For the sweetest, crunchiest grilled corn on the cob, preheat the grill to a high heat for 10 minutes. Add the corn and cook, turning often, until charred all over. After plating up, coat with butter and season with fine sea salt. Simple!
Preheat the grill to medium. Add the sausages and cook for 10-12 minutes, turning occasionally. If you want, keep them company with sliced onion and a garlic clove or two.
A favorite seafood snack, grilled clams are a mouth-watering delicacy. Just place on a medium-high heated grill and cook until they pop open. Add butter mixed with fresh parsley, chives, shallot, and grated lemon zest. Heavenly!
Grill carefully over medium-high heat to prevent flame-ups, because you don’t want to scorch the bacon. Skewer with halloumi cheese, which has a high melting point and can easily be grilled. Season the result with salt, pepper, herbs, and a dash of fresh lime juice.
You know summer's arrived when the sardines are at their plumpest and juiciest. Season the fish beforehand with sea salt and grill on a medium-high heat until toasted and charred. Serve with bread, tomato, onion, basil, and a squeeze of lemon.
A medium-low light is all you need to grill pineapple, turning occasionally until the flesh begins to brown and bubble. Cool slightly and then dish it up on its own, with honey, or a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.
All you need is a medium-high heat to create this wholesome and healthy food. Grill for about five minutes per side. Then add whatever takes your fancy—a baked beet salad perhaps, with parsley and oil. Yummy!
Full of goodness, turbot can be simply grilled on a medium-low indirect heat. Fresh and light, this delicately flavored fish works well with tabouli, itself enlivened with a sweet pepper sauce.
A medium, direct heat will cook broccoli to a treat in around five to seven minutes until it's dark brown in places and the stems are crisp-tender. A serving suggestion is to plate up a portion with sesame seeds and golden mustard sauce.
Slice the cauliflower into steaks and drizzle with olive oil before seasoning with salt and pepper and grilling on a medium-high heat for about 2 minutes. Garnish with herbs and spices, dab with lime and ginger, and enjoy!
Grilled eggplant, or aubergine, tastes fantastic. Season first with olive oil and thyme before cooking on medium heat and grilling carefully, making sure you don’t scorch the flesh. Try serving with garlic yogurt sauce, walnuts, and pomegranate.
Spring onions make a tasty accompaniment to many dishes. Grill lightly on a medium-high heat for around three minutes until charred and wilted. Serve Japanese-style on skewers with salt and ground pepper.
It's a fact that boiling vegetables can literally evaporate all the nutrients in them. So, get into the habit of grilling your greens. For this pairing, lightly boil in water for a minute or so then use a medium heat to grill to perfection. Season with olive oil, cumin seeds, and ginger.
Grilling techniques can be employed to create all sorts of dips and sauces, including salsa roja. All you need to do is char the tomatoes, onion, and chili beforehand on a high-heat grill (the aroma is gorgeous). Then purée and leave to cool.
Grilled or charred cabbage is a wonderfully different way of putting together a serving of this super healthy vegetable. Cut into wedges, drizzle with oil, sprinkle with a spicy herb seasoning, and char on a medium-heat grill.
Baking, boiling, and roasting are the more familiar ways of cooking brisket. Buck the trend by grilling thinly sliced marinated brisket on medium heat. Serve with grilled vegetables or a crunchy salad.
For backyard BBQ-style ribs, it's best to first pressure cook the meat for about 10 minutes before hitting the grill, which should be prepared for a medium-high heat. This way the ribs will be tender and succulent, and fall right off the bone.
Prepare the grill for medium heat. Lightly brush the carrots with olive oil, season with salt and herbs, and cook, turning occasionally until charred, around 15 minutes. Healthy or what?
This is a great dish to prepare using sweet black plums to complement the smoky char flavor of the chops. Prepare the grill for a medium-high heat. Grill the meat for around eight minutes, or according to preference. Remove and then grill the plums. Delicious!
This finger-licking food idea is a summertime favorite. Prepare the grill for high heat. Season the drumsticks and position on the grill, turning once or twice until the skin is browned and crisp. Serve up with fries and vegetables.
A tip here is to use dry scallops, which sear better. Drop onto a medium-hot grill and cook until grill marks are visible, about three minutes per side, depending on their size. Serve with zucchini spaghetti and lime mayo sauce.
Prepare the grill for a medium-high heat. Grill the chicken for about 10 minutes, turning once halfway through, until deep-charred. Serve up with anything you fancy—crispy lettuce, sliced tomato, cheese…
To bring out the briny flavor of the fish, season with salt and pepper and cook on a medium-hot grill for about five minutes, until the grill marks appear. Add vegetables (zucchini perhaps, or tomatoes), plus rosemary.
Cook the squash on a preheated grill of medium-high heat for about three minutes, when the grill marks appear. Season to taste (crushed red pepper flakes work). Serve with cherry tomatoes and arugula.
Prepare the grill or skillet for medium-high heat and grill lamb to your preference. Grilled lamb chops are delicious marinated, but you can also serve up with a salt, black pepper, and paprika seasoning, accompanied with cranberries and rosemary.
Cook the fish in its skin on a lightly oiled medium-high heated grate for six to eight minutes. Lime juice, a pinch of brown sugar, and freshly ground pepper all work as seasoning options. Plate up with lemon and dill.
This easy seafood dish requires fresh shrimp, salt, black pepper, and garlic. Prepare a grill pan under medium-high heat, then add oil. Drop in the shrimp and cook through until lightly charred, dropping in the other ingredients at the same time.
A delicious way to cook salmon is with its skin on. Place on a medium heat grill. Brush the fish with olive oil, and season both sides with salt. A squeeze of lemon juice works wonders. Cook for six to eight minutes until skin is charred.
Prepare a sweet, tangy marinade of chili, garlic, vinegar, and 7UP (yes, 7UP). Use skinless, boneless pork shoulder for the skewers. You’ll need this to base the meat as it cooks, about four minutes until browned all over. Season to taste.
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Another super easy dish to prepare, all you do is grill the squid on a high heat for about a minute. You can add onion, tomato, or red bell pepper to mix, seasoning to taste. For more flavor, add a dash of sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar.
Grilling food is not only a great way of preparing all sorts of food, it's also one of the healthiest. Less fat is needed to grill meat and fish, for example, and vegetables cooked this way are crispier and crunchier. When you grill food, more nutrients are retained, things like minerals and vitamins. Furthermore, this method of cooking is quick, easy, and gives your food a distinct flavor that's simply irresistible. And hey, doesn't the end result look fantastic?
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Grilling food is not only a great way of preparing all sorts of food, it's also one of the healthiest. Less fat is needed to grill meat and fish, for example, and vegetables cooked this way are crispier and crunchier. When you grill food, more nutrients are retained, things like minerals and vitamins. Furthermore, this method of cooking is quick, easy, and gives your food a distinct flavor that's simply irresistible. And hey, doesn't the end result look fantastic?
Click through the following gallery for some yummy grilled food ideas and simple serving suggestions.