Day Ninety-One - The Big Game

As part of the United Way campaign @ my former workplace [yes, it's still strange to say it like that] I brought in a vegan chili which went down shockingly quickly and to great fanfare. I had a few people ask for the recipe and I promised them I would send it out...before a certain "big game" traditionally held at the end of the NFL season. That's right - it's 'the big game' this weekend. I find it amusing how advertisers go out of there way to not say its proper name, but of course everyone knows what it is...but I guess it's fun being coy. And, even if you don't like football at all, it is something that you might be coerced into 'celebrating.' It's an unofficial American holiday, but why should they get to have all the fun? Eating [okay, overeating - go big or go home!] tasty food, lying in a sedentary position for hours @ a time, eyes glued to a screen watching something that really doesn't matter to you with a cold drink - that's living! Or, at least - that would be a Super Sunday [wink wink, nudge nudge]. I think there are some parts of American culture that we can all get on board with.

Well, anyway - today I made good on my promise to send out the recipe - and then some. I compiled a mini cookbook and sent it out to friends and family - its theme - a food gameplan for THE BIG GAME. Here are the recipes that are included:
- Vegan “Pope of Chili Town” Chili
- Ginger-Poached Shrimp with Two Dipping Sauces
- Sweet and Tangy Chicken Wings
- Blue Cheese Dip
- First-Time-In-The-Kitchen Chicken [Or Not] Quesadillas
- Cheese and Spice Pita Chips
- Omnipresent Spinach Dip

Please let me know if you are interested in seeing any of these recipes. They all come with a little introduction as to why I like the particular recipe and a bit about their origin in my life. I've gotten a rather muted response thus far, which is a bit disheartening as I put quite a bit of effort into this. Brett is interested in cooking apparently, but wants to add extra meat to everything. You don't win friends with salad.