SUPER SPECIAL GUEST POST!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness, I am so excited about this post!  Adam loves to cook just as much as I do and I LOVE his cooking!!  Tonight Adam decided to cook his awesome "Sweet and Savory Steak and Shrimp Kabobs" and I took the opportunity to learn a bit about how he likes to cook and turn it into a blog post. Multitasking at it's finest :)If some of you remember, I had a poll up on the blog to see what type of recipe you guys wanted me to post next and the winning response was "savory".  Well ask, and you shall receive!

Sweet and Savory Steak and Shrimp Kabobs


For the kabobs:
1 lb. boneless sirloin steak (or any other boneless beef cut)
1 lb. jumbo white shrimp
1 bell pepper (we used an orange one!)
1 white onion
20 chunks of pineapple
20 grape tomatoes
10 long skewers


For the marinade:
1 cup Bolthouse Farms Classic Balsamic dressing. (This brand is just awesome!)
1/4 cup honey
3 tbsp. teriyaki sauce
2 tbsp. tamari sauce (it's gluten-free soy sauce)
1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
4 tsp. brown sugar
1/8 cup fresh rosemary leaves, chopped
5 cloves fresh garlic, minced


The first thing you want to do is take your shrimp (or skrimps as Adam calls them) and make a brine for them.  This is done by putting the cleaned shrimp into a container with enough water to cover.  Add in 1 tbs. brown sugar, 1 tsp. salt, and 1 tsp. lemon juice.  Add in a few cubes of ice, cover, and refrigerate for 2 hours minimum.  Adam says this is a NECESSARY step, so don't skip it!

Cleaned shrimp, ready to go!

The shrimp in the brine

Now make the marinade.  Use all of the ingredients listed above in the marinade section and mix together in a large bowl.  It's that easy !  And super delicious!

Cut your steak into chunks

Slice your veggies into 2 inch pieces (a good sized piece because they will shrink a bit once cooked)

Slice your pineapple into bite-sized chunks

and Clean your grape tomatoes.

Adam slicing the steak!

After your shrimp has soaked in the brine for a couple hours, add everything into your marinade and mix around until everything is coated with the marinade.

Pure yummy!

Let the ingredients soak in the marinade for at least 3 hours and then assemble your kabobs.  The order we used for the kabobs were steak, pepper, onion, shrimp, pineapple, and tomato x 2!  We used a charcoal grill to cook our kabobs but you can cook them on whatever grill you own.  It's all about preference.

Ready to go on the grill!

On the grill!  Not sure why the flames turned out looking purple.  If anyone has the explanation for that, please let me know!!

I can't even find the words to describe how amazing these taste!

Let us know if you try this recipe and even if you make any changes to it!  Make it your own :)

Side note:  I posted that Adam and I were beginning a weight loss journey together, and as of this post, Adam has lost 19 lbs. and I have lost 7 lbs.!

...***And Adam would like to say***...

The thing I love about cooking is the creative process.  I enjoy experimenting with flavors and textures to create something new and unique or reinvent something classic, like kabobs!  Yeah, I guess that's about it.

He's so silly.