As I prepared to make my second meal for the DMA crew and, coincidently, mysecond meal for a group as large as 
seven, I decided to keep things simple and to
stick to a dish which, um well, I couldn’t screw up. After thinking approximately 43 seconds about it and talking to three other people, vegetarian chili seemed to be a good way to go. In fact, to even better my odds against ending up with something inedible, I made a test run and put together a large pot for my brother and his girlfriend. When they both survived, I figured it should be somewhat safe to try out on DMA crew. So, recruiting a cousin to help chop veggies, I set out on my vegetarian chili adventure.
What can I say? Veggie chili is easy. So easy in fact, that my sixteen year old cousin and I can make it. Start out with a little olive oil and garlic and let it heat up. Then add one chopped yellow onion, a chopped green and a red pepper, seasoning and you’re off to the races. Let that cook for a little bit and add diced tomatoes, beans, more seasoning, and just about any other vegetable that excites you. Let it cook on a very low heat for um, I don’t know like two hours or so and there you go … vegetarian chili.
Fortunately, after serving it for lunch the following day, everyone is still a live and I didn’t see anyone run off to the restroom in a hurried rush. I guess that’s good, right? It really was a nice adventure and I learned a few things along the way - like it’s better to cut everything up before I start cooking. I do hope, however, that it didn’t turn into an adventure for anyone else.