Easter with the Luzas has shifted over the last few years from a BBQ feast–with a lot of wee-hours-of-the-morning cooking–to a hamburgers/hot-dogs lunch. It’s not as yummy, but it’s a lot less work, especially for a devoted few.
Last year, I honestly don’t remember what I ate. I probably took veggie patties and soy dogs.
This year, we were only going to be there for the one/big meal, so I opted for veggie packets and fruit kabobs. Along with chips, this was our contribution to the family meal.
Veggie Packets
prep:
- Chop onion into ~8 sections; with it’s natural layers, grabbing a wedge for each packet will be easy.
- Chop or slice vegetables for ease of scooping 1/4 cup portions.
- To make ~40 packets, this took me ~2 hours.
assemble:
- two layers of foil
- 1/4 cup diced potatoes
- 1/4 cup sliced zucchini
- 1/4 cup sliced yellow squash
- 1/4 cup sliced carrots
- 1 small wedge of onion
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
- a pinch of thyme
- salt & pepper
Double-fold the packets along the top and then fold in the ends.
cook:
- Grill over a hot fire for ~15 minutes.
- Our grills were VERY hot that day, so we put them on the top rack.
- In our case, they were done when the foil started to change color.
Fruit Ka-bobs
Thanks for my friends on Twitter and facebook, I knew what fruits would grill well!
prep:
Clean and cut fruit into wedges big enough to slide onto skewers and not fall between the slats on the grill. This took me about an hour.
ingredients:
- apples
- pears
- strawberries
- pineapple
- mango (given the size of the mango pit, this was by-far the hardest to work with)
prep:
Soak wooden skewers in water to keep them fire resistant. Some also advised soaking the fruit in water to prevent burning.
cook:
- Have each person assemble their favorites into a ka-bob.
- Sprinkle a little sugar on each ka-bob.
- Grill over a hot flame for ~5 minutes, turning one time.
- You know they are done when the fruit has grill marks.
The apples and pears will taste like bites of pie. The strawberries are unlike any I’d ever had.
I can’t speak to the pineapple or mango since I can’t stand the stuff, but it was quickly claimed when we packed up after lunch and divided all the leftovers!
YUM!