Food Network - Easy Marinade

Whoever came up with the concept of Food Network deserves a big ole prize in my book. I keep this channel as my background noise throughout the weekends or on weekday evenings. I love it and it never disappoints me.

The other day I was watching Paula Dean and one of her Sons cook up an awesome lookin' dinner. They were out side grillin' together just as Mother and Son should. Anyways, they were making up some yummy looking lamb chops and used the most simple, yet delicious, quick marinade. It caught my attention too since the marinade can be altered very easily with little to no culinary expertise and all the ingredients I already had in my house.

Ok you ready....

You're going to probably laugh at me because its so simple.....

Or say something like "duh, we knew that! are you saying you didn't Mandy?"

Umm....yes, that is exactly what I'm saying. I had no idea it was that easy to make a delicious marinade in such a short amount of time. I'm new to this cooking thing, give me a break. Here you go:

Easy Marinade Recipe

Olive Oil
Minced Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Herb- of your choice (Paula Dean used Rosemary, but DJ doesn't care of for that herb)

Take a big ole Ziploc Bag, add your Olive Oil (I didn't put an exact amount because it depends on how much meat you have), and add the garlic. Take your meat of choice (we used steaks last night) and give them a good rub with salt, pepper, and your herb of choice. Toss the meat in the bag and there you go.

You can let it marinade for 1-24 hours depending on how hungry or prepared you are. We let ours sit last night for about an hour and then threw them on the hot grill. The steaks turned out awesome!!! DJ and Rob were ranting and raving about the flavor and how tender the meat was even though it didn't marinade that long. Success, thanks to Paula Dean!