I've been meaning to finish this up and post it for a good while now. Despite the subject and time of year, this isn't a New Year's resolution post. I started my weight-loss diet in October and have pretty much reached the point where I can declare it a success and write about it in case it will help anyone else out there ( Read more... )

So, I find that when one's wife is pregnant and one does all the cooking, one tends to want to overfeed, overnurture, overeat, or something to compensate. Here's what happened when I set out to make a little spanish rice and realized it was going to get out of hand if I kept on adding stuff that sounded good (but I did it anyway):

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Thanks to blackfelicula for the black bean chili recipe. I fiddled with it a little to make meat chili suitable for kareilaStart with 1/2 lb ground beef over high heat. Add 1 tsp taco seasoning (storebought, or keep a bag of mixed spices around like I do -- I'll figure out my recipe if anyone's curious) as the meat cooks. When nearly browned, lower to medium heat and ( Read more... )