Weekend Recap - Chili Cookoff!

This past weekend was jam packed.. filled with pearls, football, beer, football, beer, Tiffany's... you get the idea.

The first ever Preppy Southern Tailgate was AMAZING!

 

BF and I got into town early (a first, maybe partially due to my lead foot; although I thought we were late because of my Pumpkin Spice Latte fix). We had to stop by the PayLess any way to grab utensils for our Chili Cookoff on Sunday, coke for sober drivers, and Angel Food Cake to go with BF's Bourbon Peaches. Along one of the aisles I found the above little gems... WINNING! One can for Mom, one can for me! 

Love my Block P!

 Charis & Ryan my Half-Time buddies. We ended up back at the tailgate for half time and Ryan gave our Satelite dish one more shot...

Quite the view... so much so... that we stayed there for the rest of the game and half of the Notre Dame game... well played... minus my (painful) sunburn...

Surviving... I managed to drive back to the city and grab Thai with BF. After mucho Pad Thai, I got some much needed lotion and rest.

The next day, BF and I got up ubber early to create our master chili creations. BF made what he called 'the 10 Levels of Hell' which entailed 10 different chilies. 

He also made his world famous meaty chili.

I made my Uncle Don's Turkey chili... if you are interested, please inquire within :)

BF and his BFF live in the same building... for lack of a better initial collection, DJ, or DJB. DJ brought his TV upstairs so they could have 2 massive screens next to one another.

 Huff (BF's 2nd Little Bro, via Kappa Sig) showed up first, and brought an AMAZING white chicken chili.

 Huff, DJ, Sarah, & Cook (BF's Kappa Sig Big Bro.. although they use this creepy Father/Son thing... ) Sarah's amazing and brought a BBQ Chicken dip!

Some more of the amazing party... I swear we ended up with 5 crock pots, and 5 regular pots... maybe more, not to mentioned at least 2 corn breads, 1 mac & cheese, and tons of toppings!

I hope we can do this again next year (but maybe have ppl register chili... we had a lot.... there's a lot of left overs).

What'd y'all do this weekend? Do you have a favorite Chili recipe?

Sno-pocalypse 2/1/11

As I said in last night's blog, I ran a ton of errands yesterday in preparation of Sno-pocalypse 2/1/11, including going to the grocery store. I made a simple chili in the crockpot for tonight in the hopes of creating a healthier version of the Skyline 5-way (yummers!). Recipe below:

- 1 lb ground beef, browned (I had to substitute my standard ground turkey b/c the store was out :( )
- 1 small onion, chopped (I like to use sweet onions)
- 1 (4 1/2 oz) can chopped chilies, drained
- 1 (14 1/2 oz) can black beans, undrained
- 1 (14 1/2 oz) can kidney beans, undrained
- 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes, with juice
- 1 (16 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 - 2 tbsp chili powder to taste (I like to use chipotle chili powder)
- 1-2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2-1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tbsp worchceshire sauce
- 1/4 tbsp basil

Basically you mix it all up and cook in the crockpot from 8-10 hours. Another reason I love crockpots: you can just LEAVE them! And just about everything that comes out of them is DELICIOUS!


Additionally, I've been thinking about what I plan to do if and when I get snowed in.
- Read (my new books per my "Me and Barnes&Noble" post
- Catch up on my DVR: I have some amazing Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello movies, Gossip Girl, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and others!
- Clean... I've been putting this off FOREVER! I tend to stick to topical treatments and not deep cleaning...
- Organize my clothes, and sort out donations

That seems like a good list of ideas... or I may just curl up and sleep :)

What do you plan to do during this 2011 Blizzard??

PS I have to say I am very disappointed that Purdue has already called off snow for the day without receiving any snow yet. This is the 3rd time in almost 35 years that the school has closed classes.The last time was my senior year, and they didn't cancel classes until I had gotten there... Regardless, STAY SAFE EVERYONE, and don't drive anywhere you don't have to!