Grilled Vegetable Salad And Garlic Bread Recipe - Cooking Index
To make Parmesan shavings, start with a 4-ounce chunk of cheese. Use a swivel-edged vegetable peeler to shave off attractive curls, letting them fall onto a piece of wax or parchment paper.
Courses: Salads, Vegetarian1 | Spicy Yogurt Marinade or | |
Lemon Herb Marinade - (see recipe) | ||
1 | Eggplant - cut 1/4"-thk slices, (large) | |
Then slices halved | ||
2 | Sweet onions - (abt 1/2 lb) - cut 1/2"-thk slices (medium) | |
= (such as Vidalia or Walla Walla) | ||
1 | Red bell pepper - cut 1/2" wide strips (large) | |
16 | Cherry tomatoes | |
8 | Italian bread, 3/4" thick | |
1 | Garlic clove - cut in half | |
Olive oil - for drizzling | ||
8 cups | 1896ml | Mesclun greens |
1 cup | 237ml | Parmesan shavings - (2 oz) |
= (or 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese) | ||
Balsamic Dressing | ||
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Extra-virgin olive oil |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Balsamic vinegar |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Dijon mustard |
Prepare marinade in large shallow bowl. Add eggplant, onions, bell pepper and tomatoes, stirring to coat. Let vegetables marinate 30 minutes or up to 3 hours.
Prepare hot charcoal fire or preheat gas grill on high. Set fine-meshed grill rack on top to heat.
Lightly oil grill topper. Grill vegetables in batches until nicely browned and tender, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer vegetables to baking sheet when they are done. Grill bread alongside vegetables until lightly toasted. Immediately rub warm grilled bread with cut sides of garlic and drizzle with a little olive oil.
To make dressing, in small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Place greens in large bowl. Add grilled vegetables and dressing and toss well. Divide salad among serving plates and sprinkle Parmesan shavings on top. Serve immediately with garlic bread on side.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Per Serving: 450 Cal; 18g Prot; 14g Total Fat (4 Sat. Fat); 69g Carb.; 10mg Chol; 630mg Sod.; 11g Fiber.
Source:
Vegetarian Times, June 2002
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