Ward Chili Cook Off

I would say that my confidence in cooking is not that high. Now that I am an old married woman, I am trying to branch out and try new recipes. So when the sign up sheet came around Sunday School for the ward Chili Cook Off, I thought I'd at least try. (There is always the back up of Nallys Chili in a can.) But as luck would have it, the good old internet led me to a chili chicken recipe that had the two most important ingredents that make any recipe good. #1 It had chicken. #2 It was a WAY easy crock-pot throw all the stuff in you don't even have to pre-cook anything kind of recipe. So, with the help of my husband who took a flying 15 minute break from work to come and chop up the chicken and turn the crock-pot on, I had my chili that I thought would at least be acceptable to bring for a food assignment for a ward function. I don't where I missed the important factor that this was a "Cook Off." This means that there would be votes and judging going on. Well, it turns out that my easy-cheesy internet recipe won! (Though I think my Young Women had something to do with me getting so many votes) The best part of it all was that the cute little German man in our ward came up to me after and said, in his German accent, "I just want you to know, that I wanted to vote for your chili, but my wife made me vote for hers." When I told him that it was my first time making chili, he laughed and said his wife has been working for years to perfect her chili recipe and it just isn't fair that a first timer could make such good chili. I attribute it to luck...and a wonderful thing called Google that let me to such a good recipe.