Vegetarian Grilling * Nicola Hill

This practical outdoor cooking manual moves far beyond basic frozen veggie burgers, offering a creative collection of fresh, flame-kissed recipes designed to show how vegetables, cheeses, and fruits can take center stage at any backyard barbecue.

The Story: Written by prominent food writer and culinary expert Nicola Hill, this vibrant volume transforms traditional, meat-heavy grilling into a highly accessible, flavor-first culinary workspace. Hill creates an incredibly practical, technique-first framework that documents essential step-by-step grilling metrics across a beautifully laid-out, photo-filled guide.

The book takes home cooks and outdoor chefs through a versatile landscape of vegetarian barbecue ideas, sorting its recipes into clear thematic chapters. The pages have a clean, layout, pairing individual formulas with direct charcoal or gas grilling tips, prep-ahead shortcuts, and beautiful full-color photography. The text outlines steps behind simple kitchen staple marinades and glaze lines, detailing the exact parameters for prepping produce, layering smoky flavors, and tracking grill timelines to prevent sticking and guarantee great results.

A guide for easy summer weeknight dinners, healthy family cookouts, and impressive entertaining. From hearty grilled vegetable skewers and stuffed foil packets to smoky halloumi cheese bakes, charred pizzas, and caramelized fruit desserts, each chapter uses straightforward language to build confidence at the grill. A user-friendly design, helping families transform their standard garden produce and pantry ingredients into a comforting, permanent selection of outdoor favorites.

Perfect For: Vegetarians and flexitarians looking for an uncomplicated, highly visual reference book to expand their outdoor cooking repertoire; meat-loving backyard chefs seeking delicious, crowd-pleasing plant-based side dishes for their next cookout; and readers who appreciate the structured, recipe-first style of Hamlyn's popular home cookery libraries.

Published 1997 by Hamlyn.

Vegetarian & Plant-Based Cookbooks / Outdoor Grilling & Barbecue / Easy Weeknight Meals / Healthy Summer Recipes