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Straightforward Grilled Salad at Home

It’s officially grilling season and I’ve got a recipe that you’re going to love: this Straightforward Grilled Salad! Even in

  • 4 servings
  • Cook 10 minutes
  • Total 10 minutes
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Straightforward Grilled Salad at Home

Have you ever had a GRILLED salad before!? I was honestly a little suspect of it the first time that I gave it a try. However, I quickly fell in love with the concept and plan to cook this dish on repeat this summer.

Grilled salad is often only grilled romaine lettuce topped with dressing and fresh veggies. However, I wanted to take this a few steps further and grill a plethora of summer veggies to go on top. It’s surprisingly simple and only so worth the pot!

And because I like broccoli on everything, I’m also adding in some of Ocean Mist’s Season and Steam Sweet Baby Broccoli. It takes simply THREE minutes to steam in the microwave so this whole recipe comes together in no time.

baby broccoli being pulled out of an ocean mist steam bag

Besides the baby broccoli, here are the other veggies that we’re working with for this salad:

  • Romaine
  • Corn on the cob
  • Zucchini
  • Bell pepper
  • fresh cherry tomatoes

For the dressing, you could obviously use whatever your go-to is BUT I highly suggest giving my creamy garlic dressing a try. It’s truly simple to make and only SO satisfying!

large salad in a bowl with a package of season and steam veggies in the corner

The salad can easily be served several ways:

  • You can serve everything whole
  • You can serve the romaine halves whole with chopped veggies on top. Similar to a old-style wedge salad OR
  • You can chop EVERYTHING up after being cooked, and then serve it as a more long-used chopped salad.

These are ALL savory and kind of simply depends on your preference. I’m a big fan of chopping everything up once it’s been cooked/ grilled and then tossing it all together with the dressing.

fresh veggies cooking on a grill including romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, corn, and zucchini

And if you haven’t already, I HIGHLY suggest checking out Ocean Mist’s full line of Season and Steam veggies. I’ve tried pretty much all of them at this point and I’m completely obsessed. There’s only genuinely nothing better than FRESH veggies that can be cooked in only a few minutes and with quite minimal effort. Our after-work dinners all got a lot healthier once I discovered Season and Steam veggies!:)

You can check out more of my recipes utilizing their Season and Steam Veggies HERE!

grilled romaine lettuce topped with mixed veggies and a white salad dressing

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The recipe

Unfussy Grilled Salad for the Table

This grilled salad is reliable for grilling season and such a fun way to serve summer veggies!

  • 4 servings
  • Cook 10 minutes
  • Total 10 minutes

Ingredients

For the salad:

  • 2 heads of romaine lettuce (cut in half longways)
  • 2 ears of corn (shucked)
  • 1 zucchini (cut in half lengthways (or quartered if larger))
  • 1 red bell pepper (cut into 1 inch strips)
  • Olive oil for brushing
  • 1 cup of cherry tomatoes (halved)
  • optional for topping: Sunflower seeds (pine nuts or other seed/ nut)
  • 1 bag of Ocean Mist Season and Steam Sweet Baby Broccoli

For the dressing:

  • ⅓ cup of mayo (vegan as desired)
  • 2 cloves of garlic (grated or finely minced)
  • ¼ teaspoon of onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon of dill (fresh or dried)
  • Zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon
  • ¼ teaspoon of salt
  • freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. 1

    Pre-heat your grill to high heat (about 400 degrees).

  2. 2

    Lay out the lettuce, corn, zucchini and bell pepper on a tray or large plate. Brush all of the veggies with a light layer of the oil. You can also use cooking spray for this.

  3. 3

    Place the corn on the grill and cook for 8 minutes, rotating 1/4 of a turn halfway through. After the 8 minutes, add on the zucchini and bell pepper and grill for 5 additional minutes. Rotate the corn about 1/4 turn and flip the bell pepper and zucchini at this point. Finally Add on the romaine lettuce, cut side down, and grill everything for 4 additional minutes. During the LAST minute, flip the romaine to grill on he other side.

  4. 4

    Remove everything from the grill to cool slightly. Once cool enough to handle, cut the corn from the cobb and dice up the bell pepper + zucchini into bite sized pieces.

  5. 5

    Cook the Season and Steam broccoli according to package directions, let cool slightly, and chop.

  6. 6

    Make the dressing by whisking together all of the ingredients in a small bowl.

  7. 7

    Serve by topping a romaine half with the corn and chopped veggies + broccoli. Drizzle with the dressing and sprinkle with sunflower seeds. ENJOY!

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