Kabobs: Dinner and Dessert

Sorry that I don't have any pictures to go along with these ideas. I'm out of skewers. Today's post comes courtesy of the July 2008 issue of Parents. Here area few different types of kabobs you can make in a hurry for your kiddos. They're easy on the eyes and budget!

Dinner Kabobs

*Always wet your skewers before grilling them to prevent them from catching fire.

Pizza

Ingredients: Focaccia bread, Canadian bacon, pepperoni, fresh mozzarella and a cherry tomato.

To make: Put your cheese and tomato in the center. The add a piece of each of the following to both sides. Pepperoni folded in half. Canadian bacon folded small enough to fit properly and then a cube of focaccia bread.

Serve with pizza sauce

Ranch Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken nuggets, broccoli and baby carrots

To make: Thaw the nuggets and precook the carrots for 2 minutes in the microwave so that they will cook with the rest of the skewer. Start with two baby carrots in the center. And to piece of broccoli followed by a chicken nugget to both sides.

Serve with ranch dip

Chile-Lime Shrimp

Ingredients: Snow peas, shrimp and yellow pepper strips.

To make: Start with a piece of yellow pepper in the center. Folded will work best. Add a shrimp and a snow pea to each side. Brush the entire thing with an Asian sweet chili sauce and lime juice just before grilling.

Serve with extra chili sauce

Pasta and Meatball

Ingredients: Cooked meatballs, cheese ravioli, zucchini and yellow squash

To make: Boil ravioli until just undercooked. It will help it to stay on the skewer. Line up a piece of zucchini and squash in the center. To each side add two pieces of ravioli and a meatball.

Serve with pasta sauce

Polynesian Chicken

Ingredients: Pineapple, red pepper strips and chicken pieces

To make: Line up pineapple, pepper, chicken, pepper, chicken pineapple.

Serve with sweet and sour sauce

Dessert Kabobs

Berry Pound Cake

Ingredients: Blueberries, pound cake, raspberries and strawberries

To make: Slice a boxed pound cake and then cut out shapes with mini cookie cutters. Add desired amount of each berry with pieces of cake.

Fruity French Toast

Ingredients: Peaches and french toast

To make: Cut french toast into triangles. Serve a piece of toast with a piece of peach.

Serve syrup on the side for dipping

Apple-Peanut Butter Crisp

Ingredients: Rice crispy treats, peanut butter and apple

To make: Coat one side of each piece of rice crispy treat with peanut butter. Alternate adding rice crispy treats and slices of apple onto a skewer.

Banana Bites

Ingredients: Banana pieces, strawberry yogurt and colorful sprinkles

To make: Dip chunks of banana in yogurt then add them to the skewer. Then either roll in sprinkles or you could use granola instead.

Marshmallow Surprise

Ingredients: Strawberries, marshmallows and fudge sauce

To make: Line up strawberry, marshmallow, strawberry, marshmallow. Put the fudge in a resealable bag, cut a tiny corner off and drizzle over your treat. Yum!

Double Melon

Ingredients: Cantaloupe and honeydew melons

To make: Marinate fruit in lime juice, brown sugar and mint. Cut into slices then cut shapes out either by hand or using mini cookie cutters. Line up to your taste.