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Here is my attempt at one of Food Network’s recipes.  This week’s recipe comes from tonight’s 30 Minute Meals and is Grilled Baby Vegetables.

Ingredients: 6 baby zucchini, half an eggplant (the original called for baby eggplant, but I couldn’t find any of those), 6 baby portobellos (the original had 12, but that was way too many veggies for just me), 1/2 a lemon, 2 tsps Dijon mustard, 2 tsps Grill Seasoning, 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1 garlic clove, 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil.

I cut the vegetables into the pieces that made the most sense (the best way they would fit on my grill pan.)  I left the mushrooms whole, although in hind sight it would have been better to cut the stems off.  I then combined the dressing ingredients, as Rachael Ray did on her show.  I released some stress while crushing the garlic, then tossed all the vegtables in the bowl with the dressing.  Then I grilled it.  It was easy, but the vegetables smoked a lot.  I was a little worried that I might set off the smoke detector.  Make sure you turn on the fan. 

This dish was good and suprisingly tasty.  The only thing I didn’t like was the eggplant.  I knew this might be a problem going in as I’m not that big of a fan of eggplant, but they looked pretty so I gave them a whirl.  I still didn’t like them, but the rest of the veggies were delicious.  I had a ton left over and plan on turning it into a delicious soup, minus the eggplant. 

I give this recipe a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10.  (I was lenient since it was healthy.  It’s a good way to eat veggies, but I’d rather have pilaf as a side dish any day.)