One of the “Meatless Monday” challenges I face is coming up with meals that actually appeal to me. When my copy of the Gordon Ramsey cookbook, Cooking for Friends
, arrived I was glad to find a veggie dish that both sounded good and could be done outdoors on the grill.
So here’s my take on Gordon Ramsey’s Grilled Vegetable Lasagna. The main different between the recipe below and what I did was the vegetables were all cooked on my Weber kettle. The original recipe also uses the oven, as I did, but it could be done in the smoker or indirect on your gas or charcoal grill.
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I love meat.
I love the flavor and
I love the texture meat gives my food.
Although I have enjoyed the three Meatless Monday dishes I’ve grilled so far, I’ve missed the meat. So this week I’ve decided to give a soy product a try. An “online” friend suggested a product called Soyrizo. I love good mexican style chorizo and was a little skeptical that a soy product was going to give me the flavor and texture I wanted. I never thought I’d have a product in my house that was labeled “vegan” let alone actually eat it and enjoy it. But the Soyrizo was very good. For those with delicate taste buds, beware, Soyrizo has a bite to it.
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Pizza! Is one of the greatest food items ever created. I’ve loved pizza my whole life and it’s been part of some defining moments in my life. I’ve eaten the worst pizza on earth at the Navy Exchange Cafeteria in Yokuska, Japan while going to high school there as a Navy brat. I’ve spent many a Friday evening in high school eating pizza at Fillippi’s in Lemon Grove, California after Mount Miguel High School football games. In 1982 when I gave up drinking I even thought I’d never be able to eat pizza again because the thought of not having a beer with my pizza was beyond my understanding.
Tonight was another of those defining moments. Pizza without meat! I’m sure I broke some obscure law of nature with a veggie pizza. It has to be so. But what’s worst of all is that I actually enjoyed it. This will have to be our little secret. Now before anyone thinks I’ve gone off the deep end and become a vegetarian I’d still prefer a pizza loaded with sausage but for Meatless Monday this was one darn good pizza.
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Ingredients:
12 Vine Ripened Tomatoes 2 tablespoons Olive Oil 2 garlic gloves, peeled and smashed 3 cups Vegetable Stock 1 cup Tomato juice (I used V8 Juice. Next time I’ll use Spicy V8 for a little more kick.) Pinch of Chili Flakes Pinch of sugar Salt (Kosher or Sea) 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese,
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If you’ve read The BBQ Grail blog you know I’m a huge meat fan. When my wife and I decided we (well actually mostly me) needed to eat more vegetables we decided to try cutting out meat one day a week. I saw a reference to Meatless Monday on the internet and decided to
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