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25 vegetarian recipes worthy of your next barbecue

Because meat doesn't have to be king of the 'cue.
Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing

Will Horner

Who says barbecues can’t be meat-free? Between Peter Gilmore’s shiitake mushrooms doused with umami butter, La Casita’s pineapple wedges with mulato chili and skewers of zucchini and haloumi with a fresh mint dressing, these are the vegetarian barbecue recipes you’ll keep coming back to.

Before you start up your barbecue, please check if there are any existing fire bans in your city.

Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread
Photo: Con Poulos

Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread

Corn and potato quesadillas with green salsa
Photo: William Meppem

Corn and potato quesadillas with green salsa

Toasted corn and spelt with miso dressing
Photo: Chris Court

Toasted corn and spelt with miso dressing

Whole smoky eggplant served on a white plate with three pieces of crusty bread and Greek yoghurt topped with red onion and sumac.
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Smoky eggplant with sumac onions

Grilled bean salad with lentils
Photo: Chris Chen

Grilled bean salad with lentils

Photo: Kara Rosenlund

La Casita’s grilled pineapple with mulato chilli and pineapple granita

Over the top shot of a cream-coloured eggplant dip, drizzled generously with olive oil and garnished with bright-pink diced pickled turnips and coriander leaves.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Smoky eggplant and walnut dip

Zucchini, stracciatella and basil salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Bert’s zucchini, stracciatella and basil salad

Char-grilled capsicum with sherry vinaigrette
Photo: Chris Chen

Char-grilled capsicum salad with sherry vinaigrette

Corn with herb butter and chipotle salt
Photo: Chris Chen

Corn with herb butter and chipotle salt

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip
Photo: Will Horner

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Esquites
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

La Casita’s esquites

Photo: William Meppem

Asparagus and marinated feta crostini

Photo: James Moffatt

Barbecued eggplant salad with goat’s curd, mint and pomegranate

Char-grilled asparagus and haloumi with mint and lemon
Photo: William Meppem

Char-grilled asparagus and haloumi with mint and lemon

Grilled shiitake mushrooms with umami butter
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Peter Gilmore’s grilled shiitake mushrooms with umami butter

Spinach and burghul with grilled tomatoes and labne
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spinach and burghul with grilled tomatoes and labne

Grilled cos with lemon-anchovy butter dressing
Photo: William Meppem

Grilled cos with lemon-anchovy butter dressing

Char-grilled pineapple wedges with chilli salt
Photo: Chris Court

Char-grilled pineapple wedges with chilli salt

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing
Photo: Will Horner

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing

Photo: Will Horner

Grilled peppers and flatbread salad

Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Burrata with char-grilled eggplant

Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt
Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Grilled eggplant salad with lentils and sesame yoghurt

Photo: William Meppem

Char-grilled zucchini with feta and mint

Four grilled Japanese eggplant slices, on a blue plate with a blue background.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Burnt honey and teriyaki Japanese eggplant

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