What is it about grilled food??

[thewoodman]

The pouch is a great idea for convenience, I use it myself when I want to cook something on the grill that I would normally roast in the oven. It can be left on the grill 15-30 minutes (or much more for potatoes)without much attention.

But how much better those tomatoes and onions would have been directly on the grill with the basil smoking on the coals...Direct grilling of veggies really brings out the flavor. Next time try grilling the onion and tomato and then dicing them.

Another good example is the difference between corn in the shuck, or shucked and put directly on the grill, compared to wrapped in foil on the grill. The live fire really caramelizes the sugars in veggies. With a foil pouch they really steam rather than grill.

Just my $0.02