A great vegetable marinade that can marinate seafood chicken, lamb or beef.

Ingredients

¼ cup olive oil

1 lemon juiced

3 smashed cloves of garlic

2 tablespoons of sweetener (honey, maple syrup or agave)

1/12 teaspoons ground cumin

1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika

¾ teaspoons ground cinnamon

¾ teaspoon ground ginger

¾ teaspoon dried oregano

¾ teaspoon ground turmeric

**optional – to add some kick ad ¼ – ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

**kosher salt or Australian finishing salt and ground black pepper to season

Instructions

Add the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, sweetener, cumin, smoked paprika cinnamon, ginger, oregano, turmeric, and possibly cayenne to a bowl.  Add extra salt and ground black pepper if desired.  Whisk.

Marinate:  Pour your marinade over your vegetables or meat of choice.

Marination times: 

Vegetables – at least 20 minutes and up to 24 hours

Seafood – at least 20 minutes but no more than 1 hour

Chicken and Pork  between 4 and 6 hours

Beef or lamb  between 12 hours and 24 hours.

Crank up your grill and grill away!