Balance Equals Health's Herbal Marinade

1/2 cup Fresh Basil
1/4 cup Fresh Parsley
1/8 cup Fresh Cilantro
1/4 cup Walnuts
1/4 cup Olive Oil
1/2 Fresh Lemon (juice)
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt

Place all ingredients in food processer and pulse until well combined.

Balance Equals Health's Favorite Marinade

1/2 Fresh Lemon (juice)
1/4 cup 100% Fruit Apricot Jam
3 tbsp. Dijon Mustard
1/4 cup Olive Oil
1 tsp. Turmeric (non-irradiated)
1/4 cup Fresh Parsley (chopped)
1 clove Fresh Garlic (chopped)

Whisk lemon juice, jam, mustard, and olive oil.  Add turmeric, parsley and garlic. 
Use on fish, chicken, turkey, etc.

Getting ready to BBQ this weekend...READ THIS FIRST!

A study in the journal Nutrition and Cancer showed that marinating meats prior to grilling may help to reduce the cancer causing chemicals called heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs).  However, the type of marinade seems to make an important difference in reducing versus increasing these carcinogens.

The study concluded that marinating with a turmeric-garlic sauce was beneficial in decreasing HAAs while marinating in a barbecue sauce caused an increase in HAAs.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10578481

It is interesting to note that turmeric and garlic are both potent anti-inflammatory spices.  On the other hand, the main ingredients of barbecue sauce, especially commercial ones are high fructose corn syrup or sugar, which are both pro-inflammatory.