Choose to be kind, over being right and you’ll be right everytime.
- Richard Carlson
I had turkey chili for dinner…with cinnamon toast.
What? You’ve never had it before?
Well, I never did either, until, well, I did.
I made this lovely spicy turkey chili and was missing some sweet, moist cornbread to go with it. Before my husband came home, he asked if we needed any groceries. Why, yes I do!
I asked for cornbread. I got cinnamon toast.
My dear husband didn’t grow up here in the US. The classic American dish is lost on him. So when he couldn’t find cornbread, he bought, in his mind, the next best thing. I tried my very best to not look disappointed when I asked what happened to the cornbread.
HIM, I couldn’t find any, so I got cinnamon toast. I love cinnamon toast and it’s sweet like cornbread, and it’s…bread.
ME,Oh, yeah, it is sweet, it’s different.
I bit my tongue, swallowed my pride and ate it. If I’ve learned anything about going through tough times, it’s this, “Don’t sweat the small stuff…and it’s all small stuff.”
If we are:
1.Healthy
2.Safe
3.Fed
we have enough.
It’s funny where we learn life lessons, and yet another reason to eat dinner together as a family!
And guess what…it tasted pretty good too!
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That looks absolutely deeeeeeeelicious! If you happen to be serving leftovers tonight, pull me up another chair at the table please!
I love cinnamon toast! Thanks for sharing!
Dawn http://www.cheapisthenewclassy.com
sounds delicious especially since I am pregnant! Great combination!
By the way, you were sweet to bite your tongue and just go with it because admit it, it tasted yummy anyhow, right?
You're so right. We should definitely count our blessings and don't sweat the small stuff. There was a day when I would have gotten all worked up over that. Although I would have never thought of it myself, I think your husband is onto something. I have a loaf of cinnamon bread in the kitchen that now needs some spicy chili.
Youre very sweet Angela, and yes try it, it really did taste good!
That sounds like something my husband would do… most likely by mistake… but you know. I love the life lesson learned. Life is full of surprises and we never know what we will learn along the way… like how good chili and cinnamon bread go together!
Now it's my favorite way to eat chili!
At least he came home with bread
We had Chili last night too I made yeast rolls..never had cornbread with chili before.
How funny, you had chili too! Hmm, yeast rolls…sounds yummy!
I can actually see how this would taste good!
There are many times I've wished I had bitten my tongue – and I can't think of a single time when I chose to remain silent and then regretted it.
Thanks so much for this Maryanne, it was really my intention to just keep the peace, and you're right I never regretted holding my tongue.