So, I made a VAT of chili this past Wednesday because it was cold and rainy and basically my brain always screams "CHILI" at me when the weather outside is frightful. Don't expect pictures or anything because I can't find the camera and I'm too lazy and sick right now to go and look for it. I do apologize for that. But trust me, the chili looks and tastes delicious. And I made baked potatoes in the crock pot to go with it, because I like my chili-topped baked taters, yes I do. Making baked potatoes in the crock pot is so insanely simple, I can't believe I haven't done it before now. It's a technique I first learned here . Try it--it really is stupid simple (and if you know me, you know that any method of preparing food that can be called "stupid simple" is my holy grail). The only drawback is this: if you like the skin on your baked potatoes crispy, you won't like this method. We enjoyed them though.
Anyway, I froze about half the chili I made to have for dinner on some other night when the weather is lousy (or any night when I'm feeling lousy and don't want to cook). I saved the other half in the fridge for Gary and I to eat for lunch. Which, gentle reader, is exactly what I am doing right now, even as I type--enjoying some chili. The only issue I have with this delicious lunch is the fact that I only put one. lousy. can. of kidney beans in it (I'm not a big bean fan, however I believe that they MUST go in chili--but only in small amounts), and it seems like every other bite all I get is a bean. Do kidney beans multiply in chili? Is it like their breeding medium or something? Hmmmm......
As for tonight's dinner, while Jack was at preschool I cooked an entire one lb bag of rice and put it in the refrigerator for the fried rice I'm making tonight. I make a mean fried rice, folks. Just ask Gary. To go with the rice, we will also have Asian Sesame Chicken and perhaps some fried won tons, if I'm feeling up to it. This sinus infection has really jacked me up. Maybe we'll just have sandwiches instead...
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