Leftover Day!

Today I feel inspired! I will admit that part of this feeling came from me Needing to be inspired. You see, we are almost at the end of our groceries but not at the end of our week. This isn't a bad thing though! It means that I have been cooking more from home and eating out less, this in turn saves us money! So even when we had to spend $200 on the van this week I didn't panic like a normally do.

This did leave me wondering what I was going to cook for today. I hate having to serve PB&J all the time, (even though I am pretty sure Kara can survive on it) so I started digging in the refrigerator. Eureka! I found soome leftover chili. Hmmmmm.... what can I make with chili that was different than burritos. I turned to my books for inspiration. I didn't find anything specific but I did start peicing an idea together.

I took the chili and added a can of italian diced tomatoes, I wanted rotel but like I said we are out of just about everything lol. Then I added some extra onions and chili powder to make it a little spicier. 
After that, I mixed up a small batch of cornbread. Honestly, I used a box of Jiffy. And I shredded a half block of cheddar cheese. You can probably see where I am going with this.

Now all I had left was to assemble, I put the chili in a 11*7 baking dish. I sprinkled the cheese over that, then I dolloped the cornbread over that. I didn't spread the mix because then it would be too thin and it would burn while baking. 

I put all of this in the oven @ 350 for about 30 minutes. Oven times will vary so keep an eye on it and pull it out when the breading is golden brown.


This looks so yummy! Too bad I will have to wait until I get off from work to eat it. The cool thing about this dish is that you can make it ahead like I did and then pop it back in the oven to heat it up when you are ready to serve. 

I don't thik I did too bad, being that I am not a super creative person when it comes to food. I usually need an exact recipe. Maybe this means that I am improving. 

What do you do when you are needing to make a meal in a pinch? Do you have any standby's?

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