KELLY * July 1 * Dinner
So, sometimes the best dinner comes from sheer fear or laziness. Upon leaving the house this morning Liz said, "figure out what to do with that roast." It was as if she knew me not at all. I don't figure out what to do with large pieces of meat. Roast scares me. It's too big. It's mysterious. So, about an hour before she came home I texted that I had done nothing. My fear, laziness, and resistance to food research led to the Kelly who sits here blogging. She's full, smiley, and finished 2 bowls of chili before Liz finished one. I also have to say that my ineffectiveness also led to a tasty side dish. Defaulting to Jiffy cornbread (really cheap, but I stand by it), I rushed to make the mix. Okay, so I didn't really pay close attention and I made the corn pancake recipe rather than the cornbread recipe. I am not sorry. Let me just clarify, I'm not sure if people know this, but chili is hands down one of my favorite foods. It's like a present with beans. The spicier the better. I feel that my life's work is (a) making students watch Tootsie and (b) finding the perfect bowl of chili. I'm not sure if this was the perfect bowl, but it only reinforced the notion that I married well.
ELIZABETH * July 1 * Dinner
When I got home at 6:35 and it was true that K had not even touched the roast I had defrosted for dinner, and knowing it would take a full three hours minimum to roast the roast, I offered that cutting it up for chili would be faster. This suggestion was met, as you see above, with great enthusiasm. A departure from vegetables - we have only a few left and have big plans for beets and zucchini tomorrow night - tonight was all protein and carbs in freezers, cans, and boxes.
Impromptu Pot Roast Chili Stew
- Pot roast, cut into 1.5" chunks and dredged in flour, salt and pepper, is seared in olive oil in dutch oven. Pan is deglazed with beer, and beef and liquid set aside.
- Onions, garlic and diced jalapenos are sauteed in olive oil.
- All of the above are combined in dutch oven, then added are the rest of the beer, chili beans, pinto beans, two cans Rotel tomatoes w/green chiles, a can of pozole, and lashings of Dallas Dynamite Chili Powder (CM Austin yeah).
- Above is simmered 1.5 hours, then topped with chopped green onion (CSA!) and eaten with the aforementioned accidental pancake.
Kelly is not wrong. This is good.
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