Showing posts with label Vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vegetables. Show all posts

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Lemon herb grilled Chicken with Roasted root vegetables

One of my favourite BBQ meals is chicken.

Tonight we had lemon herb marinade chicken. To me the secret to nicely done chicken is to give the pieces say 10 minutes in the microwave. This ensures that the meat is cooked through and that you do not over cook on the BBQ which would dry it out.

For the vegetables as it is now Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere I chopped up sweet potatoes, normal potatoes and red onions, tossed in herbs and olive oil. A tip I use to ensure that the veggies are well cooked I par cook the veggies in the microwave for 10 min before further tossing together with the onions and then baking on 180°C for 20min and 200°C for 10 min this ensures that the veggies are nice and tender with a nice crispy shell.

Enjoy

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Roast vegetables

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One of my favourite dishes and most versatile is roast vegetables. You can combine several vegetables together.

You need:

  • Butternut
  • Onions
  • Courgettes
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Peppers (Green , yellow or red)
  • Mushrooms
  • Feta (optional)
  • Olives (optional)

Method:

  • Chop up all the vegetables to similar sizes
  • Sprinkle with olive oil and spice with dried herbs of choice I like rosemary or oregano
  • Break up the feta and sprinkle over if using
  • Remove the stone of the olives and add.
  • Preheat oven at 220°C and bake uncovered in an ovenproof dish for 30mins stir and toss the vegetables one during the cooking.

You can enjoy this as a side dish or over pasta. I also let it cool and have as a salad wit cold meats