When cooking on the grill, you have lots of options to keep your dishes healthy and delicious. Grilling is a cooking method that doesn’t require a lot of fat and even allows fat to drip off, keeping your dish on the healthier side.
When grilling produce, opt for hearty vegetables like corn, peppers, onions and Portobello mushrooms, or fruit like pineapple, mangoes, peaches and nectarines. Proteins like tuna, salmon, extra-firm tofu, chicken breast, lean cuts of steak and boneless pork chops can be easily grilled to put together a fabulously healthy meal. Cheesy chicken with succotash, salmon kebabs and hot plums and berries in foil packs are just the beginning.
Here are recipes to add to your menu, or get you inspired – from mains to sides, from salads to even dessert.
Start with Negima Yakitori. These popular made-to-order grilled chicken skewers are commonly enjoyed with a cold beer at bars in Japan.
Pair with grilled vegetables and brown rice for a meal or enjoy as-is for an appetizer or snack.
Epis-Marinated Grilled Red Snapper
This low-calorie grilled snapper is flavored with epis, a Haitian seasoning blend typically made with sweet and hot peppers, onion, garlic, fresh herbs, a variety of spices and more.
Grilled Cauliflower Salad with Tahini Yogurt Sauce
This Mediterranean-inspired grilled cauliflower is seasoned with cumin and sumac and drizzled with a yogurt tahini sauce made from sesame seed paste, lemon juice, mint, parsley and olive oil.
Grilled Strawberry Granola
This granola is made with cereal, oats, coconut flakes, pecans and freeze-dried strawberries combined with maple syrup and butter. It all comes together cooked in a foil packet on the grill.
Old Bay Marinated and Grilled Shrimp
This five-ingredient shrimp dish comes in at less than 200 calories per serving with classic Old Bay seasoning. Be sure to marinate for only 30 minutes or it can result in tough shrimp!
Grilled Vegetable Salad with Feta and Mint
Try topping grilled chicken with this Mediterranean-inspired salad to freshen it up and give it a summery feel.
Marinated Chicken Breasts
Putting a marinade in a resealable bag and then soaking your meat in it is a great way to make sure the dish gets a full blast of herbs and spices. Mustard, vinegar and dried thyme and oregano make up the marinade in this chicken dish.
Honey Soy Grilled Salmon With Edamame
Cutting a slit into salmon and inserting ginger, scallions and cilantro right into the center of the fish infuses the entire dish with bright flavor. Salmon is also loaded with heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
