Gingered Honey-Orange Salmon

**Or if you don't like fish, use this marinade on Chicken or Steak!! I have a confession to make: I broke one of the 10 commandments the other night when I served this for dinner. While the rest of my family was chowing down and saying "this is SO good mom!", one of my 4 year old twin boys was looking at his salmon, trying to decide if he would eat it. Then he looked up and asked "Is this chicken?" Hmmm..I thought for a moment and decided that since this marinade COULD be used with chicken, it was kind of LIKE chicken. So I smiled and enthusiastically said "Kind of!!" And then he ate it! And yes, I kind of lied. But now he has adequate protein running through his little active toddler self. This is really yummy!

Gingered Honey-Orange Salmon

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1/3 cup Orange Juice, fresh squeezed or ready made
1/3 cup Soy Sauce
1/4 cup Honey
1 Green Onion, chopped
1 heaping Tablespoon Fresh Ginger,roughly chopped
2 cloves Garlic, peeled
1 1/2 pounds Salmon or other meat

First of all if you don't normally buy fresh ginger, it is so worth buying! And if you're in the store looking at that big brown blob thinking "I won't ever use all of that", then I have a tip for you! Just bring the brown blob home, peel the whole thing, use what you need for this recipe, and then freeze the rest! Just wrap in seran wrap and place in a ziploc sandwich bag, just make sure to peel first! It is actually easier to grate once frozen and you can use it again in another delicious recipe I will be posting soon!
Ok so for the marinade, just toss all above ingredients in your blender and mix together. Reserve 1/3 cup marinade for serving. Place salmon in a shallow glass container or resealable plastic bag and coat with marinade. Marinate 30 minutes-2 hours in fridge, turning once or twice.

We loved grilled fish but find that it can flake and fall through the grill, so now I always use this no-fail trick. **Before heating your grill** place a sheet of tin foil on grill and spray it with non stick spray.


Then heat grill to medium/medium-hot and place fish on foil, skin side down if it has skin. Pour a little of the marinade the fish was in over salmon. Cover and grill for 5 minutes, check. Grill 10-15 minutes longer or til fish flakes easily with a fork. I turn salmon once when grilling if it is skinless, but the skin on kind I just cook skin side down til done. When ready to serve, heat reserved marinade and place a spoonful over each serving of fish.