Southern Flare

...Ok. So I wanted to make Chili on my Master Chef video, but I just didn't have all of the ingredients available to me that day, nor did I have the time after cooking for 7 hours. I make several different types of chili, but I think my newest flavor is my favorite. I started out making Taco Chili (use taco seasoning instead of chili powder). Matt liked it because it had corn in it. It was a beefy man chili, so of course I loved it too. Then we upgraded (healthwise) to ground turkey. Then I tried a white chicken chili. (We like chili in this house). The white chicken chili had white beans instead of the brown varieties in my meaty chili. From there, I read about a lime/cilantro taco chicken soup, and decided, why not make that into something heartier? So I did. My latest and greatest chili is pictured below. It is comprised of shredded chicken (I prefer rotisserie), black beans (they look better against the stark white chicken and bright greens and reds), diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapenos, (anyone know how to make the squiggle above the n?), tomatillos, dried & fresh cilantro, diced limes, lime juice, and probably some other things I'm forgetting. I think I threw in some white chicken chili seasoning. I crock pot that mix for lots of hours, basically until Matt comes home to turn it off because I leave it cooking when I go to work. I miss eating with him. Then I serve it up over rice and crumble some tortilla chips and sprinkle some mexican cheese on top, and give it another lil' squeeze of a lime slice. Anyway here it is:

So last night I got a special treat. Matt and I had a delicious low country boil at his Aunt Mimi's house over Christmas (in NJ! but the people who made it were from NC)... anywhoo, I decided to try it out myself last night. I threw in some potatoes, (russet, though I would prefer/reccommend red potatoes, but I had lots of pounds of russets leftover in the fridge from homemade gnocchi experimentation), kielbasa, shrimp (raw, so it doesn't overcook), corn on the cob, and last but not least, a lobster! mmm mmm good. and there are leftovers... (not of the lobster!)