Chili Night

Even though it was hot out yesterday, it is going to be even hotter today, plus I will be in a hot kitchen for three to four hours for the Bread of Life. With that in mind I cooked up chili last night. My chili isn't the best in the world, but that may be because I really don't like beans a lot, but it was filling. I use two cans of black beans instead of one to stretch it out. The family liked it well enough, so that is really all that matters. More red pepper next time though. There were no vegetables other than the tomatoes in the chili. I will have to make up for that this week, but making a salad would have been fruitless because they would fill up on chili and not eat it anyway.
The beans and hamburger were from many months ago when they were on sale. I believe the ground beef was 1.99 a pound and the beans were just regular price. The crushed tomatoes and cheese came from the food pantry and the chips (not pictured) were a cheap buy at the dollar store.

Besides the cheese and chips we had some leftover sour cream sitting in the fridge on its way out.

July 4th Meal

There was really nothing patriotic about my food except the vegetables were all locally sourced in America. I am not sure what to do tonight because it is miserable hot and while we have a window unit air conditioner, it doesn't cool off the kitchen. Maybe it will make me sweat away the weight! LOL.
We had to go to the grocery, so while I was there I picked up some Italian sausages that were on sale, so I cooked them with some sweet white potatoes and then simply cooked beet greens and chard. The beet greens are very bitter, so I may just have to trash them next time we get beets with the greens attached. The only person in this house that doesn't like beets is...you guessed it, Paige. Ah well, dinner is for everyone so those are the types of things she just has to deal with.

Ew, the plate is not pretty, but the greens look lovely. :)