Chili Bean Dip & Cornbread...Mmmmm...

Hey MoFo'ers!

I've been on a chili kick lately. I wanted chili again last night, but differently. So I food processed my chili leftovers from the Peasant Supper Sunday.

Yes, I used my already cheap leftover chili, added one more $0.68 can of chili beans to the mix, lime juice, some cubes of tofu leftover in the fridge (for texture), more spices, and ate the HECK out of it!

Sounds weird, doesn't it? But after it was heated up and piping hot, this chili bean dip (basically hummus without the tahini, if you will) was sooooooooooooooooo good.

I also made the ever-wonderful Sweet Cornbread Cake to go along with the Chili Bean Dip goodness and had some avocado on the side, for good measure :)

Mixer in Action!

This was The Hubs' portion. For reals, I kid you freakin' not.

Super-Awesome-Yum!

Coming up tomorrow: "Night of the Living Acorn Squash!!" (wait, that sounds gross...). Maybe "Acorn Squash, You Complete Me." (Meh.) Ok, how about "An Acorn Squash Three Way." (dirrrty, but not me.) You'll just have to wait and see. Biggest post eva...

One more thing that I have to tell you...I am so very excited for tomorrow. You know what tomorrow brings? A PACKAGE FULL OF DAIYAAAAA. Yeah. I am still Jonesing like no other. For dinner tomorrow, that wicked awesome Daiya "cheesey" bread recipe I saw earlier this week.

Jes

Cornbread!

I have figured out what to do for wedding favors (or favor, in the singular, rather). I plan to share it with Philip this evening when he gets home from class. There's nothing better we could do for wedding favors, and I can't wait to share it with our wedding guests. I just hope they get it. It's a secret for now, but I will certainly share it here after our wedding.

The smell of cornbread filled our house about 2 weeks ago, and I've been meaning to share since then. Like I wrote before, I'm getting into an intensely busy time. October will be the absolute death of me for sure.

*sigh, breathe* Sweet Cornbread Cake. (There, all better.)

I have had a craving for cornbread since I went vegan, and possibly before that, so I sought to feed the beast inside me with the sweet, cakey, corny goodness. And I found the recipe here on VegWeb, which has never disappointed.

As you can tell, I got to the cornbread before the camera did :)

Philip, to my delighted surprise, ended up eating HALF of this wonderful cake, though he has professed in the past to not like cornbread. I had all of the ingredients on hand after buying the cornmeal on impulse.

Told you I'd make something with the $1.89 in cornmeal I bought on super-sale. Ha!

Jes

A Joyful Friday To You!

I'm so glad the weekend is nearly here, aren't you? This was a long 4-day work week.

We like to play around here on Fridays, evidenced by me cheesing it up with my boss:


(We're selling tickets internally for some goodie baskets we made to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation, thus the poster...).




I was thinking about some things this morning:


1) HOPEFULLY attending the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, KS, which opened today. I LOVE the State Fair, look forward to attending it every year. Phil's not totally sold on the idea: the last time we went, 2 years ago, we had to wade through mud in nice shoes after the tractor carrying us through the parking lot blew a tire before it got to the gate. I also got horribly sick off fair food about an hour after getting there.


2) Planning to post something on the luscious cornbread cake I made on Tuesday. Phil totally ate half of it (and he ate my roasted red pepper pasta that I made again last night, very surprising for him!).


3) Enjoying my whole lunch hour today.


4) Getting a leaf-shaped paper punch from Michael's for wedding confetti. I bought a heart-shaped punch for this purpose yesterday (thank you, Martha Stewart) and punched my way through an entire old book.


5) How much I super-adore etsy.com.


6) Digging through the ribbon/lace Mom gave me last Friday for the wedding. I saw some really pretty colors in there!


7) Picking up where I left off designing menu cards and centerpieces at home last night.


8) Enjoying the weather, once again, though it will probably be a hotter and more humid day than yesterday. Still nice, nonetheless.


9) Listening to these great bands lately: The Smiths, Pixies, & The Dandy Warhols.




I hope you are having a fantastic Friday. This weekend looks promising, does it not? :)

Jes