Here’s a nice, simple meal to try out when you’re in the mood for some kabobs.  A little marinating beforehand, and a quick 30 minute cook time, and you’re off to the dinner table.  Add your choice of vegetable to the kabobs (like onion and tomato seen here).

Beef Kabobs is a tasty soy/ginger flavored dish that’s simple.  Just cut beef steaks into cubes, marinate assemble and broil.

Peaches – Canned is a standard every-so-often feature for evening meals to get fruits into the family.

Chopped Salad is another simple standard dish for vegetables.

Italian Oven Fries round out the meal for starch / carbohydrate.

Serves: 4Calories: 307.5 Fat: 14.5g Unsaturated Fat: 6.57g Protein: 34.5g Carb.: 8.4gSugar: 4.3g Sodium: 3335.6mg Calcium: 38.3mg Potassium: 38.3mg Fiber: 0.6g GL: 4

Our son Kevin has come a long way in the last 16 months.  He was just over 120 pounds as a tall 15 year old last summer, even though we cook and serve great meals almost every night.  With all the talk in our house about obesity and diabetes (both run in Russ' family), he looked around, and restricted his calories as a result.

Fortunately this began to change as we worked with him to understand that food is fuel, and was completely resolved when he became an athlete as a rower for his High School's Crew Team.  He both enjoys it and burns a huge amount of calories, which has dramatically increased his appetite.  It is not unusual for him to walk in from crew and eat a small meal just before dinner, and then a full dinner.  He eats a huge breakfast, and packs his lunchbox full of lunch and a pre-crew snack.

On top of this, he's eating a lot of healthy snacks at home (trail mix, nuts, fruit, and healthy home baked cookies).  We rely on the Meal Planner to keep all this food on hand and ready.  Having two teen age boys in the house means that we go through a lot of groceries, and planning in advance keeps us on budget and fully prepared.

Add Grilled Jerk Pork and Pineapple Mango Kiwi Salsa to your Meal Plan