I ate the last bowl of this week's chili. I'm glad I didn't make a double batch because it wasn't as good as all my chili pots before now. Good enough to eat and enjoy with a salad and not waste it.
But now I'm kind of discombobulated as to what the next big pot will be. I happen, for various reasons, have way more ingredients at hand than I'm used to. I'm one of those people that you can't give a bunch of choices to! I'll be here all day trying to decide! Not kidding.
One of the extra ingredients is five pounds of fresh chicken breast. I usually keep about one pound of rotisserie chicken that the store pulled off the bone and put into a container for me, and only when I know I'm going to be making something with chicken. I don't know what I was thinking. I was momentarily so chicken-stupid that it took me a while to remember I can just freeze it all. Derp. After hours of googling for chicken recipes.
Also about 5,000 onions. I was sick of the store running out of sweet onions at the last minute and not giving me a suitable substitution option. So I ordered 6 fresh sweet onions, 4 yellow onions, and 2 red onions (online cart mishap doubled the quantity I intended) as well as a 3 lb bag of sweet onions and a 3 lb bag of yellow onions. And of course that's the order when the store had every kind of onion in existence in stock.
So, yeah, I see some baked onions in my future, and possibly some baked onion rings, but onions keep so I don't have to cook them all in one week.
Then some stuff I don't typically buy, like almonds, pepitas, walnuts, and dried cranberries. Oh, and frozen blueberries, cream cheese, fresh kale, and lemons. All stuff I can do plenty with in short order provided someone comes over to help make decisions. I know exactly who to talk to - my cousin. She excels in the leadership and organizational skills that I lack, and she always helps when I ask.
But now I'm kind of discombobulated as to what the next big pot will be. I happen, for various reasons, have way more ingredients at hand than I'm used to. I'm one of those people that you can't give a bunch of choices to! I'll be here all day trying to decide! Not kidding.
One of the extra ingredients is five pounds of fresh chicken breast. I usually keep about one pound of rotisserie chicken that the store pulled off the bone and put into a container for me, and only when I know I'm going to be making something with chicken. I don't know what I was thinking. I was momentarily so chicken-stupid that it took me a while to remember I can just freeze it all. Derp. After hours of googling for chicken recipes.
Also about 5,000 onions. I was sick of the store running out of sweet onions at the last minute and not giving me a suitable substitution option. So I ordered 6 fresh sweet onions, 4 yellow onions, and 2 red onions (online cart mishap doubled the quantity I intended) as well as a 3 lb bag of sweet onions and a 3 lb bag of yellow onions. And of course that's the order when the store had every kind of onion in existence in stock.
So, yeah, I see some baked onions in my future, and possibly some baked onion rings, but onions keep so I don't have to cook them all in one week.
Then some stuff I don't typically buy, like almonds, pepitas, walnuts, and dried cranberries. Oh, and frozen blueberries, cream cheese, fresh kale, and lemons. All stuff I can do plenty with in short order provided someone comes over to help make decisions. I know exactly who to talk to - my cousin. She excels in the leadership and organizational skills that I lack, and she always helps when I ask.
Just... NOM.
