Dinner

We had guests for dinner last night...

... guests that love food and love to cook.

Cooking for people who love to cook makes me excited...

and very nervous.

I tried a new recipe, and it was fabulous!

I wanted a garlic and herb marinated chicken - without using a pre-made marinade.  

(I was a pre-made junkie back in the day... I am trying to get away from packaged foods.)

I liked this recipe, but needed to make a lot of tweaks...  I wanted mixed herbs and I wanted lemon... so I came up with this...

Lemon, Garlic and Herb Marinade

for about 2-3 pounds of meat

1/3 cup red wine vinegar

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup olive oil

4 garlic cloves crushed

1/2 onion grated

1 tbsp kosher salt

1 tsp black pepper

1/2 tbsp crushed red pepper

1/4 tsp oregano 

1/4 tsp basil

1/4 tsp marjoram

1/4 tsp thyme

1/4 tsp rosemary

Mix and coat chicken (or pork) and let soak in the fridge for 2 hours at least.  

I started ours at at 8:00 am for about a 8 hour soak.

We grilled the chicken with the veggies above.

I made some quinoa and spiked it with pesto.

I bought jarred pesto... it was good.

The chicken was outstanding.  Lick your fingers good.