Name: Vegetable Skewers
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients: 10 Cherry Tomatoes; 1 Zucchini (small); 10 Button Mushrooms; 1 Red Bell Pepper; 1 Yellow Bell Pepper; 1 Orange Bell Pepper; 12 oz (340g) Extra Firm Tofu; 2 Thick Slices Pineapple (sliced into cubes); 3 Tbsp Toasted Sesame Oil; Sea Salt; Black Pepper; 10 Wooden Skewer Sticks; 1/2 cup (125g) Peanut Butter; 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce*; 3 Tbsp Maple Syrup; 1/4 tsp Chili Spice; 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder; 4 Tbsp Hot Water

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These colorful vegetable skewers are perfect on the grill or baked in the oven. Easy and fun to prepare and perfect for summer outdoor meals or barbecues.

Ooooh these vegetable skewers are so pretty!

They’re colorful, deliciously baked (or grilled) and served with a satay sauce.

This is perfect summer food. It’s what you want for outdoor dinners at the pool, picnics or barbecues!

They can be cooked in the oven or on the grill so this is a totally flexible and fun recipe. We added tofu to the recipe for added protein so it makes a delicious entrée for two or a fabulous appetizer that serves four.

What to put on Vegetable Skewers?

The best vegetables to put on skewers are ones that cook quickly and at a similar speed.

We used zucchini, mushrooms, pineapple, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers and tofu. The tofu had to be baked beforehand so that it just crisps up perfectly with the other veggies on the skewer instead of cooking from scratch.

How to make Vegetable Skewers

Bake the tofu. The first time I made these I just skewered the tofu directly on with the veggies, without baking it first. The tofu came out pretty much the same as it went in, which wasn’t all that great. So the next time I made it I cut the tofu into cubes and baked it for 15 minutes. And that was perfect!

TIP: You have to soak the skewer sticks in water anyway (so they don’t catch on fire, you know – thin sticks of wood), so you might as well bake the tofu at the same time. And while that’s going on you can get busy chopping your veggies. So it all works out perfectly and you have deliciously crispy, baked tofu to put onto your skewers.

The veg is very easy to prepare, just cut them into pieces and toss them together in a bowl with toasted sesame oil, salt and black pepper.

When the tofu is baked, you just brush that with some sesame oil as well to keep things even and then thread the veg and tofu onto the skewers.

Can you cook Vegetable Skewers in the Oven?

These vegetable skewers are perfect to bake in the oven. Just place them onto a parchment lined baking tray and bake in the oven at 350°F (180°C) for 30 minutes.

How to Grill Vegetable Skewers

These vegetable skewers are also perfect on the grill. Preheat the grill and then cook the skewers, turning regularly until cooked and the veggies are just browning around the edges (about 10-15 minutes).

The Satay Sauce!

The satay sauce is a delicious blend of peanut butter, soy sauce, maple syrup, chili spice and garlic powder with a little hot water added to bring it to the perfect consistency for dipping.

It does make a lot of sauce, which works great if you have big eaters.

If you have leftover sauce, this keeps very well in the fridge for around 5 days.

I hope you’ll love these gorgeous vegetable skewers! They are:

Beautifully colorful
Satisfying
Healthy
Served with satay sauce!
Super easy!

Enjoy them hot and fresh from the oven or grill!

What to serve with Vegetable Skewers

Vegan Steak – Perfect either on the grill or in a frying pan.
Vegan Chicken – same as above!
Vegan Burgers – also great on a grill!
Vegan Pasta Salad
Vegan Kale Salad
Vegan Garlic Bread

Let me know what you think of these vegetable skewers in the comments and please rate the recipe too, thanks!

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