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Seasoned Olive Oil Marinade for Grilled Vegetable Skewers
Seasoned olive oil is olive oil, which is flavored. There are many possible flavorings including lemon peel, garlic, chilies, or wild herbs. You can use flavored oils for salad dressings or as an ingredient in a grilled vegetable marinade recipe. Some flavored oils need to be refrigerated. If you want to use a lightly seasoned olive oil, try tarragon, parsley, cilantro, or basil. You can also make your own seasoned olive oil using thyme, rosemary, garlic, juniper berries, fennel, or anything else you fancy. Store this seasoned oil for up to two weeks in the refrigerator. Add some lemon verbena to give the oil a woodier taste.
In the following recipe, you can use any kind of seasoned olive oil you like. The oil is combined with lemon juice, vinegar, fennel, herbs and more, to give plenty of flavor to the vegetable kabobs. This is a full-flavored marinade and the seasoned olive oil adds an extra flavor dimension to this recipe. You can serve these delicious veggie kabobs with rice or noodles or alongside a meat or fish recipe.
Grilled fresh vegetables do not have to be a boring dish and actually grilling makes vegetables so flavorful and juicy that they are never dull anyway. Using a grilled vegetable marinade just livens up the flavor even more and you can choose from lots of different types of marinade recipes, depending on what type of vegetables you are grilling, what you are serving them with and the overall flavor you are seeking.
Tarragon and Seasoned Olive Oil Marinade
Ingredients -
2 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ cup herb-seasoned olive oil
¼ teaspoon fennel seed
2 tablespoons tarragon wine vinegar
1 cup quartered mushrooms
½ cup chopped zucchini
½ cup cherry tomatoes
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon dried leaf basil
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 minced garlic clove
⅛ teaspoon celery salt
Preparation:
Combine the lemon juice, vinegar, basil, celery salt, pepper, fennel seed, and garlic in a 1 quart glass dish.
Whisk in the seasoned oil.
Microwave the mixture for 1 minute on high or until it boils.
Add the vegetables and toss them well until they are coated all over.
Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours, then thread the marinated vegetables on to skewers and grill them over a moderately high heat until they are tender.
Sprinkle the parsley over the grilled vegetables and serve hot.
(Serves 4)
Photo Description:
Seasoned olive oil makes a great gift as well as a tasty addition to grilled vegetables recipes. As you can see, an attractive bottle of homemade seasoned olive oil is a suitable gift if you are on a budget, or you can make your own flavored oil to use for marinade recipes and drizzle over your favorite salads. If you are using seasoned oil to make a marinade for grilled vegetables, you can choose a lemon-flavored oil to add a citrus flavor, a chili oil to add a bit of a kick, an herb oil to complement the vegetables or another kind of seasoned olive oil.
