chilli cook-off

Calico Creek Homeowners Association Harvest Fest Chilli Cookoff 2008

Todd and Sanders. I don't know what they are doing. I was serving chilli and turned around to see this. I think they were making fun of me. Whatever.

These are the "girls", l-r, Tiffany, myself, Krista and Amy

We each made chilli and let the homeowners vote. Amy's was a SouthBeach Diet chilli, described as 'vegetable-ey'. Kristas was chunky and fantastic with ground beef, mushrooms, and just enough spice. Mine was a white chilli with chicken, white beans in a white sauce with cumin and cayenne. Tiffanys was a canned chilli in a crock pot!! Cheater!! Secret ingredient: can opener.

Drum role, please.....

and the winner is..........

ME!!!

I won with 13 votes, Krista came in second with 11, Tiffany came in third with 9 (cheater), and Amy in last with 8.

(P.S. Not everyone voted. Some had reservations about voting for one red-head and against another. I get it. I would be scared, too.)

We had a good turn out. Very little drama. Ok, so a 3 year old girl got her first haircut with a pair of Tiffanys kitchen shears because she got it tangled up in the velcro vest that accompanied the inflateable velcro wall. Yikes!

I love these events. My kids run through the street with all their friends, my husband keeps an eye on the shenanigans, and I get to hang out with my friends.

Just have to say, I love my neighbors.