January Recipes

In keeping up with my goals for 2011, I vowed to try one new recipe a month...true to form, I overdid it.

First up:
Ginger-Honey Glazed BBQ Chicken (5 out of 5 stars, delicious and I will be adding it to our regular rotation)
I got the recipe from here but I modified it slightly when I realized I didn't have all the ingredients. It was cold and snowy and there was just no way I was bundling up the girls to go to the store!
2/3 honey
1/3 soy sauce
1/3 red wine vinegar
1 tbsp of crushed garlic
1 tbsp of grated ginger
Directions

1. Combine the honey, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic and ginger in a small saucepan. Cook over high heat until the mixture reduces by half. Let cool
   
   
2. Spray the grill grate with non-stick spray (or oil it well) and preheat the grill to medium-high
   
   
3. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper
   
   
4. Grill the chicken on each side until it is cooked through, about 2 to 4 minutes per side, depending on thickness. Brush them on both sides with the honey mixture, then grill 2 to 3 minutes more on each side
   
   
5. Drizzle the chicken with the remaining honey mixture and serve

Next a little dessert action:
Chocolate cupcakes. (4 out of 5 stars...delicious but SO moist that it was almost hard to peel the wrapper off the cupcakes)
If you want quite possibly the most moist cupcake ever, this recipe is for you. They didn't last much longer than 2 days but even at the end of day 2 they were still super moist.

Something for breakfast?
Steel cut oats. (2 out of 5 stars)
Now this recipe was easy because it's made in the slow cooker overnight. I didn't like it...but Shawn and Samara did. I think the recipe calls for it to cook too long as the texture is overly mushy. I'm going to try the steel cut oats on the stovetop to see what I think.

Cookie fan?
Honey Peanut Butter Cookies (3 out of 5 stars)
I followed some of the modifications suggested in the comments...added an extra egg, substituted brown sugar for white and added a splash of vanilla. They were super delicious and chewy...but I find I like my peanut butter cookies to have a bit more crunch to them. Also, they weren't overall very peanut buttery for my liking.

And finally, what we had for dinner last week. LOVED this and I'm not a huge fan of pasta. It was really fast and easy. I prepped all the ingredients during the girls' naptime so when it came time to actually cook supper, it was so easy.
Red curry peanut noodles. (5 out of 5 stars)