Vegan Chili with Beaf

So a few days ago Charly and I decided to have chili for dinner. I was excited because I like chili. This time was different though. Charly and I had some canned chili and I wanted to add some vegetables to it so I looked up a recipe online and completely ignored the instructions, using the picture as a reference.

"Charly do you want some vegetables in your chili?" I asked as I chopped up the sweet peppers and spinach. She looked over at my preparations and gave me her look.

"No thanks," She said.

"Come on!" I insisted.

"Nope," She answered again.

"Just try some," I said, holding out a chip with some chili on it.

"Ok," She said." Charly ate the chip with my chili on it.

"It's pretty good actually," She said with a smile.

"I know!" I answered excitedly. "I didn't make this one up like the corn soup Charly. I found a real vegan chili recipe online."

The excitement left my voice as I looked down into my bowl.

"Oh no! There is beef in this chili!" I exclaimed. "I made vegan chili with beef in it!"

Charly just laughed.

Ben's Version of Vegetarian Chili

This past week was finals, so I didn't make any elaborate dinners. When Ben got home from work and school on Tuesday, I had a can of Chili on the counter ready to make for dinner. Ben got really excited when he saw it. 

"I really want Chili for dinner," He said in the kitchen, I was putting something in the spare room. 

"Okay," I said. 

"Is that why you have the Chilli on the counter?"

"Yes," I said, walking back into the kitchen with a smile on my face. I sat down on the couch, opening my computer while Ben got the Chilli cooking. 

"Can I put peppers in it?" He asked. 

"No." 

"What?" Ben protested. "Why not? I found a real recipe, online. We could probably add spinach and it wouldn't make a difference."

I thought about spinach and peppers in the Chili and made a face. "How about you put them in your half and I'll just have normal Chili?" 

Ben pulled out the peppers and spinach, dicing them up. "I am so good at this," he said. "Chopping vegetables up really small." He scooped the vegetables into his Chili, ignoring the face I was giving him. 

"Want to try some?" He held out a chip loaded with Chili from his bowl. 

"No."

"Come on! Vegan Chili!" 

"Ben," I laughed. "This Chili has meat in it. You know that, right?" 

Ben shook his head and held out his chip again. "Vegan Chili ... with meat in it." 

I ate it. It actually tasted pretty good.