Tips, Tricks & Recipes

We know that barbecuing and meat go hand and hand, while vegetables are kind of an afterthought. Thrown somewhere in between the quest for a bloody steak and a cold beer. That guilty feeling of neglect for my body has inspired me to test out a few barbecued vegetables.     1. Grilled Avocado While [...]

20 spears of asparagus, woody ends removed 20 whole green beans, strings removed and topped and tailed 2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 – 3 teaspoons sesame oil 1 – 2 tablespoons soy sauce ½ cup cashew nuts (optional) Place asparagus in a bowl and pour 2 – 3 cups boiling water over. Leave [...]

6 potatoes 1 small onion 1 apple 2 eggs ½ cup cornstarch (cornflour) 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper Oil 8 rashers bacon 1 cup apple sauce Peel potatoes, onion and apple then grate them. Place in sieve or colander and squeeze out as much juice as possible. Place in a bowl and mix [...]

2 onions 17½oz. broccoli 3 stalks celery ¼ cabbage 9oz. snow peas 1 red pepper 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 tablespoon grated root ginger ¼ cup chicken stock Peel onions and cut into quarters. Trim broccoli stalks and cut into florets. Trim celery and cut into ¾” slices on the diagonal. [...]

1 eggplant (aubergine) Salt 4 courgette’s 2 red peppers 1 green pepper 1 clove garlic Oil ¼ cup vinaigrette 1 tablespoon chopped parsley Cut eggplant lengthwise into ¼” thick slices. Sprinkle cut slices with salt and leave for 30 minutes. Wash salt from eggplant and pat dry with paper towels. Cut ends from courgette’s and [...]

Young corn cobs Butter Ensure the corn is young by pressing a fingernail into a grain, if the liquid inside is milky then use this method, otherwise use the other method for corn. Don’t grill very mature corn. Young Corn: Pull back the husk on the corn and remove the silk. Brush the cob with [...]

Mushrooms Garlic butter Soaked bamboo skewers Coat mushrooms in garlic butter, or any oil based baste of your choice and thread onto the soaked bamboo skewers. Cook over a grill rack or directly on the preheated hotplate. Mushrooms can be added to quick cooking vegetable kebabs with other vegetables such as cherry tomatoes, precooked new [...]

2 cups mashed seasoned potatoes 1 cup self raising flour Mix ingredients together to form a firm mixture- using more flour if required. Cook immediately on a hot well oiled solid plate. Uncooked mixture softens on prolonged standing.

26oz small potatoes 1 tablespoon butter 2 sprigs of fresh mint To boil: Scrub and place new potatoes in a pot with the mint sprigs and boil until just tender, drain and melt the butter over the potatoes. To Microwave: Scrub and place the potatoes, butter, mint and 2 tablespoons of water into a microwave [...]

8 fairly large potatoes Butter Oil To boil: Scrub potatoes and simmer until just tender, drain, cool and quarter and leave until ready to grill. To Microwave: Scrub and quarter potatoes lengthways. Put in a microwave proof oven bag with 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons water. Fasten bag with a rubber band leaving a [...]