Halp! We're having stickybear's mom and her boyfriend over for "Nueve de Mayo" tomorrow night. (I was sick on Cinco de Mayo and dude, it was a Monday.) I need food ideas. Le boyfriend is Puerto Rican, and while none of us particularly cares about being super authentic Mexican, I would like to serve something tasty that's a little more authentically hispanic ( Read more... )

So you want to make kick ass vegetarian chili. You have an hour before your friends arrive, you've never even thought about making chili before, and you think most vegetarian chilis are weird.

Google "Vegetarian Chili Recipe." Choose this recipe, pretty much at random.Replace pinto beans with Goya's "Great Northern Beans." Use a small red pepper ( Read more... )