moroccan spiced beef kabobs

 

adapted from the McCormick 3-step cooking cookbook

because i can't have dairy, i've omitted the yogurt and made this a simple dry rub for the meat, leaving the veggies to roast on the grill in their own yumminess, without a sauce.  my favorite grilling veggies for beef kabobs are videlia onions, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes and green pepper.  oh, and my recipe feeds a family of six, sometimes with leftovers...sometimes not!

2 Tbs minced onion
1 tsp dalmation cinnamon (regular works too)
1/2 tsp black or white pepper
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder (i used minced garlic)
2-3 pounds cubed beef

mix spices together.  shake over meat in either a plastic bag or tupperware container big enough to allow movement of meat and spices.  make sure all sides of cubes get spiced.  skewer with veggies (or separate) and grill over med heat 18-20 minutes, turning to keep from burning on one side.  OR bake in 450* oven 12-15 minutes or until edges are browned and crisp.  serve hot, rolled in whole wheat tortillas or with couscous and salad.

headline news

 

westboro bastards church:  the bastards will be protesting "outside" of meade high school (no reports of exactly where they are allowed) thursday morning during arrival, approximately 6-7:30 am.  if i didn't live so far from the base, i would be there to help create a barrier between these animals and the children of military families who attend this school.  i have heard that several friends are attending for the same reason, and i want to thank you all for doing this.  i can't imagine the parents actually sending their kids to school tomorrow; if we were still stationed there, i know i wouldn't.  i also know that as a hot-headed teenager, i would have been right in the faces of the bastards if this happened at my high school, and i hope there is a measure of protection planned for that situation; the hot-headed teen situation, that is.  my thoughts are with my military families.... as always.

had to have the talk about "don't get into a stranger's vehicle EVER" with my kids again because some nine-year-old-knuckleheads in this area jumped into a pedophile's car on the way to school yesterday.  seriously???  yes...  those kids SHOULD HAVE known better, and were obviously not paying attention to the message the past four years of elementary school when the message has been broadcast.  come on, parents: it is ultimately YOUR job to educate your children with the help of the schools.

you hear all the negative attention this evening about how awful all of us TSA child predators are?  

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90044692?Kentucky%20family%20upset%20after%20TSA%20does%20pat%20down%20of%206-year-old%20daughter  while i will admit, the video shows the TSO giving a standard patdown when clearly the child is under 12 and should have received a modified patdown, i will leave you this evening with a little light reading on why i will continue to pat down children and the elderly.  i trust no one.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/02/taliban-buying-children-to-serve-as-suicide-bomber/

http://www.betar.co.uk/articles/betar1059578683.php

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/21/Child-bombers-in-training-arrested-in-Iraq/UPI-48761240326883/