Food & Drink

Spice Up Your Veggies With This Versatile Seasoning

Recipe of the Week: Harissa grilled vegetables.

By Seattle Mag May 26, 2017

peppers-Mike-Kane-2-resize

Recipes for Seattlemag.com’s Recipe of the Week are contributed by participating chefs, cookbook authors and food bloggers.

Name of Recipe: Harissa Grilled Vegetables (Great to make when the farmtables are filled with local vegetables)

Source of Recipe: Nancy Dewitt, manager/buyer at MarketSpice at Pike Place Market

Why We Love This Recipe: Nancy says, “The Harissa seasoning adds a lot of flavor to almost any dish, with just a hint of spiciness!”

Harissa Grilled Vegetables Ingredients

1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp harissa seasoning from MarketSpice
1 tsp. water
1/2 eggplant, sliced
2 small zucchinis, sliced lengthwise
1/2 red onion, cut into wedges
1/2 yellow bell pepper, sliced thin
1/2 red bell pepper, sliced thin
2 tomatoes, quartered

1. Mix the olive oil, harissa seasoning, and water. This will make a paste.
2. Toss the vegetables in the harissa seasoning paste.
3. Cook in a grill basket on a hot grill for 15 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked to your liking.

Follow Us

‘The Lunchbox’

‘The Lunchbox’

Luke Kolpin brings a sense of experimentation and whimsy to his work at Cedar + Elm

Would you try salted caramel ice cream with hints of mushroom? How about pumpkin with a drizzle of seaweed oil? Chef Luke Kolpin, head chef at Cedar + Elm, located within The Lodge at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore, hopes you’ll give some unexpected flavor combos a try. Photo courtesy of The Lodge at

Seattle Restaurant Week Starts Sunday

Seattle Restaurant Week Starts Sunday

Get some great deals while supporting favorite establishments

For two weeks, you can eat your heart out in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods during Seattle Restaurant Week. From April 14-27, prepare for exclusive, budget-friendly menus at over 200 restaurants throughout the city.

The Region's Best Mexican Food is in a Snohomish County Parking Lot 

The Region’s Best Mexican Food is in a Snohomish County Parking Lot 

Hidden Gems Weekend Market is again open for business

Among the 20 aisles of some 300 vendors selling everything from Native American beadwork to the classic flea market assortments of knickknacks and hardware, sits the Northwest's biggest and best assortment of regional Mexican cuisine, street foods, and snacks.

Tastes of Oaxaca

Tastes of Oaxaca

Alebrijes Oaxaca Kitchen food truck rolls into White Center 

Colorful strands of papel picado flutter above the new turquoise Alebrijes Oaxacan Kitchen food truck in White Center, as if flagging down bystanders to stop in for memelas, tlayudas, and masa-thickened mushroom soup.