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Ok, AN, it's guilty pleasure time. What do you do that you know as a nurse you shouldn't? Chain smoke? Binge drink on the weekends? Lecture a patient on a healthy lifestyle then go home and slam down a whole mac-n-cheese pizza? Ride your kick-a** donorcycle to work? Do back flips on your trampoline while juggling swords?

Out with it!

I tried turkey chili once and didn't like the results. I don't think it was the turkey though so, I may try it again.

I'm also considering adding corn to my chili. I just feel it needs one more vegetable. I put in onion, one red pepper and two green peppers already (and the base is both crushed and diced tomato).

The key is to use turkey that is 93%, not 99%.

Brown chopped onion, peppers of your choice in olive oil, wilt, add minced garlic, do not brown, add 2 pounds chopped turkey, brown, add spices to taste- I use a ton of chili powder (1/3 cup?) cumin about 2 teaspoons, red pepper, 1 tbs., crushed red pepper to taste and 1/4 cup UNSWEETENED COCOA. Add 4 cans kidney beans, drained, 1 large can crushed tomato, I can condensed soup mix- salt and pepper to taste, Bring to a hard simmer then let it simmer low uncovered.

Don't love me too much.

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The key is to use turkey that is 93%, not 99%.

Brown chopped onion, peppers of your choice in olive oil, wilt, add minced garlic, do not brown, add chopped turkey, brown, add spices to taste- I use a ton of chili powder (1/3 cup?) cumin about 2 teaspoons, red pepper, 1 tbs., crushed red pepper to taste and 1/4 cup UNSWEETENED COCOA. Add 4 cans kidney beans, drained, 1 large can crushed tomato, I can condensed soup mix- salt and pepper to taste, Bring to a hard simmer then let it simmer low uncovered.

Don't love me too much.

Definitely took a screen shot of this so I can make it. Thank you!

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Specializes in CVICU CCRN.
When Bugles first came out, they were in a box; I ate a whole box in one evening, and was later revisited by the same, retracing their esophageal journey. Haven't eaten them since.

I had a similar wild overindulgence with CheezIts as a kid. To this day I can't be in the same room with the things. I was 12 and home alone and couldn't make it to the bathroom. Turns out that the fake cheese/orange powder stuff can really stain a white carpet. Talk about the feces hitting the ceiling fan when my Dad got home....

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
I ate half a bag of Bugles last night.:nailbiting:

Haha. In a similar theme, do not hand me a box of Cheez-Its or a sleeve of Ritz Crackers and expect to get them back! I don't keep those in my house for that reason!!!

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When Bugles first came out, they were in a box; I ate a whole box in one evening, and was later revisited by the same, retracing their esophageal journey. Haven't eaten them since.

Well, I have to say that the same thing happens nowadays when you eat half a bag of them. I've been eating really clean for three months, not so much as a cracker has passed my lips. I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like a freshman after an everclear drenched fraternity party. Major stomach revolt going on.

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I had a similar wild overindulgence with CheezIts as a kid. To this day I can't be in the same room with the things. I was 12 and home alone and couldn't make it to the bathroom. Turns out that the fake cheese/orange powder stuff can really stain a white carpet. Talk about the feces hitting the ceiling fan when my Dad got home....

I'd say it's your dad's fault for having kids AND white carpet! Have one or the other, but the two should never co-exist!

(Oh man...I love me some Cheezits!)

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OMG BUGLES!!!

They still make those?

They do, and I was quite dismayed that I could not stick one on each finger like I did when I was a kid.

It's wasn't because my fingers were too big, but they are kind of squished flat now and therefore not suitable for wearing on one's fingers. Rip off!

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I had a similar experience with spaghettios

I think spaghettios would be tasty going down or coming up. So good!! 😋

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Well, I'll be!

I just tried to smell my dog's feets, but they are both mid-nap and grumpy and snatched their paw out of my fingers before I got a good sniff. Will try again later....

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They do, and I was quite dismayed that I could not stick one on each finger like I did when I was a kid.

It's wasn't because my fingers were too big, but they are kind of squished flat now and therefore not suitable for wearing on one's fingers. Rip off!

This is true. I told my nephew about this when I opened the bag, and he couldn't get any of them on his fingers! He is 10.

The funny thing is that there is a drawing on the back of the bag showing how you can have fun putting them on your fingertips. False advertising!

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Specializes in Hospice.

I ride a motorcycle

I enjoy a nice glass of "scarlet fudge" wine (I think this counts as two)

I postpone mammograms

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