Vegetarian Barbecues ~ Sue Ashworth

I suspect that there are many of you who would find the term 'vegetarian barbecue' somewhat anomalous, but as a former vegetarian I can safely put your mind at rest and let you know that there's no need to stop barbecuing just because you stop eating meat, fish and poultry. And you shouldn't feel limited to reconstituting TVP (textured vegetable protein) or using a felafel mix to just make burgers, not that they can't be quite tasty. If you can cook it on a flat surface then you can barbecue it.

Tofu - even the word sounds awful - I've no idea why anyone thinks vegetarians should enjoy that flavourless muck. Skip the recipe for Smoked tofu and mushroom brochettes and head straight for the Grilled Cypriot cheese with tomato and red onion salad - light and fresh with a good bite and enough substance to satisfy. The Tasty barbecue sauce is great on the Cheeseburgers in buns with barbecue sauce, or alongside the Char-grilled vegetables with sidekick dressing or even just with a big juicy field mushroom, and you could do a lot worse than accompanying these with any of the Three-way potato salad and the Carrot and cashew nut coleslaw. Finish the meal off with Char-cooked pineapple with ginger and brown sugar butter or Toasted tropical fruit kebabs with hot chocolate dip and you're smiling.


Recommended for vegetarians.

- Kath