Summed Up – Foodosaurus Rex Skip to content Foodosaurus Rex A culinary adventure brought to you by a novice running foodie Primary Menu About Recipes Running Race Stats Summed Up As you know, I’ve recently started my official training for the Philadelphia Marathon in November. While I’ve overcome my nagging shin splits, I seem to have developed some tightness in my right hip, which could be a number of things. Thanks to my excellent Googling skills, I’ve decided it’s either Hip Bursitis, tendonitis, or ITBS. Either way, all I can do is keep on keepin’ on… meaning lots of foam rolling, ice, and Advil. It’s definitely been getting better since it came about two weeks ago, but it’s far from gone. Ahh, the life of a runner. I decided to lead this post with that tid-bit of information, simply because of a realization I had during my 8 mile run on Monday afternoon. Firstly, I’d like to preface the run with the fact that I wound up leaving work early that morning due to getting sick in the bathroom. I have no idea what was wrong with me, but come late afternoon and a series of naps later, I felt fine enough to run. So, I headed to the gym (thanks thunderstorms), and set myself up for an 8 miler on the dreaded treadmill. I decided simply getting through the run was my main goal, so I set my pace at about 6.1, and just went. While running, I was glued to The Food Network, watching 30 Minute Meals, Giada at Home, and Barefoot Contessa. Towards the end of my run, I realized that right there was pretty much the summation of my existence… running and food. Not a bad existence, if you ask me! I happened to watch an episode of Giada at Home, where she hosted a little get together and grilled a bunch of different kabobs. This of course made me want one immediately, and it was convienient that veggie kabobs just so happened to be on our menu for the week! They were quick and easy, which was much appreciated after a long day at work, a trip to the allergest with the fiance, and then a run. The last thing I wanted to do was put effort into dinner. Thankfully, little effort was required, and it was delicious. Of course, you can make these bad boys with just about anything your heart desires, so get creative! iPhone photo courtesy of Instagram! Veggie Kabobs – makes 10-12 kabobs – Ingredients: 1 medium eggplant, diced into large chunks 1 zucchini, sliced 1 red onion, diced into large chunks 1 green pepper, diced into large chunks 1 cup your favorite marinade (I used Ken’s tomato basil dressing) Directions: 1. Preheat grill to medium-high heat 2. Combine all of the veggies together, and pour the marinade over them, mixing to ensure even coating. Set aside for about 30 minutes (or longer, if you have the time!) 3. Using kabob skewers, string the vegetables on one at a time, alternating (piece of eggplant, zucchini, green pepper, onion, repeat). Make sure to leave room at the top and bottom for accessibility! 4. Grill kabobs for about 15 minutes (depending on your level of char preference), making sure to rotate at least once Share this: Twitter Facebook Like this: Like Loading... Related Posted on July 28, 2011 by heffernand2Posted in Recipe, Running, Vegetarian/VeganTagged Food Network, Grilling, Marathon, Marathon Training, Philadelphia Marathon, Recipe, Running, Vegetarian, Veggie Kabobs. Post navigation Previous Previous post: Sunday Barbecue and a Giveaway! Next Next post: Giveaway Winner! Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Δ Search Search for: Favorites 5k Baking Beer Blogging Breakfast Chicago Marathon Chili Coffee Cooking Cross Training Cupcakes Curry dessert Dinner Disney Half Marathon Disney World Food Friday Favorites Giveaway Goofy Challenge Grilling Half Marathon Hormel Injury Marathon Marathon Training Meatless Monday Mexican Oiselle Oiselle Team Pasta Pizza Pumpkin Quick Meals Race Race Recap Racing Recipe recipes Road Race Running Serious Eats spicy Starbucks Swimming Twitter Vegan Vegetarian Wedding Yoga Hi – I’m Danielle! Just a thirty-something chronicling her love for food and running! Blog at WordPress.com. Follow Following Foodosaurus Rex Sign me up Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now. Foodosaurus Rex Customize Follow Following Sign up Log in Copy shortlink Report this content View post in Reader Manage subscriptions Collapse this bar Loading Comments... Write a Comment... Email (Required) Name (Required) Website %d bloggers like this: