Category Archives: vegetables

Garlic Chili Mashed Potatoes

Posted on December 18, 2014 by spasture

Somehow we’ll have to introduce Richard Dreyfus’s character from Close Encounters to Randy from Christmas Story. Imagine the mashup of mashed potato mayhem. Sadly, this squashed spud meeting of the minds likely will never take place. Well, an opportunity missed … Continue reading →

Posted in Side dish, vegetables | Tagged butter, chili, christmas story, food, garlic, green onions, hearty, mashed potatoes, movies, potatoes, recipe, vegetarian | Leave a comment

Rocking Root Beer Elk Chili and BONUS root beer recipe!

Posted on December 9, 2014 by spasture

The danger with mixing root beer and sriracha is that it may taste really terrible. As a contingency, I’m adding vegetables. In this way, if something tastes bad, I’ll just blame the veggies. Ingredients: 1 lb elk meat, … Continue reading →

Posted in slow cooker, vegetables, wild game | Tagged beef stew, chili, crock pot, elk, hearty, homemade, kids projects, recipe, root beer, soda recipe, spicy, stew | 2 Comments

Deer, Dumpling, and Dijon Chili

Posted on December 5, 2014 by spasture

Hearing an utterance of “’D’ as in…” snaps me briskly back to middle school. Classrooms were a quagmire of noise, confusion, and collusion. The unwritten, yet indelibly inked, rule was this- in order to stand out, one need not be … Continue reading →

Posted in vegetables, wild game | Tagged anecdote, chili, Dr. Ruth, dumplings, humor, middle school, prose, recipe, stew, story, venison, writing | Leave a comment

Chili Chicken Cabbage Unroll

Posted on November 29, 2014 by spasture

The inability to learn from past mistakes (and subsequently adapt) has its consequence. It precariously positions people to perpetrate perfectly preposterous performances. A brief examination of the past two days’ chili gives me the most clear direction. Chili stuffing= … Continue reading →

Posted in chicken, vegetables | Tagged alliteration, cabbage, chili, chilies, hot food, learning, olives, one pot, recipe, rice, spicy, stuffing | 2 Comments

Warm Chili Chicken Slaw

Posted on November 28, 2014 by spasture

Following a day of overindulging in turkey and mashed potatoes, a salad sounded terrific. As winter appears to be here to stay, a warm salad sounded even better. No boring wilted lettuce here. This salad is a veritable feast of … Continue reading →

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Thai Chicken and Spinach Chili

Posted on November 25, 2014 by spasture

In seeking advice most people aren’t looking for actual guidance but rather corroboration for self-serving motives. A compromised co-conspirator, the counselor, having told his advisee exactly what he wants to hear, thus will be held culpable for endorsing any perceived failure. … Continue reading →

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Slow Cooker Chili Cheese Potatoes

Posted on November 8, 2014 by spasture

Around mile 20 the legs feel like bricks and the will to continue running vanishes like cupcakes a preschool picnic. Desperation is all-consuming as good humor is so far distant as to not even register as a memory. In the … Continue reading →