Friday, December 17, 2010

Hey It's Okay..., 4 Miles, New Chili Recipe

Thanks, invisible friends! I too think the puppers are presh, but I also realize that i'm 100% bias and am okay with that. :) Eek - sounds like i'm not the only one who has dealt with the unpleasantries inherent with black ice. Sigh. It really is SO scary. It's definitely a downside to the cold weather. So is my demotivation due to cold + rainy weather.

So, let's look at yesterday in a 'Hey, It's Okay' kind of way - it was one of those lazy days for sure... Hey, it's okay....
  • To defrost 3 pounds of chicken and 1 pound of beef but never get around to cooking anything.
  • To send "photo updates" of your pups to the breeders you got them at. Surely they want to see the pups happy and in their holiday garb.
  • To make it to the gym for 4 miles during lunch... but to not make it back for the post-work 3 miles.
  • To get your suitcase out, get your "ski stuff" out, but not actually pack as you planned.
  • To watch 7+ episodes of How I Met Your Mother completely out of order.
  • To tear up four times over How I Met Your Mother.
  • To be nervous while your pups are at the boarders for their dual temperament test... and then be ecstatic reading the report card which indicates how well behaved, sweet and friendly they were to "other dogs and to each other."
  • To shower twice even though you barely broke up a sweat. Who doesn't LOVE a hot shower (or two) on a cold, rainy day?
Yes, that is my day in a nutshell. On another note, here is a new chili recipe we made on The Iron Bowl last month that I have failed to post! It makes a lot of servings and it froze well, so we've been eating it up until this week.

Classic Red Chili
Recipe adapted from My Kitchen Café
Makes 10 servings

Nutritional Information: 423 calories, 55 carbs, 7 fat grams and 34 protein grams.

Review: I really liked it, less smokey and more sweet. It has a lot of flavor and is definitely filling. I’m going to make this again – but by following the revised recipe that I posted on Healthified Kitchen.


Q: What do you like better: chili or soup? This is so hard to me - I kind of think they're the same thing, chili is just thicker. What do you think?

Q: What's your 'hey it's okay" today?