Mom's Chili

If there's one thing I can never get enough of, it's my mom's chili. Since my parents split, chili has always been a staple in our house. It was one of those meals that we only got at mom's house, and we had it quite often, but somehow it never lost the ability to make me feel like everything was right with the world. I remember Mom making chili one time after school and I'd always asked her to show me how and finally she did. We spent a good hour making that chili and every 15 or so minutes we'd check it with a little spoonful to see if it was done. It rarely was, but we just wanted to have some chili ;) Now that I'm older and living on my own, I miss home a lot. Being quite a few miles away from the rest of my family is honestly a little harder than I thought it would be, and I find myself being homesick more often than I'd like. So last night I decided that there was nothing in the world that mom's chili couldn't fix, so why not make a pot? And it definitely helped!

Nacho Cheese Crusted Chicken and Salsa Macaroni

As promised, today's dinner comes to you under 30 minutes! As much as Mr. H loves cheese, I knew we had to come down this road sooner rather than later. Watching Chopped on the Food Network for the last few weeks has got me thinking about obscure things to pair - every time there's an obscure crunchy item to pair with the meat they're provided, they usually go with a crust on the meat. So I thought hey, why not follow in their footsteps and make the cheesiest dinner I can think of? So I went with Nacho Cheese Doritos crusted chicken strips and Salsa Mac 'n' Cheese! Trying to think of a perfect pairing for the chicken was proving to be difficult, and as it turns out, (as always) I was thinking about it too hard. The simplest thing to serve with cheesy chicken? More cheese! Mr. H asked for mac n cheese with a twist, so I made mac n cheese... with a twist ;) This dish is great because it satisfies the picky teenager in your house, and with defrosted chicken, it takes just about 30 minutes to prepare! Quick and easy, and super cheesy! Let's get started!

Spicy Tuna Mac 'n' Cheese

Hi guys! This is my first post, so be gentle please! (Suggestions to make this blog better are always welcome though :) ) So tonight Mr. Hero (a.k.a. Steve; henceforth known as Mr. H) had work and as per the usual, I was trying to figure out what to do for dinner and hopefully have it ready by the time he got home. I thought about it all day; and after flip flopping between this delicious creation and some boring chicken quarters, I thought, "Why the heck not?"