Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Welcome to Grillin' Season! Grilled Zucchini and Sweet Potato "salad"

...props to Megan Mattson, one of my kickass clients...for providing me this recipe! Megan is in the process of getting herself back-in-business, fitness-wise, so she can challenge her brothers to the Mattson vs. Mattson vs. Mattson tennis match of the millennium! Me being me, I (of course) had to make mini revisions before finalizing idea creation:
option #1: no zucchini
Option #2...what happens when there are zucchini
in the fridge calling your name :) 




















Grilled Sweet Potato "Salad"

2.5 pounds sweet potatoes
2 Zucchini, cut lengthwise
1/8 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 scallion, thinly sliced
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped (as per taste preference)

Boil the sweet potatoes for 15 to 30 minutes in salted water and rinse under cold water to cool. Peel potatoes and cut crosswise into ½in. thick slices...

While the potatoes are boiling, whisk together the oil, salt and cumin in a small bowl. Brush oil mixture on both sides of the potato and zucchini slices. Whisk lime juice into remaining oil mixture.

Grill (I used my grillpan! LOVE IT!) potato and zucchini slices to desired doneness (is doneness a word? I can spell it...so I guess so) :) . Transfer to a platter and sprinkle with scallion and cilantro. Drizzle with lime juice mixture and serve!