For many years, I've enjoyed making a
slow
cooked chili and then trowing some of that over a nice steaming
plate of chili! After adding a couple of topping like cheese and
chopped onions, I enjoyed what amount to Cincinnati chili! A true
winter time comfort food!
However, being a normal male with a smattering of curiosity, I decided to experiment by adding a small amount of
spaghetti sauce I had made earlier using only a small can of tomato
sauce and some seasonings! (Is that being a little too nit
picky)? Sure, but I wanted to see if there might be some taste
improvement to be gained. [Spatula in hand, I marched forward]...
This luncheon styled meal came together
very quickly (around ten minutes or so). I had already made the chili and sauce a day before, so all that
was needed was to boil some pasta in water, chop some onion up and
then sprinkle on a little shredded cheese! I my view, this is very filling Italian styled repast would be
great for both kids and old men, such as myself. (If you count pennies, as I do, this is also a pretty cheap eat)!
TASTE: After mixing in some
chili into the spaghetti sauce in a 2 to 1 ratio, I sat down and tried
to impartially judge the result in terms of overall taste. My immediate reaction was
that I liked it. I felt that the taste of the added sauce mellowed out the
chili in a flattering manner. I also thought this to be a
winning idea, as I'm always on the lookout to find ways to bulk up my meals in a cheaper manner.
CALORIES: If you happen to be
twenty something and fit, then you can wolf down all of this stuff you want. If
your not particularly fit and or older, then you may definitely want to keep an eye on
how much you eat. As a rough rule of thumb, I have
calculated that the combination of pasta and chili comes in at
about 1.8 calories per gram – so the 150 gram serving equaled out to be about 270 calories. Not all that bad when you
consider what I was eating. (Note that 150 grams is a very small
amount. I supplemented this sitting by adding in some fruit and garlic bread)!
