On Friday, December 15, 2017 at 8:14:06 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:40:03 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
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> >On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 6:42:35 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >> Wendy's chile is nothing special but comes in handy in a pinch or when I don't feel like wasting a lot of time cooking. I buy a bucket of the stuff - family size, good for 6 or 7 meals. I eat the same thing 6 days in a row. But I doll it up a bit first.
> >>
> >> In 3 or 4 tablespoons of olive oil I saute a bunch of sliced onions, sliced mushrooms, diced bell pepper, a jalapeno, and maybe some celery if I have any on hand.
> >>
> >> I let that go for about 6 or 8 minutes, then add a bunch of roughly cut parsley, a pound or so of skinned roma tomatoes cut in chunks, and about 6 cloves of garlic, half of them sliced thinly, the other half minced fine. I put a lid on it and let it go for 20 or 30 minutes on low. Then I toss it into a large container with the Wendy's chile and I'm good for 6 days, 7 meals total. Each day I put a small amount of already cooked chicken or meat into a bowl and ladle some chile over it, then stir and top it with already made rice I have in a container in the fridge. I am proud of this meal and just had to share it. Thanks.
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> >> TJ
> >
> >I like Wendy's chili. They have packets of cumin/garlic sauce to spice it up a bit. Awesome!
>
> Wendy's chili:
> "CHILI (WATER, CHILI BASE (CHILI SAUCE [TOMATO JUICE, TOMATOES,
> CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SEASONING {SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, DRIED
> CHILIES, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, FLAVOR ENHANCER (DEXTROSE, SALT,
> YEAST EXTRACT, SILICON DIOXIDE, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH), CITRIC ACID,
> DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, XANTHAN GUM}, VEGETABLES
> {ONIONS, CELERY, GREEN PEPPERS}], GROUND BEEF, CHILI BEANS (PREPARED
> PINK BEANS, PREPARED KIDNEY BEANS), SOY LECITHIN. CHILI BEEF IS COOKED
> ON THE SAME GRILL AS, AND MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH, INGREDIENTS THAT
> CONTAIN MILK AND SOY."
>
> Thanks, Wendy!


Yeah, I am aware of that, but I don't care now and then when I am not in the mood for cooking a bunch of stuff. I doll it up pretty good with natural stuff. I know I could just make my own beans and doll them up too, which I do now and then - but sometimes when lazy I go with the family sized bucket of Wendy's chile. I am not a big time fast food person. They don't have a Popeye's chicken around here. To me, most fried chicken chains are about the same. However, I have to admit I really do enjoy Popeye's red beans and rice. I used to get a small container nearly every night while driving cab in L.A., enough to keep up the energy, not enough to bog me down. I asked them for the ingredients and they gave me a small pamphlet. It was all dehydrated natural stuff. The only ingredient some might be turned of by was monosodium glutomate. I think Popeye's read beans and rice is good tasting stuff. Haven't had it in years though.

TJ