Salmon Marinade

I don't like fish very much. But this doesn't even taste like fish after it has been in this marinade for 3-4 hours -- it tastes sweet, almost like candy. I love this salmon marinade!

Ingredients:
1/4 cup pineapple juice
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 cloves crushed garlic
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 Tbsp brown sugar

Directions:
Cut filet(s) into 1 inch strips. Marinate for 3-4 hours. Discard marinade and grill. Or if you want oven directions:

Put salmon in a foil-lined 9x13 pan (throw the marinade away) and cook at 350 for 20 minutes. The skin will stay on the foil when you pick up the salmon.

Mixed Vegetable Grill with Feta

No picture, sorry, but can you say YUM?

Ingredients:
2 c. (1/2 inch thick) zucchini slices
1 - 4 oz. pkg. feta cheese with basil and tomato
1 c. (1/2 inch thick) green pepper strips
1 cup tomato wedges
1/2 c. (1/4 inch thick) onion rings
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh oregano, crushed
1 Tbsp. olive oil

Directions:
Mix all ingredients. Wrap mixture in foil. Place on grill. Grill 10 minutes. Turn packet over. Grill 8 more Minutes.

Grilled Shrimp

I love shrimp, any kind at all--Dillon mostly loves the fried shrimp, but found this recipe online once--it's pretty spicy with the cayenne pepper, but also sweet, so it's a great combination of flavors:). Yum!




Ingredients:
2 lbs. large shrimp, uncooked (I actually just use cooked shrimp and warm them up on the grill after marinating them in the sauce)
1 finely chopped onion (minced onion works fine too)
1 c. olive oil
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 c. maple sugar
1 lb. bacon (optional--to wrap the shrimp in, but honestly, we've only done that once and it's wonderful without the added calories!)

Directions:
In a bowl, mix everything together except shrimp and bacon. Stir in shrimp and make sure it's all covered with the marinade. Let marinate for at least a couple hours--or if you are short on time, you can just brush on the marinade while grilling and dip the shrimp in the sauce after it's grilled (you can boil the sauce to do this, so it's warm like the shrimp, or drizzle over the top after grilled). Put shrimp on skewers and grill until hot--don't overcook the shrimp though. Can wrap in the bacon before grilling.