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I had a mad craving for vegetables this evening so I prepared these colorful veggie kebabs, which I served with a Thai sweet-spicy sauce. It was a messy affair on the stovetop but well worth the post-dinner cleanup as the flavors really satisfied my hunger for greens.

1. I first made my Thai-style sweet-spicy sauce by combing a little hot water with a 1 tsp sugar, juice from half a lime, 1 tsp sambal oelek (chili puree), 1 tsp fish sauce, and some crushed peanuts. Mmmm, this sauce would make anything taste good.

2. I then cut my vegetables and skewered them on sticks. For some added flavor, I squeezed some more lime and sprinkled on a little salt on top before adding them to the grill.

Here's what the dipping sauce looked like, with some crushed peanuts on top. I added just a bit to the kebabs as they grilled for some additional flavor.

Tonight was definitely one of those nights when I craved a big bowl of food to eat in front of the television, so here's what the dish looked like after removing the cooked veggies from the skewers and placing them on a bed of rice. (Together with the leftover crushed peanuts... why waste them?) I also didn't want to bother with the dipping sauce, so I lazily poured this on top of the vegetables. The rice subsequently soaked up the sauce, and the end result was... ahhh... just heavenly.