What vegetables go well with grilled salmon?
Snow peas, peas, beans of all kinds, salad vegetables, spinach, asparagus, mushrooms. Try this: Sautéed Asparagus with Mushrooms (This dish is also excellent served chilled.) 1 pound asparagus, trimmed 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped or 1/2 teaspoon dried Freshly ground black pepper to taste In a large pan, bring 2 inches of water to a boil with a teaspoon salt. Prepare a bowl of ice water and set aside. Add asparagus to the boiling water and cook 4 to 5 minutes or until barely tender but still firm. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove the spears to the ice water bath. Leave in ice water 5 minutes or until cool. Drain and set aside. Discard blanching water. Using the same pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, asparagus, thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Fry until mushrooms are wilted and the asparagus is just heated through, about 3 to 4 minutes. Serve warm or chilled. Yields 4 servings.
Grill your veggies! Cut small-medium sized zucchinis in half lengthwise. Cut and seed any color bell peppers, cutting them into largish chunks that won’t fall through your grill grates. Toss these veggies in a big bowl with a little olive oil, until they’re coated. Add any other seasoning – salt and pepper, your favorite rub or grill seasoning, or even soy sauce – and grill till the veggies are tender. A little blackening of the skin is ok, unless you or your guests are squeamish. You can grill large bias-slices of carrot this way, too. Grilling really brings out fabulous flavor in veggies. For each diner, grill an onion, too. Tear large squares of aluminum foil. Spray each one with Pam or other cooking spray to prevent sticking. Choose onions not quite as large as tennis balls. Cut off the tops and bottoms of each onion. Place onions on squares of foil. Top each onion with a teaspoon or so of soy sauce and a pat of butter. Close foil completely around onions. Place on the grill. If yo
