Something to marinate beef/chicken

[Hobbird]

What is usually in marinating sauce? Is it just oil, vinegar and spieces? What kind of spieces?

Would same kind of marinate go for chicken? Different spieces?

I have been a vegetarian for 12 years and have to learn this all over again. Maybe that's good, I don't have any "wrong"/non Atkins ideas about cooking meat.

Terhi in Finland

[Anonymous]

Terhi,
Yes, marinade is basically vinegar, oil and spices. If you weren't in Finland, I'd tell you to go the supermarket and pick up some seasonings designed for poultry or beef. My favorite is McCormicks Grill Mates, Montreal Steak. Yum!! (I'm starting to drool...)

I'm sure there are seasoning packets in your grocery stores. If you want to make your own, then do a web search for "Marinade Recipe" and you'll get thousands of hits. Look at the ingredients. Some items such as soy have high carb counts. You should be able to find some seasonings that you can use to marinate your meat in.