Going on a mid-summer detox plan? Detoxing doesn’t necessarily mean drinking vegetable and fruit smoothies all day long. Been there, done that!
Let me tell you, it takes a lot of self-control and it’s not easy to keep it going for a long period of time. Still, detoxing can imply ridding your intestines from elements such as gluten and other food intolerances.
Therefore, this grilled courgette salad with feta and pomegranate is an excellent a superb choice for those who are especially going for the 7-day gluten-free challenge.
This clever light salad might help you achieve those summer goals while keeping your digestion system intact!
basics first
Since courgette is the hero of this salad, I believe it should be cut perfectly. Remember guys, presentation is everything and it can make or break a dish.
Therefore, I advise you to make your raw courgette slices as uniform as possible. Determining the thickness of slice is entirely up to you. However, since the recipe calls for grilling the actual courgettes, 1cm (½in) slices should do the trick.
With this thickness, you can achieve softness and a slight crunch at the same time. If you cut them too thin, they can become soggy really easily.
If you want to make your dish more modern, you can also cut your courgettes into long strips. I prefer these being cut a little thinner.
Once grilled, they become these beautiful delicate strips that I adore eating in any meal. Lastly, if you really feel creative and artsy, you can also roll up the long strips. It seems like a lot of people are doing this presentation technique nowadays.
courgetti anyone?
Instead of serving larger slices for the grilled courgette salad with feta and pomegranate, you can also try making courgetti. Courgetti is a great way to substitute pasta.
Just yesterday, I made them for the creamy curried courgetti noodles recipe. This was exceptional and I didn’t crave any rice noodles or pasta.
You can also use courgetti in this salad. The only thing is, that you will not be able to grill them, so just pan fry with some olive oil.
the perfect grill marks
Assuming you’ve got the traditional grill at home, here’s a handy trick. Make sure you prepare larger batches of courgette slices.
This will speed up the grilling process and you can save a good minute or two. Essentially, grill marks are the essence of perfectly grilled courgettes.
Leave them long enough on the grill, so they get caramelised. They will have a sweet and smoky taste, adding complexity and flavour to this salad. Who said healthy meals are boring and flavourless?
feta
Feta is an excellent source of nutrition. In addition, I love the salty taste it gives. Generally made from sheep’s milk, it’s a much healthier option than other cheeses made from cow’s milk.
I like to crumble the feta in a small plastic bag or inside its wrapper. This way, more bits are spread evenly across the grilled courgette salad.
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A good substitute to feta can be goat’s cheese or the less popular blue cheese. Both work very well with the pomegranate. In general, I prefer using the feta for this salad.
pomegranate
Is the thought of pomegranate juice splattering you everywhere putting you off? Pomegranate is a tricky fruit to clean.
There was a time, I didn’t even consider buying this amazing fruit because of the mess it creates in the kitchen. Luckily, a friend of mine gave me great advice.
Simple take a bowl and fill it up with water. Once its full, cut the pomegranate open inside the water and the seeds will be pop out.
Help the seeds by gently cracking some areas of the pomegranate open. You’ll see, this is the best way how to avoid that mess of spraying pomegranate juice everywhere.
toppings
This courgette salad works wonders with coriander. Remember, coriander is really aromatic and you just need to add a little bit for taste. Fresh parsley works really well but if you have neither you can resort to basil.
other ideas
Toss in a bit of rocket salad, drizzle a dash of high quality olive oil and add a few halved cherry tomatoes. You’ll have one heck of a salad, which will rock your world with those delicious Mediterranean flavours.
You can also take a slight Greek approach and add olives, whether it be black or green. If you are not a huge fan of olives, why not make the dish even healthier and cut up some beautiful avocado.
substitute to courgette
Instead of making a courgette salad, why not use beetroot instead of the courgette? Grilled beetroot has those gorgeous sweet and earthy flavours.
Similarly, you can also cut up some carrots and grill them. Sprinkle some coriander powder over the carrots and enjoy.
Toss in more leaves and make it a nice leafy salad. Finally, you can also serve this salad as a side to meaty dishes such as the spicy smoked ribs.
If you have overgrown courgettes in the garden, you simply have to check out this roast marrow recipe!
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Grilled Courgette Salad with Feta and Pomegranate
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 side dish servings 1x
Description
This grilled courgette salad remains a family favourite year after year when we enjoy scorching summer days. It makes for the perfect BBQ courgette recipe!
Ingredients
- 4 courgettes, washed and sliced into thin rounds
- 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 100g (3oz) feta cheese, crumbled
- 1 pomegranate, just the seeds
- 15g (½oz) fresh coriander leaves, washed and finely sliced
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the oil and courgette slices together until all areas of the vegetables are covered in oil.
- Season the courgettes to taste.
- Place the slices in a single layer on the barbecue and grill on both sides. This will take about 5 minutes, depending on how cooked you like your courgettes. This will most likely be needed to be done in batches.
- Place all the courgettes in a salad bowl and sprinkle with feta, pomegranate and coriander. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Alternatively, you can cut the courgettes in long strips.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Method: Grill
- Cuisine: Lebanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 184
- Sugar: 9.7 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 12.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.3 g
- Fiber: 2.5 g
- Protein: 6.3 g
- Cholesterol: 22 mg
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jamie millard
in a curry
Alisa Moore
I like them chargrilled on a griddle pan
Jade Rogers
Fritters, with goats cheese. Theyre amazing 1
Ben Robb
COURGETTES AND TOMATOES AU GRATIN = pan fried + oven cooked
ellie spider
I eat them as courgetti spaghetti 🙂
Angela Wilcox
I love them roasted along with a selection of other vegetables
Diana
I like them in a stir fry
Katherine Parsons
Roast them with chilli flakes
Jessica Hutton
I like them roasted with peppers and red onion xx
Sarah B
I love them griddled with halloumi.
nicky pearce
Grilled with goats cheese
Natalie Gillham
I have never tried corgettes, but would love to!
Kim Neville
I like to cook in oven with peppers and red onion
Jaynealicia
Lightly fried with onions
Chirag Patel
grilled with a dash of paprika
jenette ogborn
I grill them
Keith Wallbanks
Sliced longways, smeared with olive oil and then grilled until beginning to brown
sharon martin
in a loaf cake
Jennifer Baker
I like to use mine sliced up in a Stirfry.
Jacqui
Spiralise and then stir in with turkey meatballs
Susan Ocock
Shallow fried with tomotoes and herbs
Lauren Stebbings
I don't often eat courgettes but they're good to add to a vegetable medley with tomatoes and mince. Quick and lots of vitamins
Richard Eldred Hawes
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Richard Eldred Hawes
I like to grate them, squeeze out some of the liquid and then put them in an omelete with some parmesan cheese
Laura Whittle
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Laura Whittle
Love them in a veggie lasagne x
Lesley Stevens
I like to use mine as the main ingredient in a veggie lasagne alongside mushrooms - yummy
Fiona Johnstone
I add them to stir fries
Zoe Graham
i love making courgetti
Dianne Simpson
We like it done with bacon and a version of macaroni cheese - I particularly like this meal because my partner prepares it rather than me. It is his signature dish which he first made when someone gave him a courgette from their garden
Cheryl G
I'm on a low carb diet at the moment, so using them in place of pasta as courgetti - it takes moments to cook & I'm finding it just as filling
sarah fielding
I like to grill them and add them to salads!
Emma Beckett
I like to roast my courgettes
Robyn Clarke
I love them cubed, lightly fried with some onions and mushrooms and garlic. Sounds simple but tastes divine!
Hayley Gibson
Grilled with a bit of season-all 🙂
Emma Davison
I have a chocolate cake recipe that uses courgette and is lovely
Steve Miles
Roasted with some olive oil
Lydia Graham
I have never eaten courgettes, we eat a lot of vegetables, salads and fruit but never tried these
Katy Malkin
I like them roasted with a little himalayan salt and black pepper
pam Lawrence
I like to use quite small, young courgette, cut into thinnish rounds, which i sauté with some thinly-sliced onions and plenty of chopped/crushed garlic in plenty of good olive oil - I prefer to use the golden Spanish oil for its more gentle, sweet fllavour. It makes a perfect side served with a ribeye steak and some pommes dauphinoise, and a big glass of asoft and fruity French red!
Jenny Jones
in stir frys mmm
Kristy Brown
I don't know as I've never cooked them before
Sally Collingwood
With other vegetables and roasted
dana
grated with carrot
natalee gosiewski
roasted
Michelle Thompson
ive never eaten courgettes before
Christine Clarke
sliced nice and thinly and fried in garlic and butter
Vicki-Anne
I love courgetti spaghetti!
olivia Kirby
very thinly sliced in a salad with rocket, lemon and parmesan
Irene Murdoch
My favourite courgette recipe is: boil slices for 5 mins, drain, heat butter in a saucepan add veg, lemon juice, parsley and tarragon stir until well-coated and serve.
Kerry Smith
Ken Hom has a great spicy noddle recipe with wok fried corgettes
amanda greensmith
i make spaggetti with them x
astrid c
i like cougettes in place of spaghetti when it has been spiralised!
Judith Allen
I'm not a courgette fan, but I can cope with them roasted with a little balsamic. I think I got a bit sick of them one year when they grew and grew.
Margaret gallagher
Roasted with rosemary and garlic onions and a little sesame seeds oil
Kat lucas
I make a bread with them and it's always a hit
ADEINNE TONNER
I love roasting them with potatoes and a little pepper.
Sheri Darby
Roasted in olive oil with lots of garlic
Ali gill
I like grating mine onto spaghetti with a squeeze of lime! Easy light lunch.
Sarah Hayes
Roasted with honey and sesame seeds!
carol boffey
i like them roasted
maggie fawcett
I use them in salads
Avs
Roasted with other vegetables
Rebecca Howells (@PeanutHog)
They are great in an omelette with other veg.
Charlie Lovatt
Definitely grilled
DONNA L JONES
I love to griddle courgettes
Kelly Hanson
My Nan hollows them out and stuffs them and they are delish! Must get the recipe off her 🙂
Tom Newman
Generally use them in my vegan lasagne
Emily Hutchinson
I prefer to have them raw!
Heather Brannan
I put my courgette into my spiralizer and it to a spicy stir-fry.
Ruth lee
Roast them
Robert Price
Roasting them
Angie McDonald
I love to slice courgettes and then grill them on kebabs
MichelleD
In a lasagne with ricotta!
Joanne benham
I love them fried in olive oil with garlic and onions
Ashley Phillips
Brush them with olive oil and herbs and bake them
Natasha R-M
Simply cooked in a microwave and eaten with other vegetables
Naz M
I love to make pakoras with them.
emma walters
grated into a yummy lemon cake 🙂
Joanna Ford
I like to roast them
maureen moss
courgettes...I have just this minute picked some I rather like the idea with feta cheese..Mostly I roast or fry coated in batter with the flower still on that is good. sliced and chopped with butter lovely too
Joanna Ford
I like to spiralise them!
Jacki Mactaggart
I love courgettes in carbonara...fry them up with the bacon and add them in..scrumptious:)))
Ren Taylor
Sliced, roasted with parmesan and breadcrumbs on top xx
Jodie A Green
i would say roasted, ive never really tried them any other way though
Jane Frampton
I love courgettes fried with garlic and soy sauce 🙂
Rich Tyler
Roasted under grill 🙂
Jessica Barber
Baked in the oven with tomatoes, onion and garlic! Yum!
mari sutherland
In a ratatouille
Mary H
I love courgette in stir frys. Such a beautiful tasty thing.
Jacki Constantine
Pan-fried in garlic and butter
Agness of Run Agness Run
I usually prepare a coconut, chicken and courgette soup! Your recipes are really awesome. Can't wait to try all of them!
Hekna
I like them thinly sliced, drizzled with a little oil, dusted with some paprika and baked until crisp. Yum!
Ruth Harwood
Sliced and pan fried in butter xx
Simon Tinsley
I like to fry them with ghee!
Susan Hunt
I have never had it.
Rebecca Sutton
they go nice in a stir fry!
Emma Lynaugh
I do courgettes very thinly sliced, griddled til charred then layered onto an olive, spinach and gost's cheese pizza.
Stevie
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Stevie
We like them pan fried with just a touch of butter.
Rachell Lynch
roasted
amy bondoc
i make a egg and flour coating and fry them nom nom
Jemma
Such a great way to use up courgettes. I love feta on anything!
sarah m
I love courgettes! My favourite way to cook them is to roast them 🙂
Adrienne McGroder
I don't normally cook courgettes but am going to try roasting them now!
Carole Nott
i dont cook them too often but they are best roasted
Gill Barwood
i love courgettes roasted with other veg like peppers and onions with herbs , served as a side dish or with a few extra veg and chickpeas topped with feta as a main
Maxine G
grated with feta and chilli, breadcrumbs and fresh mint, then fried in a little olive oil!
Tania Atfield
I love mine chopped up with peppers in a veggie lasagne
Alison Johnson
I like to roast them in a little olive oil.
Emily Coates
LOVE courgette and feta together. Great pictures too. I like to roast them with peppers and aubergine 🙂
Choclette
What a deliciously simple salad. I love lots of different flavours on a plate, but I also find sometimes that simpler is the best. Courgettes are so brilliantly versatile. Grilling them is one of the few ways I haven't cooked them - yet!
Tracey Belcher
roasted with mixed chilli
Lisa Wilkinson
I like to roast them
Michelle lintern
Roast them
Kim Styles
Spiralized and put in a salad
Lorna Ledger
Grilled - garlic oil - with feta - yum
Farhana Chowdhury
Great thrown into a tagine
Jen Schofield
I like them roasted or to put them in soups
Iris W
I roast them with other vegetables with olive oil and herbs for a Mediterranean tray or ratatouille
Victoria N
I love courgettes roasted with melted cheese yum!
Jo Carroll
I get my spirilizer out and chuck them in a stir fry 😉
Pauline Hill
GRILLED AND DRIZZED WITH OLIVE OIL
Pauline Hill
GRILLED AND DRIZZED WITH OLIVE OIL
Graham Ross
Slicing them in to even pieces then grill them
Sheena Batey
I like them roasted in olive oil. They are delicious.
melanie stirling
We regurlarly have them boiled with cheese melted on top.
cheryl hadfield
I love them roasted with peppers, onions and tomatoes with herbs
lyn burgess
Sliced, griddled with red peppers, and served just warm mixed with crumbled goats cheese and toasted ciabatta or foccacia
Helen Tovell
We like courgette fritters
fiona waterworth
we grow our own so we have plenty to slice, cover with olive oil and roast in the oven
Rachael Mccadden
I like them in ratatouille.
Emily Clark
I like them raw, peeled into ribbons in a salad.
Jade Pawley
I fry them up a little & put them in with some homemade pasta!
Karen R
I usually eat them fried with peppers, onions and tomatoes and served with pasta 🙂
Lisa Parker
I love roast them with other vegetable and have them as a side dish x
Victoria Ramage
I don't... I hate them!
Stacey Carnell
I like them grilled with goats cheese and caramelised onion 🙂
Caroline H
I like them sliced really thin and baked in the oven in olive oil and garlic until they're really quite crispy
Emma Nixon
I like them in ratatouille.
Jean Cassell
I make sweet piccalilli at this time of year using courgettes from my garden
laura stewart
i like them in soup x
Ritchie Dee
In ratatouille
Nigel Soper
Roasted are ok
Jade Hewlett
I like them roasted
laura banks
we usually have them on our chicken kebabs
Carolynn Woodland
Courgettes Provencale - with tomatoes, onions and garlic
Zoe Payne
i look them on their own with a little bit of salt
Hannah
my favourite thing to do with courgettes is oven bake them with some oil, salt , pepper and paprika along with loads of other veg, and add them to pasta with a homemade tomato sauce and parmesan on top 🙂 delicious! x
Suzanne
Lightly fried with onions.
Tom D
Raw, cut into ribbons with a peeler, then dressed with olive oil, salt and mint.
Zoe C
I love courgettes, it is my favourite vegetable, I like roasting them the best
Laura Chapman
I like to roast mine in the oven with other vegetables.
Bev B
I like to roast them with olive oil and garlic, then cover them with breadcrumbs and parmesan for a quick blitz under the grill.
Fiona King
Chargrilled with peppers and tomato
Leamne Jarvis
Sliced and griddgled with a drizzle of olive oil
Emma Wright
Grilled with goats cheese
Anna
I cut them in half horizontally and scoop out the seed middle, chop a couple of garlic cloves really finely and sprinkle in middle, add salt and pepper and finally chop with grated cheese and grill until cooked and cheese is browned - simple and delicious.
stuart hargreaves
cooked quickly in a wok with ginger and garlic
Rebecca Brown
I love them roasted but my partner prefers them in the bin ?
Brenda M
I love making courgetti with courgettes or slicing them and grilling them on the barbecue!
Laura Jones
THOUGH THERE ARE LOADS OF LOVELY WAYS TO SERVE COURGETTES A BIG PLATE OF ROASTED VEG WITH LOTS OF COURGETTES IS A FIRM FAVOURITE
Vicki D
I don't usually cook with courgettes but on occasion I roast them
Katharine Balyuzi
I love to griddle courgettes and then wrap them around feta, mint and chilli and eat them rolled up as little appetisers.
Solange
Courgette fritters are one of my favourite ways to use courgettes and the method is really simple.
Fiona
I love them in ratatouille!
Tracy Nixon
I roast them along with red peppers, red onions, tomatoes, mushrooms with Mediterranean seasonings!
Tracey Peach
I don't actually cook with them but you have now made me want some!
frances hopkins
On a kebab with some meat cooked on the bbq