I feel as if the more I do that is ‘mature’ or ‘adult’, the more I feel matured and like an adult, and the easier it is to do those things. As an example, I made the menu for our household yesterday and got the grocery shopping done. Originally, we were going to have stuffed peppers for dinner tonight but when I realized that I wasn’t going to be home this evening (Gotta get my Warrior training in!), I switched things up.
Before I even changed out of my pajamas this morning, I was in the kitchen loading up the crock pot for vegetarian chili. It is such an easy thing to do… open up 10 cans of various types of beans and sauces, add chili powder, add veggies, cook for 10 hrs on low. 🙂 Note to self: 6 Quarts of Chili is probably too much for 4 adults. Since I wasn’t going to be home to cook dinner, I got it cooking before I even left the house. Aren’t I nice? 😛
I thought that the chili had really good flavor. I’d mix it up a little and add probably twice as many mushrooms next time and half as many black beans. Total cost for this recipe was only around $20, though, and it makes 24 1-cup servings. Not a bad deal!
Veggie Chili:
3 16oz cans Bush’s Best Chili Beans (Hot Sauce)
3 16oz cans Bush’s Best Dark Red Kidney Beans (Rinsed Well)
3 16oz cans Goya Black Beans (Rinsed Well)
1-2 pounds white mushrooms (Quartered)
46 oz Campbell’s Tomato Juice from Concentrate
Chili Powder to tasteToss it all in a crock pot and cook for 10 hrs on low.
I tried to take a picture of it, but honestly, the lighting was not great and it was not so visually appealing. I think this might even be a vegan dish if you skip the sour cream or cheese on top, but I don’t know enough about vegetarian- or vegan-ism to know for sure. If you know, please chime in!
The rest of the day went really well as far as my eating goes. I only had 1 “slip up” where I bought a pack of Sour Patch Kids, but the rest of my food was on-par. I had my oatmeal for breakfast, an apple and peanut butter for snack, 1/2 sandwich and cottage cheese for lunch, sour patch kids in the afternoon, HELLIFIED WORKOUT!, banana, apple, 1.5 cups vegetarian chili.
Feels so good. Now about that hellified work out… This is the 3rd round of strength training so far. Just starting Phase 1, Week 2, Day 1 and I’m using the same methods as we were working on last week. This time I made it all the way through the workout and didn’t skip any sets. The gym was closing by the time I was done, though, so stretching and hitting the showers was kind of out of the question. When I came home, I approached Rah-rah and asked if I could have a “Nice big sweaty hug!” and he said “Sure!” and swung his arms open for me. Then he retracted and said “Uh.. how about you go through the shower first?” I didn’t notice, but apparently I had a big line of sweat on my front and a big patch of sweat on my back. Are you workin’ hard or hardly workin’?
After I cleaned up, it was time for dinner (8pm by now) and I listened to my roomie’s reviews of dinner. They missed meat and commented about throwing in some beef or bacon and a stick of butter next time. They’re tolerant of my cooking adventures, but they definitely have their preferences in place. I hate to admit how appetizing bacon chili sounds…
All in all, it wasn’t too bad at all!
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