aaaaand im back...with chili!

I know I havent posted in a while, I'll admit I'm very bad at remembering to post. So, I figure I'd write about my chili. There was this chili cookoff at my school, and I thought that something like that is perfect for me! So I decided to make a chicken taco chili. I didn't want to make a regular, typical chili. So, i chopped up and added things that I normally wouldn't add to chili, such as a jalapeno and canned corn. I'm not a huge fan of corn at all, so I never add corn to my food. I tasted as I went, which I also admit I never do. I know all the professionals say that is something so important when cooking. But when I'm the only one eating it, that step doesn't really matter to me. But I made sure to do it with this cookoff. I added plenty of veggies and lots of cumin. Cumin is my newest favorite spice! I always loved taco seasoning but I didn't know what was in it that I loved so much. But then I tried cumin. So anyway, I put plenty of it in the chili to make it taste like a big bowl of taco, and it worked! I didn't add much spice to the dish, since other people would be eating it. I served it at the cookoff with tortilla chips, and people loved it! Since i was only 1 of 2 people that entered, we both won, lol but I don't see it that way. I see it was I made a kick ass chili and I won! It has helped me become more confident in my cooking, and gets me another step closer to cooking for crowds.