It’s so easy to get in a rut.    If we ate Kabobs every day for dinner, they wouldn’t be that big of a deal, but for us it is such a rare treat that the kids gobbled them down, veggies and all.

We splurged a little on this treat with the grocery money we had leftover from last month.  It was still a LOT less than buying this kind of meal out.  I had the shrimp and turkey sausage in my freezer bought as loss leader items earler in the year.  We also used an onion (given to us after they had leftover food at a summer camp), colored peppers $2.99 for 3 at Aldi, fresh Mushrooms $1.29 for 8 oz, and a can of chunk pineapple ($.89 on sale.) 

We let the kids skewer their own and they chose to make them colorful even though they don’t normally eat these vegetables well. 

Bamboo skewers are inexpensive at Wal-mart or the grocery store. Be sure to soak them in water before putting the food on them. Normally it is recommended to soak for 4 hours or more, but we totally forgot and just soaked them for about 30 minutes. They got a little dark on the ends, but nothing caught fire.

We waited to season the kabobs until they were on our plates, and salt was all they needed.  Yum!

For side dishes, we had simple buttered noodles.  Just a pound of cooked egg noodles topped with 4 Tablespoons of butter and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and dried parsley.  The corn muffins were tasty and easy.  I’ll share the recipe tomorrow :).