Chicken Kebobs -- Healthy and Yummy

I love kebobs, and they are so easy.  I use my friend Brooke's recipe for the marinade.  She actually uses it for tostadas, and I bet that is yummy.  I use it for everything.  I also use it on pork, and it is just as good.  Honestly, any recipe she has ever given me has been delicious.  I don't know why I wasn't smart enough to borrow and copy all her favorite recipes before she moved.  Major fail on my part. But I digress. . .

This is what we are making.  Yes, it is good.

This is the marinade. 1/2 c. lime juice, 1/4 c. soy sauce, 1/4 c. vegetable oil, 1Tbl. honey, (you can use splenda), 2tsp. minced garlic, 1 1/2 tsp. chili powder.

Marinade the chicken for at least 4 hours.  I did cube mine first.

I cut up green and red peppers, and a red onion and added 1/2 of the marinade to the bag of veggies. You could add mushrooms, bell tomatoes, pearl onions and even pineapple- which would be fabulous.  :)

Just being honest- I normally marinade them together.  I know you aren't supposed to, but I'm going to grill them together anyway, so I do. 

I assembled the meat and veggies on skewers.  Just a hint- soak your skewers for at least 4 hours also. Just soak them in water.  It keeps them from lighting on fire while they are on the grill.

Another view.  Lots of people grill their meat and veggies separately, in case they cook at different times.  I have never had a problem, as long as I have also marinated the veggies.

Grill them up until the meat is done.  Looks yummy huh?

I wish I would have added the pineapple.  Pineapple is one of the few fruits that would work, because it takes forever to caramelize.  It always amazes me as to how long it takes to cook fresh pineapple.

But I did add the pineapple to my plate. Yum.

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2 days in 1

Because my internet was down, I didn't blog my meals for Thursday.  So I will combine Thursday and Friday here.  I had a visit with the nurse practitioner at my doctor's office yesterday.  I have not lost weight!@!! Yeah!!!!  I have not gained weight. !! Yeah!!!!!  So everybody is happy!!!  This means I am probably striking close to the right balance on my meal plan.  Now in normal circumstances the meal plan I am on, would probably cause me to lose weight.  And actually my scale says I lost 3 lbs, but since my doctor's scale didn't say that, all the world is happy. lol

So Thursday, I was pretty good and kept my levels decent, although a little high after dinner.  However Friday, well, I did well for breakfast and dinner, but lunch?  Ha ha -- it was splurge day. :)

Started out pretty normal.  I had some cheerios and almond milk.

Lunch was simple, PB&J on whole grain with 1/2 a banana.  As you can see I split the plate with my youngest.  PB&J is really hard on sugar levels, so I can't have a whole sandwich, but I really wanted one, so I just ate less.

You will notice there wasn't a snack, and dinner is pretty small.  I fell on Saturday.  I mean epic parking lot fall.  I didn't think that anything more than my skinned knee would show up.  Wednesday night the back pain started. By Thursday I could barely move.  I have a hard time eating when I am in pain. All I want to do is sleep.  So cooking was out of the question.  I pulled out some chicken patties and made the family sandwiches and then grabbed easy sides.  I chose not to have a bun.  Then I had 2 bites of the patty and chose not to eat that either.  I don't know what that was, but it was not chicken!  Anyway.  I ate the cheese and the rest of what you see on this plate, plus another helping of beans.

Later, when I got hungry, I had 2 handfuls of this.  Yep, straight out of the box.  Come on guys- this is real life. We all sometimes just eat some cereal out of the box. :)

Breakfast on Friday started out normal. A yummy protein shake with banana and strawberries added to the mix.

Lunch was Red Robin.  This is the burger that I had. I ate it all- well almost. I also had sweet potato fries and part of my child's strawberry shake.  Yes, I did just have an entire day's worth of calories at one sitting, and I enjoyed it. 

I had 2 for a snack and then 2 after dinner. Yummy.

Dinner was yummy and diabetic friendly. A little rice, some fresh pineapple and 2 grilled chicken kabobs.  I will post the recipe later. It was yummy.  Later that night I started to feel really sick.  I tested my blood sugar and it was only at 74.  OUCH!  Seth made me a pancake and fried egg, pronto. I felt much better. :)