In the Kitchen: Cravings (Chili + Guacamole)

A few weeks back I picked up Chrissy Teigen's cookbook Cravings. I may have mentioned it here. As part of my attempt to explore things more I decided to make a list of the recipes I knew I wanted to conquer (or best attempt to). Feeling bored of my typical kitchen options yesterday I grabbed the cookbook, chose some options, and put it to my taste testers for a vote. They chose the Frito Pie Bar.

The Frito Pie Bar contains two important recipes: John Legend's Chili and Chrissy's Cheesy Guacamole. I have made chili countless times (even perfecting my own couple recipes), but never once have I made guacamole on my own. If you read this blog, you know I use Whole Foods guac on the regular. But I did it! I made guacamole on my own and it was actually pretty darn good. Rave reviews on that.

Next the chili. Rachael, my best friend and main In the Kitchen tester, raved it was better than any of mine. And well...I just let this screenshot sum it up. Yes, Chrissy liked my tweet and it was awesome.

The chili was so popular I don't think there is any left. Highly recommend.

A couple of notes before I get to the recipes.

• I made the guacamole sans cilantro and it still tasted spectacular. I know my audience and they do not like cilantro. So its optional in my book.
• I did not use individual Frito bags for the Frito Pie Bar. I figured it would be too messy so rather I just used shallow bowls and regular bags of Fritos giving the person the option to have as many chips as they like.