It’s Chili Today

  
Yesterday it was Meat Sauce and Linguini. 
Last night I soaked up a cup of red beans and then cooked them in the Rival Crock-ette for a few hours this morning.  At lunch time, I took out about half of the beans and put them, along with appropriate Mexican spices, into the leftover meat sauce.   Et voila – instant chili. 
There was some yellow rice leftover from two nights ago, so that made a perfect bed for the chili. DH said he was putting the brakes on his spoon because the chili was so good that he didn’t want the experience to come to an end.   While my back was turned, some tortilla chips jumped into the chili – somehow!
For dinner tonight, I’ll make a batch of white rice, and we will have Red Beans and Rice, with pork chops and an undetermined vegetable.  Maybe I’ll make some shredded carrot salad with pineapple. 
Cornbread is also a distinct possibility. 
The chili that was left from today is sufficient to make a couple of generously-sized burritos for a future lunch. 
I surely get my value from that little Crock-ette; it does wonders with 85 watts.