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February 2 2012

I cannot think of a week before the Super Bowl that has dragged on so slowly as this one has. Today we get: A story about Gisele Bundchen emailing her friends and family to send Tom Brady positive energy and pray for her husband. Well of course she emailed everyone to think good thoughts about her husband. Go look at your Facebook feed right now. Check your email. I’ll give you 3:1 odds that someone in your circle has done the exact same thing, but instead of it being about the Super Bowl, you’re supposed to be praying for a promotion for someone at Bob’s Big House of Insurance, Tires and Pastries. Will people think Super Bowl L in a few years means “loser” because we’ve forgotten how to read Roman numerals? To which I say, lupus in fabula.) Madonna doing Victor Cruz’s salsa dance and answering a question about A-Rod’s art collection. You know what is fun during the week before the Super Bowl? Celebrity Super Bowl predictions, especially when given by Ryan Gosling. (Shhhhh… I know it’s not real. You’re ruining the moment.) Lentil Beer Chili Consider blasphemy if you like, but for the most part I prefer lentil and bean chili over beef chili. Beef chili weighs you down, sitting in your stomach as if you had swallowed a bowling ball whole. Lentils and beans are filling without being heavy, spicy chipotle provides the heat and beer gives the chili a rich, smoky taste. This chili can be made in either the Crock-Pot or in a heavy kettle on the stove, depending on your kitchen needs on game day. I made this batch on a day when I was using the oven and the stove for other things, so the slow cooker it was. My guests? Yeah, they’re lentil and bean chili converts too, even though they’re all heavy meat eaters. Lentil Beer Chili over on the mothership. By the way, the Vegetarian/Vegan section of football recipes is pretty full.

I cannot think of a week before the Super Bowl that has dragged on so slowly as this one has.

Today we get:

  • A story about Gisele Bundchen emailing her friends and family to send Tom Brady positive energy and pray for her husband. Well of course she emailed everyone to think good thoughts about her husband. Go look at your Facebook feed right now. Check your email. I’ll give you 3:1 odds that someone in your circle has done the exact same thing, but instead of it being about the Super Bowl, you’re supposed to be praying for a promotion for someone at Bob’s Big House of Insurance, Tires and Pastries.
  • Will people think Super Bowl L in a few years means “loser” because we’ve forgotten how to read Roman numerals? To which I say, lupus in fabula.)
  • Madonna doing Victor Cruz’s salsa dance and answering a question about A-Rod’s art collection.
  • You know what is fun during the week before the Super Bowl? Celebrity Super Bowl predictions, especially when given by Ryan Gosling. (Shhhhh… I know it’s not real. You’re ruining the moment.)

Lentil Beer Chili

Consider blasphemy if you like, but for the most part I prefer lentil and bean chili over beef chili. Beef chili weighs you down, sitting in your stomach as if you had swallowed a bowling ball whole. Lentils and beans are filling without being heavy, spicy chipotle provides the heat and beer gives the chili a rich, smoky taste.

This chili can be made in either the Crock-Pot or in a heavy kettle on the stove, depending on your kitchen needs on game day. I made this batch on a day when I was using the oven and the stove for other things, so the slow cooker it was.

My guests? Yeah, they’re lentil and bean chili converts too, even though they’re all heavy meat eaters.

Lentil Beer Chili over on the mothership.

By the way, the Vegetarian/Vegan section of football recipes is pretty full.

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