Simple soy sauce and brown sugar marinade, with hints of lemon and garlic, are the perfect salty-sweet complement to rich salmon fillets. Below you will find a mixed vegetable skewer recipe.

Grilled Salmon

Ingredients (Nutrition)

• 1 1/2 pounds salmon fillets
• lemon pepper to taste
• garlic powder to taste
• salt to taste
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• brown sugar - two teaspoons

Directions:

1. Season salmon fillets with lemon pepper, garlic powder, and salt.
2. In a small bowl, stir together soy sauce and brown sugar until the sugar is mostly dissolved. Brush Salmon with marinade on the skinless less side.
3. Preheat grill for medium heat.
4. Lightly oil grill grate. Place salmon on the preheated grill top race, and discard marinade. Cook salmon for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

Vegetable Skewers:

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Cracked black pepper
• 6 large cloves garlic
• 8 button mushrooms
• 2 large zucchini, cut into 1-inch dice
• 1/2 cup red onion, cut into 1-inch dice
• 4 plum tomatoes, halved
• 4 wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes, or 4 metal skewers

Directions:

1. Preheat grill.
2. Whisk olive oil, vinegar, dill, salt and pepper together in a small bowl; set aside.
3. Assemble skewers, starting with garlic, mushroom, zucchini, onion, and tomato. Repeat until skewer is full, leaving 1 inch at each end of skewer. Brush each skewer with olive oil marinade. Grill for about 6 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked to your liking, turning skewers once after 3 minutes.

Assemble skewers, starting with garlic, mushroom, zucchini, onion, and tomato. Repeat until skewer is full, leaving 1 inch at each end of skewer. Brush each skewer with olive oil marinade. Grill for about 6 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked to your liking, turning skewers once after 3 minutes.

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