Outside Grilling

A few weeks ago Chris and I bought a little charcoal grill for outside. We didn't need anything big or fancy since we eat pretty much eat vegetarian (he is a total vegetarian and just eat that way at home, it is always easier to just cook one meal instead of two). This week I thought "Hey! I think I'll make veggie kebabs for dinner that'll be great!"

You see the pic there of the veggies grilling up and it looks like it would be really good doesn't it? Well, it wasn't. I have realized that I do not know how to grill. I think I must be way too impatient to be a good griller. First off I did not start the charcoal soon enough and I put way too much lighter fluid on it. Those coals went up like a mini blazing sun but then only the edges remained lit. I waited, oh, about 15 minutes before plopping my marinated veggies on the grill which turned out to not be a good idea since there was still not an even heat. Half the veggies burned, half the veggies stayed kinda raw.

Really, the only thing I accomplished with this grilling mission was smoking out all the neighbors as chunks of oil marinated vegetables feel onto the coals. I also learned that before making veggie kebabs I need to blanch my vegetables. I did, surprisingly enough, think far enough head to boil my potatoes before putting them on the grill so those cooked up nicely. The tofu ended up being bland, the eggplant and zucchini might as well have been raw (or the few pieces that were actually over heat were practically ash), the onion just curled in a crazy mess, but the mushrooms did come out tasting pretty good.

Bobby Flay would be so disappointed in me.

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