My Day of Domesticity

Being domestic is something that is completely appealing to me. I wish I could be a stay at home wife/mom. :) Someday!

So, i'm currently standing in my kitchen, listening to Jon Foreman, and smelling a delicious dinner on the stove that was my very own creation.

It all started with "Honey-Balsamic Chicken" That sounds easy enough. I have all of those things (or so I thought.) Well, it turns out that I didn't have honey! My family has had a surplus of honey for the last few years so I figured OF COURSE! i'll have honey. But surprisingly, no. I have come to the end of my honey surplus.

So, instead of a honey balsamic glaze, it turned into a maple balsamic glaze (Thanks for the suggestion, Mom) It turns out that simmering maple syrup and balsamic vinegar doesn't thicken like honey. So, glaze turned into marinade.

I didn't have thyme, so I used Marjoram leaves for the herb rub. Thanks, Yahoo Answers.

Then, I thought, I should add orange juice! So I cut an orange in half and squeezed it on my chicken.

I suddenly had a great thought. I should TASTE what I'm making! Brilliant!

So I tasted.....and...it wasn't so great. Kind of tart & weird with the orange.

Brown sugar. I added brown sugar, poured my glaze in the pan to simmer with the chicken,

and then I tasted it.

Delish!

I think Jesus really saved my butt on this one. I think he supernaturally made it taste good.

:)

The bummer now is that no one is home yet to eat it! It was done 10 minutes before anyone got off! So the chicken and wild rice are simmering on the stove, waiting to grace the plates and fill the bellies of those I love. Chris and my parents will be home soon.

What a treat to serve them in this wonderfully domestic way.

Oh, I knit today, too! I've made 3 hats in the last 4 days and I'm working on a scarf. :)

Ah, the joys of being a crafty, domestic woman.

Praise the Lord!

NOTE

Chris is currently eating it and says it's delicious. SUCCESS!!