Main Dishes

Apple Halibut Kabobs

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dry white wine (chicken broth can be substituted)
4 teaspoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 baking apple, cored and cut in 1 inch cubes
1 medium green or sweet red pepper, cut in 1 inch squares and separated
1 small onion, cut in 1 inch squares and separated
1 pound halibut, cut in 1 to 1 ½ inch cubes

Directions:

Combine wine, oil, lime juice, chopped onion, salt, thyme and pepper; mix well. Marinate remaining ingredients in mixture 1 to 2 hours. Thread apple, pepper, onion and halibut on four 12? or longer metal or bamboo skewers. Broil or grill 4 to 5 inches from heat 6 to 8 minutes or until fish flakes when tested with fork. Serve warm or cold.

Servings:

4

This is an official 5 A Day recipe. This recipe is approved by the “5 A Day - For Better Health” Program because it provides at least one serving of fruit and/or vegetable per serving, and gets less than 30% of its calories from fat, less than 10% of its calories from saturated fat, has less than 100 mg of cholesterol and not more than 480 mg of sodium.

Approximate Nutritional Analysis (per serving)

calories, 198; fat, 6 g; cholesterol, 60 mg; sodium, 365 mg; fiber, 2 g; percent calories from fat, 28%.

Source:

USApple summer release, 1997