getting through the whole thing before my eyes would tear up.

If you try a seasoning combination on these that works really well you'll have to let us know what it is--we tend to stick with something we know is good rather than try a bunch of different possibilities that might not be as good, so I don't know how creative we'll get about trying other seasonings since we like the ones we've done so much already!