We had the yummiest and easiest kabob dinner tonight of summer foods and thought I would share! We are cooking lots of squash and zucchini right now since this is the time of year for it. All the produce is at great prices at the store right now.
For the vegetable skewers-squash, zucchini, and onions. For the fruit skewers-pineapple and mango. They are simply cut up into about 1 inch cube pieces, so they will stay on the skewer while grilling. We like to keep our pieces touching. It seems to keep the food from getting dried out and it retains the juices that way.
The chicken is cut the same size. I always end up with some smaller strips of chicken when I'm done cutting it up and I just put those on the skewer in a "C" shape, skewering both ends of those pieces.
The sauces are what makes this. For the vegetables we use a salad dressing, such as balsamic/red wine vinaigrette or caesar, but NOT italian. For the chicken we use whatever marinade we're in the mood for that day-BBQ, tequila-lime, Dale's, etc. For the fruit, and this is important, we ONLY use Brianna's blush wine vinaigrette. If you don't use that dressing, I'm not responsible for the outcome! The pineapple and mango are absolutely unbelievable, and could even be served as a dessert. Once all the pieces are cut up we get 3 Ziploc bags or tupperware containers and place each veg/fruit/meat in the separate containers with desired marinade for at least 30 minutes (tonight we marinaded for 2 hours). The fruit only needs about 3 Tbsp of dressing, just enough to coat the pieces.
Once skewered, head to the grill. Our grill has 2 levels. We put the vegetable and chicken skewers on the bottom rack, directly on the heat, and the fruit goes on the top rack. Cook for on med to med-high heat for about 20-25 minutes (chicken should be at 175 degrees). 
It is so good! Added bonus-both of my kids devoured it! In our house, adding a novelty at dinner, like chopsticks, goes a long way in getting kids interested in the food and eating well. Sister ate hers right on the skewer.
Brother isn't quite ready for the kabob yet, but loved it anyway.
We do have one addition that I think we will try next time. We were at a dinner recently where we had grilled angel food cake for dessert. They sliced the cake and lightly grilled each piece. It was served with fresh fruit and lime sorbet. It was soooo good, and I think the pineapple/mango would be a great addition to it.
Once skewered, head to the grill. Our grill has 2 levels. We put the vegetable and chicken skewers on the bottom rack, directly on the heat, and the fruit goes on the top rack. Cook for on med to med-high heat for about 20-25 minutes (chicken should be at 175 degrees). 
It is so good! Added bonus-both of my kids devoured it! In our house, adding a novelty at dinner, like chopsticks, goes a long way in getting kids interested in the food and eating well. Sister ate hers right on the skewer.
Brother isn't quite ready for the kabob yet, but loved it anyway.
We do have one addition that I think we will try next time. We were at a dinner recently where we had grilled angel food cake for dessert. They sliced the cake and lightly grilled each piece. It was served with fresh fruit and lime sorbet. It was soooo good, and I think the pineapple/mango would be a great addition to it.
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YUMMMMMM! I just won some kabob poles-forgot what they are called! I can't wait to try it out. I'll have to do the angel food cake too! :) Thanks!
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