Bourbon Chicken Dinner

Is everyone getting back to the grind?

We are...it's back to pre-school for my son and back to work for my husband Monday...so that means back to normalcy around the house for me (and Gina!)! Not that I didn't enjoy having us all home for the last two weeks, I did, but I'm ready to get back to our regular routine. There was lots of togetherness going on here the last couple of weeks...;)

I know I mentioned that I have the same 4 New Year resolutions every year...well tonight I decided to add one more to that list. I would like to plan our meals better. There are so many nights that I just have no idea...or I am floundering around the kitchen trying to throw together a must try recipe and am out of everything I need. (Sounds like this may be related to the "get organized" resolution?)

Anyway...I'll take any suggestions from you on how you plan your weekly menus...if that's what you do. I just bought my new 2009 weekly planner today and I'm ready to rock and roll.




I want to share with you this AWESOME dinner I made the other night. This will definitely be making it to our weekly menu more often. My sister in law passed it on to me with rave reviews. I couldn't wait to try it out...I love Asian food and have little experience cooking it at home. This is definitely a start for me, it was extremely basic and tasted just as good, if not better, than any bourbon chicken you would get at a restaurant. I was a little unsure about using all of that sugar, I think next time I will reduce it down to 1/4 cup...also, I made sure to use the low sodium soy sauce. I served it with a healthy medley of stir fried vegetables with chopped garlic and ginger and some Kashi 7 Whole Grain Pilaf.