Charcoal-Grilled Bone-In Chicken Breast w/ Soy-Ginger Glaze and Grilled Potatoes with Garlic & Rosemary

For dinner last night my husband and I made Charcoal-grilled Bone-in Chicken Breast with a soy-ginger glaze. While America's Test Kitchen's method to grill chicken involved a three-step process, it did produce a very juicy and tender chicken with a crisp, brown skin. The soy-ginger glaze had a nice flavor to it, although my husband didn't care much for the Asian flavor. If I were to prepare the soy-ginger glaze again I would reduce the amount by at least half. There was a lot leftover that just went to waste.

In addition to the chicken breast, we also charcoal-grilled Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary. I chose this recipe to go with the chicken breast because they both required both the direct and in-direct method of grilling. Basically I timed it by placing one on the direct side and the other on the indirect side, then switched when the time was right. The recipe was fairly simple but it did involve several steps of oiling the potatoes. This was where I think some of my problems with the final flavor came about. For one, the recipe required the use of wooden skewers. I had forgot to get them at the store, so I had my husband pick up some while he was out. He came home with metal skewers. Problem. The recipe requires the potatoes to be microwaved on the skewers prior to grilling. Since I was unable to do that, I just microwaved them in a bowl instead. All was OK, until I realized that I was suppose to oil and salt them first. They were almost completely done in the microwave when I realized this, so I oiled and salted them at that time. Once they were done in the microwave, I then placed them on the skewers (hot potatoes, ouch!) and completed the remaining oiling and grilling steps.
The potatoes themselves were cooked to perfection but the flavor of the potatoes where not as strong as I would have liked them to be. That was my fault for not oiling and salting prior to the microwave step.

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Classic Tuna Salad 

Classic Macaroni & Cheese