Shoyu Chicken

In the fleeting moments I get to myself while the twins are delving into MegaBloks, stickers, or spinning around and falling down, I sometimes spy a recipe on TV that inspires me. I was flipping around the food and decor channels, and saw a sticky Asian chicken dish on Ask Aida. (I don't really get the concept of this show...why do people email or call her, only to wait for weeks or months to have their food-related question answered. Can't they just Google it and get their response instantaneously? Is this their 15 seconds of fame?)

Anyways, I missed what all the ingredients were, so I just looked up her recipe online. I didn't have any mirin, but I didn't sweat it. I just added a few dashes of w'shire sauce as well as some dry sherry and that was that. My one misstep was not slowly whisking in the cornstarch slurry. I ended up with a very sticky and yummy, yet clumpy sauce.

One other trick I learned...you can freeze ginger! Always nice to have some on hand!

Kiss my Quiche

We're trying to ramp up our food blogging once again after our year-long absence, due to our now 20-month old BostonTwins.

Juggling childcare between both parents and a part-time nanny proved to be detrimental to our foodie blog - but since our move the Mom is now staying at home. This does not mean that I have more time for food-blogging - caring for these 2 buggers is hard work...most times harder than going to work believe it or not. But, here and there, I'll find some time in between naps and diaper changes to post some new recipes!

Oh hello...

We're still here. Cooking again - but in a new location. Got some new tricks and recipes. Hoping to start posting here with some regularity again...

Grilled/smoked chicken leg quarters with couscous and an avocado/cuke/tomato/corn/red onion/lime salsa.

Hope you're all well and cooking!