Friends! I’ve got exciting news (and the explanation for why I haven’t had time to post as much lately):

I’ve launched a fab, new family food blog: One Hungry Mama!

When ChowMama started, there were two of us: Me and Michelle. But, around August 2009, Michelle decided to move on from our Chow endeavors and I’ve been posting here, on my own, ever since. While that’s been fine and dandy, I’ve longed for a fresh start and a new place to call my own. A place where I could stand proud as one. As One Hungry Mama. Plus, developing a new site gave me a good excuse to redesign and add a bunch of much-needed functionality.

So, go! Visit me there NOW! It’s gorgeous (if I do say so myself) and there are tons of new features. You can search for recipes by age, type or ingredient. You can sign in to create a recipe box and save your favorites. You can shop at my store. You can print formatted recipes. How cool?!

And, don’t worry, all of my recipes from ChowMama have been moved to One Hungry Mama. That’s our new home together. Bookmark it and subscribe to the One Hungry Mama RSS feed because soon OHM will be the ONLY place where you’ll be able to access my content.

Oh, and if you follow me on Twitter, you’re all good. My name will magically shift from @ChowMamaStacie to @OneHungryMama at some point today. If you don’t follow me on Twitter, what are you waiting for?!

I can’t wait to see you at One Hungry Mama. Comment. Email. Tweet. Help spread the word (please), and tell me what you think! I’ll be waiting to hear from you.

With lots of love (and my last time as a ChowMama),
Stacie
xo

Photo: *SallyM*

Hope you’re enjoying the day and gearing up for a new DECADE! I’m still in PJs myself, hoping that our friends will make it over tonight (seems their 2-year-old might be under the weather). Either way, you’ll find me hanging with my boys, sipping wine and staying cozy this evening. Hope you’ll be doing something that makes you equally happy.

If you haven’t already, please check out my recent post of gratitude. It’s important that you know how much you mean to me. (Awwww!) I can’t wait for more good food and delicious conversation in 2010.

(I also can’t wait to start posting on a regular basis again! What can I say… I’m a schedule person. Hope you are, too, because I’m coming back at ya 3 times a week starting on Monday.)

With the onset of cooler weather and my (second!) ChowBaby’s arrival, I have kicked into bulk cooking mode. Big pots of warm comfort food that can last several meals (or stock my freezer with quickly re-heated dinners) are a welcome lifesaver. Lasagna, soups, beef stew and, of course, chili.
I’ve always wanted to have a go-to chili recipe, but have never found the right one. In fact, I got so tired of trying variations that I gave up on chili for a long time. But I had a hankering the other day after reading a review of The Pioneer Woman’s cookbook that specifically called out her Simple, Perfect Chili. The thing that struck me most was that her recipe did, indeed, look simple. I usually go for complicated “speciality” chili recipes.
Wait a minute!
As I scanned the Pioneer Woman’s short ingredients list, it dawned on me: I had been making chili too complicated!
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