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Two Easy Chicken Marinades

With a handful of simple ingredients, you can create quick and easy chicken marinades for spring baking or summer grilling. You can even prepare these weeks ahead. Just throw the chicken and the marinade into a bag or freezer dish together and then freeze. Pull them out of the freezer the night before to thaw in the refrigerator, or defrost in the microwave before cooking. Soy Good Chicken This one I am afraid that I eyeball, so I don’t know exact measurements for you, but I think that makes it even easier. You just want to make sure that you … Continue reading →

Ready, Set, Grill—-Marinated Steaks and Chocolate Burritos

This is it. For the past few days I have been posting some of my family’s all-time favorite grill recipes. Chicken, shrimp, steak… you name it and we’ve probably tried to grill it in years past. But today is the day that I finally reveal what we will be grilling up this Memorial Day. I’m combining two of my favorite ingredients—-balsamic vinegar and rosemary–to make a killer marinade for steaks. It’s so simple and so incredibly delicious I wouldn’t be surprised if you decide to make it a summer staple. I will be topping our steaks with some sautéed mushrooms … Continue reading →

Body-for-Life Recipe: Grilled Chicken Breasts

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I’ve found that the best way to stick to the Body-for-Life challenge is to make sure that I have plenty of Body-for-Life authorized foods prepared ahead of time. I usually spend a few hours on Sunday (the free day) shopping and cooking for the week ahead. I find that the time I spend preparing on the weekend really makes a difference during the week when I can just pull something quick out of the refrigerator and microwave it rather than preparing things from scratch every time I need a meal. The best food to prepare ahead of time is boneless, … Continue reading →

Tex Mex Marinade and Dr. Pepper Marinade–Too Interesting to Pass Up!

A few days ago I wrote about Mary’s Marinating Stick a brand new product on the kitchen gadget market. I figured it would only be suiting to offer a follow up article on marinating meat the old fashioned way. Marinades do two things: they tenderize meat and they flavor it. Marinades work by breaking down proteins in the meat to make it more tender. The enzymes in a marinade are not activated until they are heated so you are not tenderizing your meat when you stick it in the fridge overnight. You are flavoring it. The trick to making a … Continue reading →