Went to the pool and it was so full, I came home. I'll go later. I hate New Year's resolutions.

Those New Year's resolution people were at the Y this morning too.

Yay Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman! They are my favorite celebrity couple!

Does anyone here make vegetarian chili? I used to but now I have been making meat, and I find the veggie chii acking in flavor. I was thing of trying this recipe, but it seems crazy to only cook it for 5 minutes. Am I reading something wrong?

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Loudy mc talkface is herem and he's coughing.

Sushi. I need sushi.

Me too. And I have a three day weekend.

Hmmm.

I am sorry about mr. talkyface, msbelle.

Since I have been working with continuing ed for 10!!! years, I find that New Years is our bread and butter. All those resolutions to improve oneself makes people want to go back to school.

Oh lord, I want sushi. Good sushi. Like the sushi we had at Koi.

Giant disco ball should battle it out with that thing the mythbusters built trying to make Archimedes' death ray.

Does anyone here make vegetarian chili? I used to but now I have been making meat, and I find the veggie chii acking in flavor. I was thing of trying this recipe, but it seems crazy to only cook it for 5 minutes. Am I reading something wrong?

I make veg. chili, but I use faux meat crumbles, because I love meaty chili. Should you decide to go that route, here's my recipe:

• Bag of frozen faux ground beef crumbles (like Morningstar Farms); alternately, you can use the Smart Ground faux ground beef that's in the refrigerated section.
  
• 2 8 oz. cans chili beans (like Brooks)
  
• 1 8 oz. can other beans of your choice; I use kidney beans
  
• 2 8 oz. cans tomatoes -- diced or crushed or whatever
  
• 1 packet chili seasoning (I am lazy and don't bother to make my own mix of spices)
• I use a dollop (maybe 1/8 cup? maybe 1/4? I just pour it from the bottle) of vegetable or olive oil, because faux ground beef is really dry, since it's not a real animal product

Toss it all in a crock-pot or large pot on the stove, and cook for at least 45 minutes. If using a crock-pot, cook on med-low; if using stove, cook on medium.

It results in a chili that's meaty AND tomato-y AND beany. If you don't like any of those, my recipe is not for you.

t edit You can throw in chopped/diced onion, jalapenos, or whatever else your heart desires; I don't cook my chili with onion because I don't like it, and jalapenos -- hell no.

t edit again You can swap real ground beef for the faux -- when using real ground beef, I use between 1 and 1.5 lbs. Brown the beef before mixing all the ingredients, and drain off most but not all of the fat.

t edit one last time If you use real ground beef, don't add vegetable oil. You won't need it.

That's big talk, Perkins.

That seems too easy, Steph. I could probably pull that off! It sounds tasty!

You don't have to add any extra water or anything? 45 minutes seems like a long time.