it's been a long time since i've posted a video of any actual cooking - it's all been about the cats.  i felt pretty bad about my diet for the past few months, so i thought that it was time to get a little more strict about what goes into the old temple.  so i researched some prominent  chili recipes and came up with something that isn't too bad - it's a little tomoato-ey, so you might want to hold off on the extra can of smashed tomatoes that i added in a panic.  it's worth noting that the cats didn't seem to want to have anything to do with all the vegetables that i had going on.  i guess if i had made tuna chili or ham chili, it would have been more to their liking.  more cats next time!

10 servings:

• 3 cups red kidney beans
  
• 2 cups white kidney beans
  
• 2 cups black beans
  
• 1 cup onion, diced
  
• 1 cup green pepper, diced
  
• 2 large celery ribs, diced
  
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
  
• 2 packages st. yves soy ground beef substitute (i used mexican and italian flavours)
  
• 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
  
• 2 cups white mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  
• 1 teaspoon onion salt
  
• 2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce (or to taste)
  
• 2 tablsepoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 bay leaves, crumbled
  
• 2 teaspoons salt
  
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  
• 1/4 cup chili powder
  
• 3/4 cup stolichnaya vodka (the only kind)
  
• 1 (16 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  
• 1 (16 ounce) can crushed tomatoes (probably not needed)
  
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste
  
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  
• 2 tablespoons honey stricken for not being vegan (who knew!!!)
  

 - g

song of the day for veganizing your vodka intake: havannah, dreas pres. havannah (asot 355 mix)