Labor Day weekend; the turning point to the end of summer; summer toys start to get put away while temperatures start to fall and we prepare for falling leaves.
The last month or so I have pulled out an old college memory - how I learned to grill whitefish - and am working it into a way to easily grill veggies (with minimal mess). There are things about this that still need to be perfected, but I will give you the pictorial overview with a few written instructions below, if you find variations that work better - I'd love to hear.
One last thing before I start, this is my favorite way to make fajita's for a crowd. You can make everything individually and everyone can pick what they want to put in their custom fajita. I didn't do fajita tonight. I have been out of town for 13 days and just used veggies from my garden to make a simple veggie dinner. 
So here we go.
You will need:
- parchment paper,
- aluminum foil, butter (or, in my case, vegan butter or olive oil),
- some spices. I like (no, LOVE) Traders Joes 21 Seasoning. It has no salt in it and no preservatives.
1. Chop your veggies. (However you want; I'm not a control freak.... most of the time - if you can handle a knife, you can chop your veggies however you want.) Just keep in mind the thicker the slice the longer it will take to grill.
2. Prepare your first 'bag' by placing a sheet of aluminum foil down first, then place a sheet of parchment paper on top. The parchment paper is going to be enclosed by the aluminum foil when this is complete.
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| broccoli, butter and seasoning |
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| green peppers, onions, olive oil and seasoning |
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| sweet potatoes with cinnamon, butter and a little bit of sugar |
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| fold parchment paper around your veggies |
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| fold aluminum foil around parchment paper |
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| close ends and you have a bag! |
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| place on grill and flip about every 4 minutes |
So far I have found that sweet potatoes take the longest to grill - about 20-25 minutes if the grill is pre-heated.
Everything else seems to take about 15 minutes, but carefully check (without burning yourself) before removing from the grill. Each grill can be a little different.
Note: I boiled the corn tonight - that I haven't experimented with the bag concept for corn on the cob....yet.
