I went camping this past weekend. For me, camping is just an excuse to eat constantly from waking until sleeping (and sleeping for me happened in a tiny tent shared with my husband and my dog).  It was very fun! 

As a nutritionist and someone with an inordinate love of food, I just love the idea of cooking everything outside on a grill.  My favorite food in the world for grilling is kabobs.  I don’t know where this food originated, probably somewhere in the Middle East, but I am thankful for the genius who first thought of cooking food on a stick.  Kabobs are the one camping food that will please everyone from the vegetarian to the pure carnivore.  And they’re easy to pack – just put all the cut, marinated ingredients in a sealed container and assemble them by the grill.  No condiments or utensils needed! 

This camping trip I chose to make kabobs consisting of an assortment of shrimp or grassfed beef for protein, bell peppers and hot peppers for antioxidants and fiber, and onions for flavor and detoxification support.  Everything was marinated in a homemade wasabi teriyaki sauce (1 part tamari soy sauce, 1 part sweet chili sauce, and a generous glob of wasabi paste).  It was a tasty and nutritionally balanced way to make a quick meal! 

The traditional summer cookout season has ended, but for those of you who live in areas where the camping season is just beginning (or maybe the camping season lasts all year for you, I just live in Iowa where it is probably going to be arctic cold outside in about 2 weeks) I encourage you to get out those colorful vegetables and some kind of protein, marinate them, string them up on a stick and grill away.  Enjoy your Fall!

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