Healthy Grilling Tips and Recipes
With Memorial Day just around the corner, the summer grilling season is upon us and I can't wait!We love to grill all kinds of vegetables, fish, meats, tofu, potatoes, corn...even fruit! Grilling is easy, fun, and cuts clean-up time.
However, grilling also presents a health risk because carcinogenic compounds can form when meat is cooked at high temperatures over direct heat sources. (Grilling vegetables or other foods does not present this danger.)
You can dramatically reduce the formation of these compounds by trimming fat from meat, marinating, and grilling at lower temperatures. (Please see our Guide to Grilling Meats for more information. )
Here are some great recipes for your healthy summer cookouts. Each recipe also includes a complete nutritional analysis, which you can save to your pantry for future reference.
Grilled Pork Loin with Fire-Roasted Pineapple Salsa
Spicy Grilled Chicken with Green Onions
Yogurt-Marinated Chicken Kebabs
Rosemary- and Orange-marinated Tuna Kebabs
Grilled Chicken and Romaine with Caper Dressing
Happy grilling!
I use a George Foreman grill inside as I live in a condo. Use it to cook almost all meats year round: salmon, chicken, beef, pork, lamb ... and I marinate all meats.
Besides carcinogens, oxidized cholesterol is also an issue when grilling. Marinating also helps with this problem.