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.
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!
I love board games. My daughters are just now getting old enough to start playing board games and I am so excited to start family game nights. Right now we are loving the Dr. Seuss Restaurant game. You get to wear a chef hat and call out orders while the other players act as waiters/waitresses and sous chefs fulfilling the orders.
BTW – thanks for your bloggie <3 Katie..you were my first bloggie friend on FB. xoxo
Oh Ashley, you are so welcome! And thank you for your bloggie love, too.
P.S. That restaurant game sounds so super-cute. Can I come over and babysit sometime? 😉
Love it when non-vegans love vegan food:) Great job on the chili!
Pretty sure it’s not considered a board game, but I love bananagrams. Kind of like scrabble, but much faster paced! Scrabble makes me so antsy.