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Top 10 Vegetable Recipes

The Most Popular and Best Vegetable Recipes at Barbecue & Grilling

By Derrick Riches, About.com Guide

From side dishes to main courses, vegetables are vital to the diet and excellent on the grill. Grilling vegetables is a convenient way to prepare them and a great way to give vegetables extra flavor. The trick to grilling vegetables is to not over cook them and season them lightly with a little oil and a lot of flavor. Whether you are grilling corn on the cob or tomatoes, the grill is the best way to cook all your vegetables. For small items, try wrapping them up in foil with a little butter.

1. Deep Fried Sweet Potato Fries

This is a great alternative to traditional sweet potato recipes and it's really fast and easy. Make sure you cut the sweet potatoes into long steak fries. This gets them cooked quickly. If you are frying a turkey add these to the heated oil once the turkey is out of the way.

2. Grilled Sweet Potatoes

It doesn't take a lot to make delicious sweet potatoes. The secret is to avoid boiling them. These grilled sweet potato slices cook up nice and fast and most of the preparation can be done in advance.

3. Chateau Potatoes

This potato recipe is the traditional side dish for Chateaubriand; a particular favorite of Napoleon.

4. Spiced Grilled Pumpkin

Take your pumpkin and cut it up into good sized squares and grill with butter and spices and you make something better than pumpkin pie.

5. Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms

Portabella Mushrooms stuffed with blue cheese and walnutsDerrick Riches
This stuffed mushroom dish makes an excellent starter or side dish to any meal.

6. Sweet Acorn Squash

This acorn squash recipe makes a great side dish for turkey, prime rib, lamb, or duck. Try this grilled squash recipe next time you have a fancy meal, and you'll be sure to please everyone.

7. Grilled Garlic Mushrooms

This simple portabello mushroom recipe can be served as an appetizer, side dish, or a main dish.

8. Vegetable Kebabs

These veggie kebabs are so loaded up, they make a meal all by themselves. Mix up the colors and it will look as impressive as it tastes.

9. BBQ's Smoke-Baked Potatoes

These are basically smoked potatoes with an herb and spice rub. Sounds like barbecue to me.

10. Cheesy Stuffed Mushrooms with Herbs

Portabella mushrooms work great for this recipe because of their larger size and shape.

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