International Night

First thing I was thinking about today is how nice and convenient canning can be. Yes it does take some time in the beginning BUT to have a nice home cooked meal in under 10 minutes is WONDERFUL!!! Last night for dinner we had our homemade Chili that we canned some time ago. We didn't have much time and we really do not care to eat out MOST days so Chili it was.

Note the little crackers in the picture. They are called Cheeslings. I found them while exploring an Indian grocery store last week. They are perfect to sprinkle over chili. I stumbled upon them while finding ingredients for "International Night". Thats right "International Night". Many of you are probably wondering what that is... SO I will elaborate. My husbands family wanted to put a spin on Thanksgiving this year so everyone brought an appetizer from a different country. My husband chose India and I chose Mexico. I think we had at least 13 countries represented. It was a lot of fun and gave us all an opportunity to try some new food from around the world. 

I challenge everyone to find an Ethnic grocery store, whether it be Hispanic, Asian, Indian, etc., and try to make something new with ingredients you find. Not only will you learn something new about food you may actually learn something about yourself as well.