Chicken Chili?

I had this real hankering to make chili, but I wanted to use chicken instead of beef.  I've never made chili before, and really I haven't ever really loved it before but for some reason I wanted it.  I used a recipe by my favorite TV chef the contessa - when I read it it didn't really sound like chili to me by what was in it, but the reviews were really good so I went ahead.

Here is the recipe:
chicken chili

So, to me this really was not chili.  But it was good! I put it over rice and it was really tasty, but like eating this as a bowl of chili not so much, it didn't have the consistency of chili and it was really heavy on the bell pepper taste, which isn't chili to me?

High Calorie

I need some help! What is your favorite high calorie treat (besides ice cream)? High calorie means like something over 400 calories! Okay, ready, set, now go!

I love Sparkle

I got all of these nail polishes this week and cannot wait to try them all

This is what 3000 calories looks like

And it's not even that much, I slacked on my snacking usually I snack way MORE!

Is that like Facebook?

A friend of mine is on a diet and using this website SparkPeople to add up the calories she eats everyday.  Well we had this idea that it would be good for me to track what I eat to make sure I am eating enough.  I should aim for 3000 calories a day at least.  Well I did it today for the first time and moral of the story is: I am NOT eating enough! I thought I was consuming so many more calories than I am!  I need to kick this eating plan up a notch and get higher calorie foods and fattier foods.  Hopefully I stick with the tracking, it's a little tedious.  But when I saw my friend doing it I said "is that like facebook or something?" having no idea what the website was really for.

Do you guys track your calories (those I am sure trying to lose weight) it's kind of eye opening! I thought I was eating so much more!

Sometimes family is absurd

As my friends know my mom passed away three years ago, new followers I need to let you know that before I start to have my first real bitch ranting post.  So for my first transplant my mom was my everything.  Now that I don't have her I have a small circle of family friends and my best friends that are supporting me and helping me as I go through this process again.  Now my family on the other hand, I never knew how in denial most of them are.  I've seen it over the past few months that they don't really absorb the fact that I need new lungs and chronic rejection doesn't go away.  But I had someone say today that a key member of my immediate family "thinks I am just going to get better" I'm sorry. WHAT THE FUCK is what I have to say to that.  I am NOT getting better.  The only thing that will save my life is another set of lungs.  Chronic rejection does not stop, it does not heal itself, it does not reverse itself - once it starts it just keeps going.  I am looking at probably being put on the transplant list between the next 3-6 months at the rate things have been going.  Like I have people say things to me that insinuates I might be years away from needing a transplant or I am not really that sick and I just look at them like "you're a fucking moron" I'm sorry it's not only frustrating but it's insulting.  The people that care about me and love me should ask me, or go educate themselves, and my family has already been through this once, so they have no excuse.  I don't know how to deal with it, but it's getting to a point where it's beyond frustrating and it ends up upsetting me.   It's time to get on board and support me and realize I am NOT getting better! What would you guys do? How would you deal with it in a tactful way?

Progressive won't like this

I make breaded chicken a lot! You know why? Because it's EASY! I use Progressive Italian breadcrumbs, but when I am lucky enough to find breadcrumbs at a specialty store that are homemade I seriously giggle with excitement - almost.  Well two weeks ago I ran out of my specialty breadcrumbs and didn't want to go back to the store bought kind, so I had this crazy idea to make my own breadcrumbs to roll my chicken tenders into.  I took an entire loaf of white bread (it needs to be older bread) cut the crust off and put it in a food processor.  I put the breadcrumbs in a bowl and added: salt, pepper, (good) Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley and a tiny bit of oregano.