Chili, Chili

It's been a while since I've cooked any of the Pioneer Woman's recipes. I've had her cookbook for a while (my mom bought it for me at a Borders' closing sale), but while I've cooked several times from her blog, I've never made recipe directly out of the book. But when Wiz at Fine Wine and Diapers recently made her Simple, Perfect Chili she inspired me to do the same.
As you can probably tell I added her optional pinto & kidney beans. I also added cayenne pepper, which she listed as optional, and gave it an extra dash of chili powder, although it probably could have been a little spicy. But if I thought it could have been spicier, I'm sure the boy agreed ten-fold. And in true Southern Louisiana style, we served it over rice.
I was a little worried cooking it that it wasn't going to be enough, or that it would be too dry, but it turned out, and there was enough for leftovers. Or at least there would have been, except I called the boy on the drive to work the following morning asking if he remember to put it in the fridge to which the answer was no.

But I would make it again, this time adding a bit more spice and remembering to put the leftovers in the fridge.

Are you a fan of food on a spicier or mild side, and when was the last time you forgot to put food in the fridge? (I'd like to say the last time was with the chili, but actually it was a bag of groceries that unfortunately contained eggs for brownies, which meant no brownies for me)