These delicious grilled Mediterranean vegetables are a perfect side dish! They're char-grilled to perfection and topped with herbs, olive oil, and lemon juice. This delicious recipe is so easy to make and will be a hit with the whole family!
Grilling veggies enriches their flavor for a simple but tasty dish - it's my favorite way to cook them! Try our grilled asparagus and grilled potatoes as well. Serve these alongside some grilled chicken, kabobs, or a pasta salad for dinner.
Grilled Vegetable Features
- These grilled Mediterranean veggies are the perfect side dish for so many meals! Easy to make and bursting with juicy flavor, you'll make them on repeat.
- Grilling vegetables brings out their natural sweetness - the combination of the caramelized sugars and light char is perfect.
Ingredients for Mediterranean Veggies
Here's what you'll need to make the best grilled vegetables!
- Fresh Zucchini - ripe summer zucchini tastes amazing when grilled.
- Fresh Yellow Squash - summer squash grills nicely and tastes almost sweet.
- Cherry Tomatoes - fresh and juicy cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes) will make for a great pop of flavor.
- Red Onion - you'll use a whole red onion. The onion caramelizes and gets sweeter, so don't worry about overpowering onion flavor!
- Bell Pepper - I used an orange bell pepper to have a variety of colors.
- Olive Oil - you can use extra virgin olive oil or any other high-smoke oil like avocado oil or vegetable oil.
- Seasonings - you'll use kosher salt, dried oregano, garlic powder, and dried thyme to season the vegetables.
- Lemon Juice - you'll top the veggies with freshly squeezed lemon juice for a hit of bright flavor.
- Optional toppings - fresh herbs like finely chopped parsley or basil
See the recipe card for quantities and details.
Substitutions
Seasonal Vegetables - you can also grill yellow onions, red bell peppers, asparagus, eggplant, corn, carrots, mushrooms, brussels sprouts, spicy red peppers, or cauliflower.
Seasonings - if you'd like to add some heat to the vegetables, add a little cayenne pepper or chili powder to the seasoning blend. You can also substitute the dried oregano and thyme for an Italian seasoning blend.
If you like Mediterranean recipes, try our Mediterranean Chickpea Salad and our Mediterranean Salmon Recipe as well!
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Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 zucchini sliced into ½ inch rounds
- 1 yellow squash sliced into ½ inch rounds
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 red onion quartered
- 1 orange bell pepper sliced into ½ inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- optional - 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
Instructions
- Preheat grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
- Toss the zucchini, squash, tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper with the olive oil, salt, oregano, garlic powder, and thyme in a large mixing bowl.
- Thread the vegetables onto skewers.
- Place them on the grill and cook them for 3 to 5 minutes or until grill lines have formed. Flip them over and grill for another 3 to 5 minutes until charred. Remove immediately and place on a large plate or cutting board. Allow vegetables to cool for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove the vegetables from the skewers. Drizzle the lemon juice over the top. Top with optional parsley, if using. Serve immediately.
Madras Tiffins says
I'm a big fan of these Mediterranean grilled veggies! They’re fresh, colorful, and super easy to prepare. They’re perfect for summer BBQs or healthy meals!
Katie says
Can you make these a day ahead and serve them at room temperature?
Emily says
Yes!