Southern Nuggets

So let's just jump right into this because we definitely waited long enough. First thing, this recipe makes A LOT of chili. I even scaled it back by a can of black beans (by accident) and I still probably have enough to last me two days. It's also filling. One bowl into it and I tapped out. The recipe called for 2 cups of chopped onion. I just chopped up one medium sized onion and used that. I feel like I'm slowly graduating beyond the point of having to measure everything. I am starting to be able to eye ball it. It also called for 1 2/3 cup of red bell better. Again, I eye balled it and chopped up two bell peppers. Side note: I literally just veered off track for about 15 minutes looking for a video on how to cut bell peppers only to realize, I still don't know how to cut bell peppers. To further elaborate, if you care, so about a week ago one of the groups I'm in or pages I liked on Facebook showed me this video on my newsfeed "How to Cut a Bell Pepp...

I understand that my excitement within having a complete vegetarian friendly day might get lost in translation. It's just vegetables, right? Right. As I am sure many of you can understand, I love meat. It sounds weird, I know, that I'm in such rigorous pursuit for a diet of mainly vegetables, fruit and starches. I love sandwiches, supreme and pepperoni pizza, pork chops, cheeseburgers, steak, fried chicken - I could go on and on. I really do love eating meat. When I report that I'm doing good on the vegetable streak, I really am excited because this is a journey! Now that we're all on the same page. Lately I have been doing rather excellent on the all veggie mission. I'll admit that every so often I might dig into the bag of deer jerky that's sitting on the counter. It's not the same as we make it back on the reservation, but it's jerky. Who doesn't love jerky? But just a nibble here and there. And last night I did pop three small pigs-in-a-blanke...