We’ve been hitting the grill pretty hard lately since it’s been entirely too hot to cook inside over the past week or two. These puppies are the fruit of some of that labor and they’re pretty darn good.

We’re not even halfway through August yet, so there’s still plenty of time left to avoid your stove and toss these on the grill!

Balsamic Portobello Burgers
Recipe courtesy of Everyday Food via YumSugar

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for grates
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
3 garlic cloves, minced
coarse salt and ground pepper
1 red bell pepper (ribs and seeds removed), cut into 4 equal pieces
4 large portobello mushroom caps, stems removed
4 whole wheat hamburger buns
4 lettuce leaves

Directions

• In a shallow dish, whisk together oil, vinegar, garlic, 1 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper
• Add bell pepper and mushrooms, toss gently to coat. Marinate at room temp for 30 min (or refrigerate, up to overnight)
• Heat grill to medium, lightly oil grates. Grill bell pepper, skin side down, until blackened, about 10 min., remove from grill
• When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin, set aside
• Grill mushrooms, covered, until lightly charred and tender, 3 to 4 min. per side
• Place mushrooms on buns, top with lettuce and pepper and serve

Yield: Serves 4