This evening, I cooked our first official meal in our new home. My spice collection has been MIA, which was a concern because a good number of my spices come from a specialty spice store called The Spice House, outside of Chicago, where I grew up. It would have cost a small fortune to replace them all at once. But more importantly, we’ve been living on take-out since we arrived, one week ago today, and my family was just itching for some delicious and healthy meals. Anyway, my precious spice collection turned up in a box marked “knick knacks.” Trust me, there were no knick knacks in the box to speak of. Way to go, movers.
In honor of the snow and the colder climate, it seemed only fitting that we eat chili and cornbread. So that’s what I made. And since I still haven’t found all of my cookbooks, I had to do some searching on the Internet for a recipe that looked like it would work. Internet recipes have been pretty hit or miss for me, mostly miss.
But I found a winner on The Food Network website that’s from a lady golfer, adapted by a Canyon Ranch chef, and since I adore my Canyon Ranch cookbook, I just knew the recipe was going to be good. And it was. It was really good.