friends for the weekend, chilli and......

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Am going to make chilli But wondering what you serve with yours? Want to make it really exciting.

I always serve it with rice.

Not very interesting, sorry.

Brown rice if that makes it better/worse?

I'm afraid mines boring - either rice or potatoes with some side salad!

Cut a tortilla into triangles drizzle with olive oil salt and pepper and toss.

Bake for 5-10 mins till crispy.

Nacho topping.

Add cheese of Desired and melt

I dish mine up, spread nachos over topped with grated cheese and grill til the cheese melts. Squirt guacamole and sour cream on top.

messy but delicious.

Try cornbread. It's delicious with chilli

Serve with rice, sour cream, grated cheese, guacamole and chili sauce, heat some flour tortillas and let everyone make burritos!

Best with ice cold beer.

Then dance the salsa/conga

Green salad with advocado cut into it.
Nachos - bang in microwave covered in cheese, then sprinkle with chopped sring onion, corriander and dollop with sour cream.

I'd do rice or even cous cous then a big bowl of salad, garlic bread and homemade guacamole. Grated cheese to sprinkle on top and sour cream. Mmmmmmm

Sweet potato chips? I have just discovered that if you coat the chips in corn flour before cooking they have a lovely crispy finish. You can also add paprika to the corn flour for extra zing!

Yes to all the additions but you could make the chilli with chicken breast or cubed beef. I add a couple of squares of dark chocolate or teaspoon of coco powder to mine.
Also nice with a homemade sweet corn salsa.

Oh sweet potato wedges coated in Cajun spice!!!

Serve it piled onto roasted peppers, then cheese and guacamole on top. Sour cream too.

Also you could serve with jalapeños ,taco shells and shredded lettuce

Cornbread is fantastic and really easy

these are all really good - do you have the cornbread recipe you use? i WISH for the ice cold beer but am up the duff so no beer for me sadly. Maybe I will have a teeny one but the way I feel at the moment if I have one it will open the floodgates.

anyone got an easy guacamole recipe too?

Doritos, lots of them. Bake in the oven on high heat for about 5 minutes.

Big salad, bowl of sour cream, bowl of grated cheese, potato wedges, garlic bread.

The cornbread recipe I use is from an American book called comfort food by Rick Rogers. It's got chilli and cheese in. But I can't find it on line and am on my phone so it's a bit long to type up sorry.

Buy some Becks blue beer for yourself.
Stick to that or have a teeny one then switch xx

Or make these
Virgin Margarita
• 1 part orange juice
• 1 part lime juice
• 3 parts sour mix
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the ingredients and shake well. Strain into an ice- filled cocktail glass.
To make a long drink, use a highball glass and top up with lemonade.
Sour Mix
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
Stir together well. Keeps in the fridge for up to 7 days.

Cornbread, guacamole, frijoles, salsa, yoghurt, corn, chilli and mint salad

What kind of chilli are we talking? 'Real' chilli?

are you absolutely sure they all like chilli?
I can't eat it, I choke

VIRGUN MARGARITAS! faints with excitment. Thank you!!!!!

Good point I will check they like it!!!

normally I make from scratch but there was a really exciting looking jar of sauce in waitrose that I bought the other day so I am going to add to that. I can't remember what it's called

Guac - am addicted to the stuff:
diced red onion
crushed garlic
finely chopped red chilli
juice of a lime
lots of chopped coriander
2 mashed avocados
s&p

soured cream

rice

grated cheese

shredded lettuce

big pile of tortillas

mango salsa - red onion, red chilli, lime juice, coriander, red pepper, mango

or like the above but with fresh, slightly under-ripe tomatoes instead of mango.

Cut peppers in half (about two or three halves per person), put them in an oven dish and put in oven for about ten minutes to soften, then fill with heated chilli and put a thin slice of mozzarella on top, put back in oven until cheese melted (about another ten minutes). Serve with garlic bread and salad.