I've been on a kick recently on refining my cooking skills (for those of who track my FB wall posts see that I've been trying LOTS of new things as late!). I suppose part of my inspiration comes from recently watching movies like "Julie and Julia" and "No Reservation", but I'd like to think I would've done it on my own regardless.
Tonight I made chicken chili using actual chipotle chilis (among many other tasty ingredients!) thanks to Martha Stewart Living, October 2010 issue. It was way more intense than I originally though, and does need some tweaking. For my own notes, I am reminding myself now to not use a jalapeno with the tomatoes (the chipotles were spicy enough!), and in order to "soak" up some of the excess liquid and cool it off some, throw in some rice in.
At any rate, Lance and I ate all our chili, Anna did not (too spicy!), and I think with these changes, we will really enjoy it. I topped it off with a cornbread muffin (from scratch! go me!) and 1/3 c cheese.
Tomorrow's agenda: buttermilk biscuits (gotta use up all that buttermilk before it goes bad!), a lemon cake for the leadership meeting on Saturday, going to make nachos with the leftover chili, and probably another dessert of some sort... (I'm thnking these coconut/cereal/chocolate bars?).
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