So last night was one of those "I'm not too sure about this" type of dinners that turned into rousing rounds of "why does this taste so good????" I spied a simple recipe for grilled veggies & polenta in this month's Food Network Magazine and thought I'd give it a whirl....
The one part of this recipe that really intrigued me was that all of the veggies....
...and polenta got brushed with a fresh herb oil.
Which I quickly whirled up in our mini food processor....
- 1/2 cup of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of cardamom
- salt & pepper
- And a handful of fresh basil, parsley & fennel frawns
A little sprinkle of salt over everyone and they were left to grill up for about 10 minutes....
10 minutes later and the grill turned all of these goodies into pure MAGIC!
We have crunchy broccoli....
Sweet oranges with a touch of carmelized sugars from the grill...
Mild & savory tomatoes & diced peppers...
And of course, the sliced polenta...
A little sprinkle of Parmesan cheese all over and we were in business!!
I can't even TELL you how great this simple plate of veggies was!!!! You just need to trust me and try it out ASAP!!! And we loved using the polenta as a vehicle to swoop up all the good veggies. Especially the tomatoes & peppers!
And on top of all that great stuff, we even discovered a favorite "new" grilled veggie!
Readers, meet fennel. Fennel, meet readers...
My prior experience with fennel was that my family would sometimes have it for Easter, so I was pretty skeptical. But I could NOT get over how fantastic this was. The best part was the charred ends....SOOOOO GOOD! Fennel will always be on my grilled veggie list from now on.
This whole dinner was spectacular...down to the last orange rinds drop!
TRY THIS ONE OUT ASAP!!!!
And since we had an uber healthy dinner, we thought it would be a good time to sneak in a little treat we had been wanting to try all month: The Dairy Queen Blizzard of the month-Brownie BatterJ
OK...apparently, you only have until tonight to get this (since tomorrow is JULY!! CRAZY!!), but I highly suggest running to your DQJ The ice cream tasted like a melted chocolate milkshake (much like the ice cream at Van Dyke's) and it was swirled with a TON of brownie pieces. Soooo good!!
And I had to laugh that the mini blizzards now came accompanied with mini spoonsJ hahahhahahaha
Soooooo a total great meal from start to finishJ
Hope you guys have a great Thursday....soooo close to that holiday weekend!!!!
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