{"id":54160,"date":"2018-02-12T07:44:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54160"},"modified":"2018-02-12T07:44:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:44:13","slug":"weekend-chili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54160","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Chili"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had *THE* best crockpot recipe 15+ years ago and I guess somehow, in several moves or something, I lost the recipe. I was SO crushed because after years of trying different chili recipes, I had finally found one that I loved and I haven’t been able to figure out where it went. I’ve tried a dozen or so chili recipes since and they are often pretty good, but not “THE ONE.” Oh well…I’ll keep trying.<\/p>\n

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I found this recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and gave it a try, with a few modifications. I used ground beef and chunks of steak (instead of ground pork). I will try using pork next time but I did enjoy having the chunks of beef in the chili.<\/p>\n

My parents were in town for the weekend and I decided chili and cornbread would be a good meal to make for all of us.
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Michael’s back is still in bad shape and I’ve been taking over most of the Logan and house duties. (He’s getting an MRI this week, so hopefully we have answers soon!) I’ve been pretty overwhelmed and stressed trying to take care of everything, so it was nice having my parents visit to help with Logan. They took care of him Saturday so I could get a break and go to the gym.<\/p>\n

I got home and showered and they picked up lunch (coleslaw, potato salad, quinoa salad and vinegar wings–my new favorites!) and we hung out watching the Olympics. Logan didn’t want to take a nap in his crib, so he took a nap on my dad instead. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

After naps, my mom and Logan made cornbread to go with the dinner. Logan was super helpful! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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He loved helping. It was really fun seeing him try and “cook.” My mom liked it too. Lots of good memories! I topped the cornbread with some shredded cheese and popped it in the oven.<\/p>\n

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The cornbread turned out great!<\/p>\n

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Time for dinner. The chili was pretty good. I would have preferred it to be a bit more spicy, but my parents aren’t spicy food people. (I will be adding hot sauce to the leftover). They loved the chili and said it was great. Michael even liked it, and he is not really a chili fan.<\/p>\n

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The chili was definitely better with cornbread and toppings!<\/p>\n

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The recipe said it had 6-8 servings in it. We each had 2 scoops for dinner (so 4 servings the first night) and I think there are at least 4-5 more servings in leftovers. I am taking some to work for lunches this week.<\/p>\n

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It’s even better the next day, a little thicker. I would definitely make this recipe again.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: What is your favorite chili recipe?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had *THE* best crockpot recipe 15+ years ago and I guess somehow, in several moves or something, I lost the recipe. I was SO crushed because after years of trying different chili recipes, I had finally found one that I loved and I haven’t been able to figure out where it went. I’ve tried […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[311,48,2124,75,9714,315,5060,95,101,104,212,5167,2932],"tags":[376,4802,1690,1842,8320,1843,551,9132,934,2936,9715],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54160"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54197,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54160\/revisions\/54197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}