Put It On A Stick!

This blog comes to you by request - fancy that!  Want to make some mouth watering-summer aromatic GF/DF food?  Go buy yourself some sticks!  Ok, well the proper term would probably be skewers, however, sticks just sounds so much more.... "rustic."  I love rustic food, rustic cuts of food... mostly because my chef in culinary school made sure our julienne cuts were to perfection or you failed!  Let me tell you how hard it is to cut carrots into perfect little rectangles- let's repeat carrots -- rectangles (oh right) - picture orange blistered and cut up fingers.  And WHO CARES if your carrot is in a perfect little rectangle?  I certainly don't - I just want to eat.  Alright, back to summer - food - yum.  

So, go get some sticks/skewers.  Then get your protein of choice - beef, chicken, tofu. shrimp, etc... - marinade it for an hour or try a dry rub.  I chose shrimp with a 5 Chinese Spice Rub (you can buy or make your own).

Next, you're going to want some serious vegetables.  I picked zucchini & yellow squash because they're in season, on sale, and taste fantastic.  I did a tiny coat of olive oil, lightly kissed with salt & pepper.  (HINT- put the skewers through the skin, not the meat part of the zucchini/yellow squash so it doesn't fall off!)

Grilled tomatoes are also quite amazing and they look pretty.  Here's a couple tips to eating well 1.  Your food should never all be the same color!  Why?  Because you eat first with your eyes.  Pretty things taste better.  AND when you have a good mix of colors you know that you are getting in a lot of good food groups.  2.  Choose foods that are in season!  Why?  They probably weren't trucked in from some other region of the world - like strawberries in winter - let's be serious.  Your carbon footprint is smaller and you're getting food that is more fresh.

Start up your grill to a medium heat.  Put the zucchini & yellow squash first, because they will take the longest.  After about 7 minutes, flip them over.  They should have strong grill marks.  After about 2 minutes, add your shrimp.  After another minute or two add your tomatoes!  Flip the shrimp and tomatoes briefly.

One minute more and ta da!  All done!  Now you have a perfectly healthy GF/DF summer meal.  With, hello!!, no dishes!  (Who likes doing dishes!?!?!)  Now that's perfection.