Easy marinade recipe, perfect for grilling seafood on the BBQ

Okay so over the past few years, I've came up with different marinades both for meat and seafood. They were usually created randomly, with no recipe and using whatever was left in the fridge.

My 3 "must haves" for a perfect marinade: Acid (lemon, lime), an oil (usually EVOO) and spices. The rest depends on your taste! Options for a yummy marinade include: honey, BBQ sauce, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, garlic, cilantro, avocado oil etc.

The other day, I was craving seafood and when I looked in my fridge, I had EVERYTHING I needed for the perfect marinade!! This doesn't happen often at all so let me share this easy recipe with you guys. Hopefully, you will have all of these ingredients but if you don't, you can remix this recipe.

YOU WILL NEED

-1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

-1 tablespoon mustard

-1 tablespoon of champagne vinegar (optional, but makes a BIG difference)

-The juice of 1/2 a lime

-1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar

-1 tablespoon of your favorite herbs: I like to use a mix of fresh flat leave Italian parley and basil

-1 garlic clove, minced very very very thinly

-Spices of your choice: I used salt and freshly grounded pepper

SO!

Whip everything together. 

If you want to

Recipe of the week: BBQ grilled potato skins

BBQ season is far from being over! My fellow bacon lovers will love this easy recipe.

BBQ grilled potato skins with butter and pesto

YOU WILL NEED
-4 Large potatoes, I love using Yukon Gold
-4-8 strips of bacon, depending on how much you love it
-Broccoli, chopped
-One large onion, chopped finely
-1/2 cup of butter
-1 tablespoon of pesto
-Optional: Cheese, sour cream

SO!

-Pre-heat

Keepin' it real with Sass + Recipe of the week: Macaroni salad with a twist

Hey Sass

It's BBQ season and I am out of ideas for side dishes! I think my husband will stop talking to me if I make another Caesar salad! Any ideas?

Helen

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Hey! Thanks Helen for actually writing your name and allowing me to use it!


I made a macaroni salad the other day that was a little different than the ones I make usually. Why?


-I used fresh herbs from my garden. Yes. I have a garden. Fresh herbs are 34893287492374 times better in a macaroni salad than dried herbs.
-I wanted to add a little teeny tiny bit of champagne vinegar but ended up putting too much and it was pretty good! Sometimes, the mistakes you make in the kitchen are the base of an awesome, creative recipe. Champagne vinegar can be found in specialty grocery stores like at Marché Jean Talon in Montreal. I got mine at Chelsea Market in NYC at a store called "The Filling Station"
-Lemon juice made a difference eh?

YOU WILL NEED

30 Day Blogging challenge. Day 4: Bullet your whole day

Oh Gosh. Since I am posting this today, I will bullet yesterday. Here it goes

4:45 a.m. Woke up from a nightmare. Lil Kim was in in.

5:00 a.m. After having a glass of water and hyperventilating, went back to bed.

9:45 a.m - 11:15 a.m. Laid in bed, played with Lolita & Kisha (my cats), watched them fight, checked emails/Twitter/Facebook & pressed refresh many times (addict), checked Flipboard, laughed.   

Print screen of one of my Flipboard pages

Lola-Lolita

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m - Struggled to get out of bed. 

11:30 - 12:15- Made breakfast (Leftover potatoes gratin, eggs, waffles), watched "4 Weddings" while eating breakfast (FAWK I love that show), tweeted, read the newspaper...online.

12:15 - 13:15 - Took a shower, got dressed, makeup, unwrapped my hair (Yes, I wrap my hair sometimes), combed hair. Oh and I'm stopping with the relaxer. I'll tell you more about that later aiight? 

13:00 - 13:15 - Looked for