Healthy Rosemary Grilled Zucchini Recipe

This season my family and I planted a fresh vegetable garden out back. We planted numerous tomato's and peppers, we have watermelons and cucumbers. The first thing that really flourished though was the zucchini plant. We so far have pulled off five zucchinis that are well over a foot long and are at least two and a half inches in width. Needless to say we have had to come up with new ways to consume all this zucchini.

This is a recipe I cooked up for dinner a few nights ago that I thought was simply delicious, it is Rosemary Grilled Zucchini. If you don't have a garden of your own I recommend supporting the local farmers markets because the fresh zucchini this time of year is wonderful.

Ingredients-

1 Extra large zucchini or two medium zucchinis

½ Tablespoon of Olive oil

1 Tablespoon of Balsamic Vinegar

1 Teaspoon of Rosemary

1 Teaspoons of Garlic powder

Salt and Pepper

Slice You Zucchini

First, give your zucchini a good wash. Then slice the zucchini in quarter inch rounds. Try to keep the cuts as even as possible. A good tip is to cut the squash on an angle because it will look pretty, and maximize the diameter of the rounds.

Prepare the Marinade

Place the zucchini in a bag or container that can be sealed tight. Pour over the zucchini the olive oil and vinegar, add in the rosemary and garlic powder. Lastly sprinkle in a little salt and pepper. You can add more to taste if you would like. I personally like a lot of pepper. Now seal the bag or container and shake your zucchini well so that everything coats evenly.

Refrigerate the zucchini in the marinade until you are ready to grill a few hour ahead of time is really the most that is necessary. Even if you only have a few minutes that is fine, the zucchini is sponge like and sucks up most of the moisture.

Preheat

Preheat your grill to medium, and make sure any other particles have been brushed off. If you are grilling meat as well you might want to wait until the zucchini comes off the grill because depending on the size of the zucchini and grill it can take up a quite a bit of space.

Grill the Zucchini

Place the rounds on the grill and grill until fork tender. Around two minutes on each side is all it took for me. Try not to turn them too much so that you get some nice grill lines going. I would definitely use tongs for this because they are the easiest way to control the zucchini.

Enjoy

Your zucchinis are ready to serve.