grilled vegetable salad with roast garlic-balsamic dressing
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grilled vegetable salad with roast garlic-balsamic dressing

Serve this salad with grilled bread or grilled cheese sandwiches or even grilled chicken mixed into it and you have the perfect chilly fall evening meal.

ingredients:

  4 cloves garlic, skins on
  2 red peppers, seeded, quartered
  1 green pepper, seeded, quartered
  1 yellow summer squash, trimmed, quartered lengthwise
  1 zucchini, trimmed, quartered lengthwise
  2 yellow squash, trimmed, quartered lengthwise
  1 medium red onion, quartered through stem end with some core still attached to each piece
  ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  1 garlic clove, minced
  salt and pepper
 
  Dressing:
  3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  3 garlic cloves, roasted
  ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
 
  To Serve:
  ½ pound mixed micro greens
  ½ cup thinly sliced fresh parsley
  2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
  2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
  ½ cup Boursin (TM) cheese with black pepper

directions:

1. Toss the garlic (with skins still on) in olive oil and salt and pepper and wrap in tin foil.

2. Toss the rest of the chopped, cleaned vegetables with olive oil, minced garlic and salt and pepper.

3. Grill vegetables on a medium-hot grill or roast in an oven at 405 F until slightly charred.

4. Make dressing: when garlic is roasted remove from grill or oven and squeeze out of skins into large serving bowl. Add the remaining dressing ingredients and whisk to combine, breaking up the garlic into the dressing.

5. When cooked, place peppers in a saran-wrap covered bowl to loosen skins and chop the remaining vegetables into bite-sized pieces.

2. Clean peppers by removing charred skins and chop into bite-sized pieces and toss all vegetables together in bowl with dressing.

3. Mix in greens with still-warm vegetables and sprinkle top with Boursin cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with grilled bread brushed with olive oil and a few really good selections of cheeses.

recipe origin: A Domestic Goddess original.