Marinated Chicken Kabobs

We decided to marinate a little chicken and make kabobs for dinner. Here I'm grating ginger while making Miranda's Ginger Glazed Chicken marinade.

1/2 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 sesame oil
1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil
1/4 cup honey
1.5 Tbsp of minced garlic
1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger
1 tsp black pepper

Marinating Away.

And since that marinade we made last night for the beef was pretty good, we whipped some of that up too to see how it goes with chicken.

And Mojitos!

Marinating.
Us and/or the meat.

Teamwork in action while making the Kabobs.

Looks pretty good!

David, grill master extraordinaire.

Ah, the ambiance.

It all turned out great.

Beautiful.

Chris' Flavor Saver
(for Matt)

And see!
Miranda does it too!

Cookin' with Hansen Kids

No, the Hansen kids are not the ingredients... they're the chefs!
Now, it's not all home made entirely from scratch or anything but, it was a fun project as we mixed and matched toppings!
Cookin' with the kiddos was Chris' idea and it was a good one!

The kids started with personal sized ready-made crusts and slathered on some pizza sauce from a jar.

Then added fresh chopped up tomato (chopped by an adult :-).

Then they sprinkled on chopped cilantro and some grilled chicken breast. Josh bought skinless, boneless chicken breast and grilled it on the Forman seasoning with a little basil then chopped it up.

Then they sprinkled on finely shredded mozzarella and mild cheddar (it came in a "pizza blend" bag of shredded cheese).

Then came pineapple (from a can) and shredded up bacon we had just fried up fresh.

They cooked for just 8 minutes.

Yummy yummy!

The kids really enjoyed having a meal they made themselves.

They did a large portion of the preparing

and it was goooood!

Then it was mom and dad's turn.
Ours included BBQ sauce instead of pizza sauce, grilled chicken, bacon, same cheese, red onion, fresh chopped tomato and cilantro, pineapple on Brittany's and fresh sliced jalapeno on Josh's.

Josh's Pizza.

Brittany's Pizza.

Eve followed up the delicious meal with a dessert that included a small bowl of sliced strawberry and bananas with whole milk poured over and topped with a few drizzles of honey.

Josh thought it sounded "weird".

Eve gobbled it right up and loved every bit!