It was hot here yesterday. I wandered the garden to see what I could use for dinner, along with the chicken I was marinating in some Greek herbs, olive oil and lemon juice. Picked a crookneck squash, some tomatoes, a cucumber and some basil. I am making freezer pickles with the cucumber (plus an onion and a green pepper from the garden) and the rest went with dinner.
The chicken went on the grill first, two leg quarters I’d marinated for just an hour or so in a FoodSaver marinade thing. I’ve learned the hard way to cook the chicken over indirect heat. I preheated the grill with all 3 burners on, then turned the back one off and the front two down to keep the grill at about 400. Put the chicken quarters towards the back where the burner was turned off. Laid a gill pan on one side to heat up for the veggies.
Grilled Potatoes
I had some small potatoes from the farmer’s market to use up as well, so quartered them, tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper. These took about 15 minutes and I turned them several times to get the outsides a bit crispy.
Grilled Squash
Pretty much did the same thing with the crookneck squash after slicing it.
I sprinkled a bit of Parmesan cheese on the slices after I took them from the grill, as well as some basil.
Tomato Salad
I fixed the tomatoes in our standard summer salad: olive oil, salt, basil. Doesn’t get much simpler, or better, than that as long as you have good tomatoes.
What a fun idea for using up some of our garden vegetables. I have never grilled my crookneck but it sound wonderful. And thanks for the tip on cooking chicken.
I don’t know any other name. I’ll try to remember to take a picture of it. It’s a yellow summer squash with a thin neck that curves, hence the name I know it by. I see them at the market next to the zucchini if that helps.
Does crookneck squash go by any other name? I feel kinda out of the loop. I’ve never heard of it.
In the tomatoes I sometimes add oregano along with what you already have and a cut up mozzerrela stick! Nothing like maters out of the garden!
It doesn’t get better than that. Everything looks scrumptious.