Happiness Is Finding a New Recipe on Sunday Morning & In No Time At All Making a Bourbon Ginger Sauce for Chicken and Rice.

I had the chicken thighs, but wanted to try something different. It didn't take long to find a recipe and only needing corn starch - a quick trip to Big Y - I was on my way. Bourbon, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, ginger, hot pepper flakes, brown sugar, corn starch, onion, and chicken broth. Boom! I felt like a gourmet chef. All I needed was broccoli (easy) and rice (easier). The result was delicious. Also easy, store-bought vegetable rolls to accompany the dish.

Perfection.

I almost wanted to put the meal in plastic containers as if I ordered the food out. I will definitely do this dish again. The ginger is such a secret weapon.

I'm cuffing a two day, 14-hour a day, grading spree, as well as grants, publications, and other weekend fair. The meal was a wonderful touch to a frantic weekend - and now I want to make this dish for my parents when I return to Syracuse for the holidays this December (I told Chitunga I'll make it for him, too, when he returns next weekend for Thanksgiving.

But this morning it's Monday and we all know what that means. Here's to us. We got this!