I call a do-over.

[stoney321]

I think I've used that same subject heading before. I've officially become lame. *stamps lame certificate* So today almost brought y'all a woe post from me. ALMOST. Went to bed blue. Woke up blue. Didn't help that the first news article I read was that they found James Kim's body. That poor family. (SF family that got lost in the mountains, for those not keeping up with Current Events) I'm missing Mr. S, I've been feeling overwhelmed by everyone's NEED and me being the only person that's needed (gah) and under-motivated to do anything, BUT.

I took the dog for our 5 mile walk (which quickly became a 2 mile walk when the wind gusted up to 30mph making the 40 degree weather feel WAY colder) and all I had on was my grey hoodie. I totally had a Uni-bomber look going, which for some reason cracked me up. Apparently, imagining that I'm a serial terrorist cheers me up. YOU'VE ALL BEEN WARNED.

Today is FUGGIN' freezing and so there will be a stock pot of turkey chili made. There will be comfort movie watching (as yet to be determined). There will be fudge consumed. There may even be, dare I say, a hot chai. What there WON'T be is: whining on my part. Any chores done. (screw 'em) Any errands involving me leaving the house. CRAP. Except for one, but it's my volunteer day at the library, but it's a half-hour, so that gets a pass.

I have monster writer's block. The creativity well done dried up. Who does what when that happens? I'm going to see if making scarves and fudge eating fixes mine. Probably not, but it's the EFFORT that counts. Heh.

And tonight is Best Comedy Night on TV night. My Name is Earl is okay, but THE OFFICE! SCRUBS!! 30 ROCK!!! <-- why aren't more people watching this? It's EXCELLENT. It's so damn funny. Plus, I heard a rumor that there's JD/Turk in the musical episode, hahahaha! Okay, blue mood is lifting.

Comments

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, I AGREE re: packet =/= chili. And we're believers in beans in our chili, which is a source of contention in Texas. I make this with either turkey or beef.

Turkey Chili
Brown 1 lb. ground turkey in skillet with 1 Tbsp cumin + 1 Tbsp chili powder (or more to taste. I often double those proportions.) Drain off any fat (leaving scant amount in skillet for further use) and transfer meat to crock pot/slow cooker/heavy bottomed pan on Low. Add one yellow onion, diced (I like the pieces a bit larger than tradition dice) to hot fat in skillet, cool on Low heat until transparent and beginning to brown on edges. Add to pot.

Add to pot: 1 can of black beans, drained, 2 cans of Del Monte tomatoes, Mexican style (or can chop 5-7 tomatoes, 1 jalapeño, add pinch of garlic, cumin, chile and salt*), and one small can of tomato paste. (I like to add Habañero powder and a few dashes of Chipotle tobasco sauce, but I have to go easy as I have kids eating it, too.)

Let cook a minimum of one hour - add salt and pepper to taste. *can also add 3 chopped tomatoes and 1 can of Rotel.

I've also used a spicy Bloody Mary mix as the tomato base for my chile, and it was GOOD.

[fiveandfour.livejournal.com]

Awesome - looks nice and spicy, just the way I like it.

(And I am pro-beans, too, when it comes to chili. And other things, too - no slight meant against beans there.)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

(Yeah - it has to be REALLY good chili for me to like it sans beans, myself.)

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

I was reading Stoney's recipe and saw your comment that you're pro-bean. My recipe is bean heavy. If you're interested, it's here:

http://moosesal.livejournal.com/297811.html#cutid1

Mine isn't very spicy, but you can adjust that to your own preferences.

[fiveandfour.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....I got a message that I was forbidden to see the chili recipe. Well, ok, it was more along the lines of "Forbidden" with lots of geeky computer code. It must be a very good recipe ;-).

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that. I went back and made the entry public. Shouldn't be a problem now.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

I'm totally bookmarking this to try. Chris was commenting that I should put more meat in my next batch. We had chili dogs on Sunday (turkey dogs, with turkey chili, the only way to make this any healthier would be veggie dogs with veggie chili *g*) and they were awesome, but for dogs more meat would have been better.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, I'm a fan of meaty chili, otherwise it feels like veggie stew, you know?

Lemme know how it turns out!