What is it with guys and Monty Python?
Saturday night, I sat through Monty Python and the Holy Grail with one of my guy friends. Next weekend, methinks I will force him to watch Notting Hill or another such girly movie. It’s payback time!
Actually he already paid me back by letting me cook vegan food for him. Mid-way through the movie, he informed me (in true guy fashion), “I’m hungry. Whatcha got to eat?” I joked back that if he wanted to eat in my house, he’d better like tofu! But, to my surprise, my steak-loving friend responded, “Hey, I’m up for anything. Bring on the tofu!” And so I did.
Well, not exactly. There was no tofu in the meal I prepared for my friend. But there was vegan cheese:
3-Ingredient Chili Bowl
(No, not the unfortunate haircut)
- Cooked bulgur (or rice) (cooked with salt)
- Handful Daiya Vegan Cheese
- Amy’s Black Bean Chili
1. Mix the bulgur and chili, then add the cheese to the top and microwave.
2. Stir and serve.
The chili took about a minute to make, not including microwave time. This was good, because I didn’t want to be stuck in the kitchen for hours on end. Not when we had plans for a Game Night.
So basically, for the chili, I looked around in the fridge and pulled out random leftovers that sounded like they’d go well together. The Daiya had been in my refrigerator for a while because I didn’t like it much when I tried it; it tasted too much like cheese!
My friend thought so, too. After he took a bite of the chili, he actually remarked, “This is really good. But I thought you were making me vegan food. You didn’t have to add cheese.” Haha you should’ve seen the look on his face when I told him the truth ;).
Unfortunately, I can’t show you, due to my policy on posting photos. But I can show you another guy’s face. And this face is priceless. Are ya ready?
After hungry friend finished every last bite of his chili, we left Monty Python paused, and a few other friends joined us for a Scrabble war. (I won. Take that, boys.) Henry wanted to play too, but my friends said no. I think they were secretly afraid of being beaten by a puppy. Is that really worse than being beaten by a girl?
Question of the Day:
What’s your favorite board game?
Although I’m really good at Scrabble and love love love Scattergories, my #1 favorite has to be Monopoly. I’m evil with that game, and I always win… but this means no one wants to play with me anymore lol.
Favorite board game would be Apples to Apples– but that’s indeed a hard one. I, too, LOVE monopoly and scattagories as well. I think I get a bit too serious when playing though, it’s almost as if it’s a real life kinda a thing 🙂
I so need to play Apples to Apples. I never have, but everyone else seems to love it!
I love Monty Python! Best quotable movie ever! But I’m more like a dude, so…..anyway, I’d totally come over and watch dude movies if you’d feed me that chili too. Love Daiya! But just found out our Whole Foods is going to stop carrying it because there isn’t enough demand. That is so not cool.
ok so this is a strange question, but i saw you said you’re more like a dude, so i’m hoping: am i the only one who likes harold and kumar goes to white castles? it’s my favorite movie, but all my friends say only guys can like that movie! soooo not true! 😉
Aw, that “you didn’t have to add cheese” story is so cute!
I took a Scrabble class in college (nerdy school) and I met my Scrabble quota for the next ten years. I can barely look at a board without wanting to cry.
My favorite games are Apples to Apples, Cranium, and Mad Gabs! SO fun. Game nights are the best!
Holy cow, what?! A scrabble class???! Where was that when I went to college and had to take boring math and science courses? Your college sounds way more fun!
We love Apples to Apples at our house. Candy Land is a big one too. And Shoots and Ladders. Does anyone else know that one? 🙂
Monty Python! I love that movie. Yeah I’m still a tomboy inside :).
I am a Life fanatic! We recently bought Family Game Night 3 for the PS3 and I can’t stop playing Life! 🙂
Oh gosh, I’ve been wanting to play Monopoly since 2007 when I bought “UVAopoly” in America, but no one will play with me because they aren’t at all interested in the novelty of playing the version based on the school only I went on exchange to!
(Wow, that was a grammatically-awful sentence. Apologies!)
LOL I’d play with you no matter WHAT version it was :). Here in Texas, the big seller is Cowboy-opoly. Yeah, ridiculous. Personally, I like the Pet-Opoly game I saw once. So cute :).
Scrabble! I used to really liek Life too. I don’t knwo why, particularly. Now I liek to be nerdy and come up with fancy words 😉 heehee.
I also do not quite get the whole Monty Python thing. I watched it first in 6th grade and thought it was stupid, watched it again a few years later and found it mildly amusing, but have yet to understand the general obsession.
OH i just read something about apples to apples. not exactly a “board” game but SOOO much fun to play! hilarity typically ensues 😉
I like Life because of all the little things you can put in the cars! Once, when I was playing with my cousins, we kept sneaking more children into one of my cousins’ cars when he wasn’t looking. He had to take on a second car! (Then he finally figured it out lol)
Oh we totally just tried to get as many people in the cars as possible… haha. 🙂
Also, forgot to mention that I’d TOTALLY play monopoly with you! even though I’d definitely lose haha 😉
I’m holding you to that Monopoly date!! 😉
I love that your chili is just three ingredients and can be made in the microwave – exactly what I need for a week night recipe! I also happen to love black beans 🙂
I love playing board games! Monopoly is hands down my favorite too. I also like Phase 10 (card game) and Apples to Apples. I haven’t played Apples to Apples for a reallly long time, but I just got it for Christmas so I hope to play it in the near future!
Ok, I must get on this Apples to Apples board. I’ve never played!
Its not a board game, but its really fun.
yum that chili looks sooo good! and I loved monopoly as a kid that game was my absolute favorite!
CLUEDO for sure! I always wanted to be Miss Scarlet when I was little…yeah, i didn’t really get it!
Also that chilli looks epic 🙂
I was always Miss Scarlett too. And I read the Clue books as well. Did you know they made books? lol
Books!? No! Maybe I missed them in Australia (i grew up there)? Now I am mourning all the hours of Cluedo love I could have had haha 🙂
Haha yes, scarily enough there were books: http://rm7guy.co.uk/ClueBooks.htm
Bahaha – “Whom did Mrs. White Stab?” – as a name for a kid’s book!!?
Yeah, I guess they WERE kinda (very?) morbid! lol
Have you tried bananagrams? It’s very similiar to Scrabble but even more fun. I high recommend it! As for my favorite games, I love Last Word and Quelf. Neither are super common but they are so much fun!
I’m going to have to look at those games, because I’ve never tried a single one of them!
I’m with you on the Scrabble thing! Love Boggle too – any word games really 🙂 xx
1 minute to make?! Dannng, that’s awesome. And yeah..I don’t know what it is with guys and Monty Python either. It’s a funny movie and all, but c’mon! haha
My favorite board game is Clue!! I havent played in forever but it’s so much fun!
Monopoly for sure, although my entire family despises it!
I really don’t get the whole Monty Python obsession either–I’ve avoided it at all costs thus far in my relationship with Seth…
As far as board games go, I really love word-centric games like Scattergories and Scrabble. My favorite though is Taboo!