So break out the grill, lay in some charcoal and your starter of choice or refill your propane and let the outdoor cooking season begin! Be sure to have on hand some great seasonal beverages like iced teas, seltzers, kombuchas and more as well has some chips, snacks, salsas and condiments.
Prepare your veggies, marinade, stick on a skewer, and fire up the grill!
A cast iron skillet and your grill are good friends this time of year, allowing you to do all your cooking outside. Once the grill is hot place the skillet on the grate and allow it to heat up. Pour some high heat oil like avocado oil or safflower oil in the skillet and sauté tempeh or tofu chunks to serve along side your vegetable skewers. While they're still warm toss with some of the marinade to soak up that delicious flavor. Or for those meat-eaters in your midst grill some chicken or fish on the side, brushing with some of the marinade. Or grill steak and burgers.
Different foods have different cook times. Create a gradient of heat in your grill by adjusting where your coals are placed.
Some more of our favorite grilled recipes: Sweet Potato & Quinoa Burger, Grilled Corn with Lime-Cilantro Butter, Grilled Lemon-Basil Tofu Burgers, Grilled Cheese with Apples & Arugula, Grilled Rhubarb Brown Betty.