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Hetty McKinnon's grilled zucchini, zaatar and pearl cous cous salad with cherry tomato confit.

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14 garden-heavy meals for summer grilling

Vegetables claim main character energy in these smoke-kissed dishes. From grill to table, these plant-forward meals bring maximum flavour to the midweek meal rotation.

14 recipes
Charred broccoli and spring onion salad with tahini dressing.

Karen Martini’s charred broccoli and spring onion salad with tahini dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Mexican corn.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Mexican corn

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Green and gold: Grilled, marinated zucchini topped with bottagra.
EASY

Grilled and marinated zucchini with grated bottarga

  • 2 hrs +
  • Andrew McConnell
Tandoori butter corn with cheat's raita.
EASY

Charred tandoori buttered corn on lazy person’s raita

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
The lemony whipped feta works on its own as a dip, too.

Charred cauliflower salad with lemony whipped feta and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
Grilled greens with tuna mayo.
EASY

Mixed grilled greens with tonnato sauce (tuna mayonnaise)

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
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Penne with grilled greens.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s penne with grilled greens

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Grilled snake bean and basil salad.
EASY

Grilled snake bean and basil salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Blitz the eggplant skin through the yoghurt for extra smokiness.

Flatbread with eggplant, harissa capsicum and tahini yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Barbecued cauliflower with mascarpone bechamel.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s barbecued cauliflower with mascarpone bechamel

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Hetty McKinnon's grilled zucchini, zaatar and pearl cous cous salad with cherry tomato confit.
EASY

Grilled zucchini, zaatar and pearl cous cous salad with cherry tomato confit

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Hetty McKinnon
Eggplant shawarma with sumac pickled radishes and tahini.
EASY

Eggplant shawarma with sumac-pickled radishes and tahini flatbreads

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Barbecued eggplant with garlic and paprika.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s barbecued eggplant with garlic and paprika

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chermoula mushroom skewers.
EASY

Chermoula mushroom skewers

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink