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Pork & Veggie Kebabs

July 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that I get a lot of my recipe ideas from Fitness Magazine. I love their recipes, because its normal food, easy ingredients, and manageable even if you don’t cook much. These will be on my menu this weekend, but I wanted to share the recipe now, in case you would like to incorporate it into your weekend 4th of July BBQ!

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Here is the recipe!

Pork & Veggie Kebabs

Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 15 minutes
Marinate: 1 hour
Grill: 10 minutes

Ingredients
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for serving
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/4 pounds boneless pork chops (3/4 to 1 inch thick), cut into 1-inch pieces
2 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch slices
2 medium summer squash, cut into 1/2-inch slices
12 cherry tomatoes

Directions
1. For marinade, whisk together oil, garlic, and lemon zest and juice in a small bowl. Stir in parsley, rosemary, thyme, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the pepper.

2. Place pork in a large resealable bag and spoon in 4 tablespoons of the marinade. Place zucchini, squash, and tomatoes in another large resealable bag; cover with the rest of the marinade. Seal both bags and shake to coat. Refrigerate for 1 hour, turning after 30 minutes.

3. Heat a gas grill to medium-high or prepare a charcoal grill with medium-hot coals.

4. Thread metal skewers separately with pork and vegetables. Grill vegetables about 5 minutes per side and pork about 3 minutes per side, or until internal temperature reads 155 degrees F. on an instant-read thermometer.

5. To serve, season with salt to taste.

Nutrition facts per serving: 367 calories, 36g protein, 9g carbohydrate, 21g fat (4g saturated), 2g fiber

Hope everyone has great plans for this weekend!

Tags: Side dish · lunch · party food!

8 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Nowheymama // Jul 2, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Looks great!

  • 2 doggybloggy // Jul 2, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    nice kebabs – they look so inviting….

  • 3 Amanda4Sensei // Jul 2, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    I am big on kabobs this summer, have them at least once a week. Sounds so great with the pork, definitely a must try!

  • 4 Biz // Jul 2, 2009 at 7:25 pm

    Will your kids eat zucchini, yellow squash and cherry tomatoes?

  • 5 janetha // Jul 2, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    i love kebabs! they are so healthy and fun to eat. great recipe. thanks for commenting on my blog!

  • 6 Kerstin // Jul 2, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Yum, they look great – grilled veggies are the best! And, so perfect for this weekend!

  • 7 maris // Jul 4, 2009 at 1:41 am

    Love how colorful your kabobs are! I love making veggie kabobs in the summer, anything off the grill always tastes great!

  • 8 Lara (Thinspired) // Jul 4, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    These look great, Jenn! Kabobs are such a nice summer meal. We need to get a grill!

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