This is a pretty early morning post for me. But I can't help but want to write about my great day yesterday. Andrew and I have been through a very busy past 6 months, culminating with a bunch of really intense past couple of weeks. With summer closing in on my calendar, I feel the need for all the spring time essentials including spring cleaning.Yesterday I took a personal day to clean out my soul and our kitchen. We had dishes from many meals ago ghat had been ignored so it was time to tackle that.To close my day I had dinner with Baking Baileys in an effort to clean out both of our fridges since we will be evacuating Chicago to celebrate Easter.I found this BBQ recipe to go along with out sweet potato fries to try to pull together our random dinner. I am not one of those die hard "just the right taste" BBQ sauce people, so this was my first attempt At making a condiment that on the contrary my husband is obsessed with.I'm sure if you wanted more kick than Zing, you could add some Hot sauce to it. Again I'm not a BBQ connoisseur so please feel free to suggest some tasty additions!

Balsamic BBQ Sauce by Giada De Laurentiis from the book Giada's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 cup balsamic vinegar

• 3/4 cup ketchup

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

• 1 garlic clove, minced

• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

• 4 chicken breasts, grilled and seasoned with salt and pepper

Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and stir until all the ingredients are incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Simmer over medium heat until reduced by 1/3, about 15 to 20 minutes.Lightly coat the chicken with some of the BBQ sauce using a pastry brush while still on the grill or in the pan. Place the remaining BBQ sauce, still in the small saucepan, over low heat or on the edge of a gas or charcoal grill and allow to gently simmer while the meat cooks.