Skinny Sunday...Eat Your Veggies

I never disliked  vegetables...

but truth be told, they didn't thrill me either unless they were

smothered with butter or some equally sinfully-sumptuous-sauce.

I've mentioned before...

my sweet mom was a very health conscious cook...

but my oh my....

she cooked veggies until they were done....

and then.... 

she cooked them some more.

Salt and pepper were her only seasonings.

I am not complaining...

there was always food on the table...

and since I've battled my weight for always...

obviously, I never went hungry!

My cooking skills in the past

left a lot to be desired....

we ate the same ole, plain ole things....

boring!

(who the heck has time for cooking when there

is so much fabric to be played with...

so many quilts to be made...)

But when I got serious this time around....

I knew I had to make some changes....

try new things....

or....

go hungry 

(yeh, like that was gonna happen, ha ha).

So...the first change....

I put Bob in charge of the Veggies!

I'm no fool....

and he Loves to Grill....

Veggie Ka"Bobs"

We could live on these things....

and quite often do!

Bob is quite the expert cooking anything on a stick!

We will use whatever vegetables are lurking about but given a choice....

Yes, you read that right....we include Peaches!

Simply Deelish!!!!

We are really into trying lots of different seasonings these days...

(that is KEY...don't be afraid to try new things!)

currently this is our favorite way to season our veggie ka"Bobs"....

1) Lightly spritz with lemon juice

I am always picking up spray bottles at the dollar store...

This really helps to add the juice evenly!

2) Spritz with balsamic vinegar

(I never even knew balsamic vinegar existed! Now we rarely use anything else!

Don't get me started on "flavored balsamics" or "infused Oils...

that'll be a whole other post)

Again...love to spritz my balsamic

(I'm a spritzing fool...there I said it)

3) Sprinkle a bit of

(I haven't put that in a spray bottle yet and I don't know why not)

4) Still in love with Mrs.Dash....

We add her next...Tomato Basil Garlic is our fav...

but there are loads of others to choose from....

5) A little S & P

(for Mom *wink*)

6)And just before those babies hit the grill....

dear Chef Spouse will give them a wee  hit of  olive oil

This is still the one that has become a staple in our pantry.

But since we finally discovered flavored olive oils

(again...living under that rock...I had not a clue!)

there's no telling what is in our olive oil spritzer on any give Sunday...

or Monday...or...well...you get the gist....

I thought it was Christmas when I discovered this thing called a "Misto"

If you're a cook....

(and you don't live under a rock)

you already know what I'm talking about.

But surely I can't possibly be the only one here...

that just didn't know...

a "Misto" is a Must-o!

You can click the pic above to visit the Misto website...

see for yourself how wonderful this is!

We have purchased a couple to date...found at our navy comimissary...Publix (our local grocery)...

find them online...they are all around (the ones above were at Bed, Bath & Beyond).

With Misto you create your own non aerosol sprayer...

a nice fine mist...using way less oil...way more taste!

Great for non stick cooking - salads...etc.....

You can put vinegars in your Misto as well 

but my spray bottles work just fine for them...

I am not worried about using too much vinegar...ever.

So now the veggies are ready to grill...yikes...I have no idea what to tell you about that...

that's Bob's department....

let's see if he's still awake....

be right back....

Ok...I'm back...and here's the cooking scoop...

Bob places the skewers on a cast iron grill plate similar to this...

he uses 'indirect heat'

(he said that is important to tell you)

The grill plate has been preheated on the grill...

(we have the cutest little Coleman grill that we use for tailgating and at home

just perfect for "2"....we just love it!)

(I shamelessly just snitched this picture from the Coleman website...

it's too dark outside to take a picture of ours.)

Once veggies skewers are on the grill (plate)...

Cook for about 2 minutes

Turn

Cook another 2 minutes

Turn

Cook 2 more minutes

Done

(we like our veggies with a bit of crunch still left in each bite)

Of course you can adjust your cooking time to your tastes!

Yummers!!!

I really think the flavors are so enhanced by the grilling!

Since the amount of Olive Oil we use is minimum...

and the veggies we use are "0"pp...

I might track 1-2 pp for my portion...

which is usually 2-1/2 to 3 very deeeliciously loaded skewers.

While perusing the goodies at BB&B...

we found this!

A new grilling "toy"...

We haven't tried it out yet...

but we can't wait!

Whoa...I'm excited over something new to cook with?

Yikes! What is happening to me!!!!

Thanks for visiting on this Skinny Sunday....

Would love to hear from you...

Do you have a favorite veggie recipe?

Favorite seasoning?

Come on...let's dish!