A Griller's Favorite: Kabobs with Vegetables, chicken, steak and/or sausage. You can skewer all of them or just skewer the veggies and keep the meats separate on the grill. Get a pack of skewers and add your food on one at a time. It is fun and colorful to make them with a mix of vegetables, chicken and sausage all on one. However, if you are serving them for a large gathering you may wish to just add each group separately just in case your guests don't like certain veggies or meat and are vegetarians. If you skewer them separately, you can then take the vegetables and meat off the skewers and place them in fun serving dishes or leave them and guests can use a fork to push off the amount they want, while leaving the remainder for others to enjoy as well. This is the best way to get the least amount of waste and to make sure you can meet the needs of your guests, especially if you have vegetarians who don't want the meat. You can place their skewers away from the meat while cooking too.
Vegetables: Get mushrooms, zucchini, onion, bell peppers (any color) and cut them into 1" slices to fit on a skewer. Don't cut your mushrooms, just skewer through the stem and the middle of the mushroom to get it on tight. You can first marinade the veggies in a teriyaki sauce or sesame mixture before adding to skewers.
Pineapple is good on the grill also and doesn't even need to be on the skewer unless you want to add it. You can just leave the core in the pineapple and then slice it into rings for the grill. You can then cut the core out after grilling if you wish. Tomatoes are good added to the kabob too, especially the small round cherry tomatoes.
Meat: Get some sausage or brats and cut them in 1" slices or thicker if you wish and add them to the skewer. Chicken should marinade in your sauce for at least 30 minutes or overnight. Steak can be cut into bite size pieces. Add marinade or just salt, garlic salt and or pepper for your steak. You can cut it to add it to your kabob or just grill it separately for about 10-15 minutes on low to medium heat. Shrimp can be added also. Just grill for less time and add a splash of lime juice and you're set.
Marinade: I like to use a sesame and teriyaki sauce. You can also try your own mixture or salad dressing like zesty Italian or mix together some oil-vinegar-worcestershire sauce and sugar to marinade the goodies. Sugar tends to burn more easily on the grill though.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
"For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." Summer time means grilling time for our family. Have Fun!
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