Thegreenchilemonster Cooks For Three

Since I recently found out that my wife is pregnant, I'll be cooking for 3

I figured I would share dishes throughout the pregnancy that are focused on providing an expecting mother the nutrients she needs to develop a healthy baby.

All of the meat I cook with will be organic, grass fed, and hormone free. All of the vegetables will be organic, and mostly home grown, until the season ends.

There will of course be chiles used in every meal, as always.

To start things off, last night I made this grass fed organic grilled butterflied leg of lamb, curried chickpeas, and steamed broccoli. Lots of quality folic acid and iron in there.

I marinated the lamb in olive oil, fresh garden rosemary, and a diced aji limo, before grilling it up.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Roasted cornish hen with spicy chimichurri, steamed brussels sprouts, roasted acorn squash drizzled with local honey & butter, and couscous tossed in scotch bonnet infused sesame oil.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Fried pompano, panko crusted chinese eggplant, choclo, and aji limo spiked salsa criolla.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Buffalo milk ricotta & truffle cappellacci smothered in a rocoto spiked Sunday gravy style red sauce w/chorizo argentino, 50/50 beef/pork panko crusted meatballs, and braciola rolled with asadero and basil. Accompanied with mussels in a white wine/aji limo/butter/dill sauce.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

NOM this page!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Manicotti stuffed with ricotta/parsley/mozzarella smothered in a rocoto spiked Sunday gravy style red sauce topped with mozzarella & baked. 50/50 beef/pork panko crusted meatballs, and a chorizo argentino in the side. Steamed broccolini on the side.

 

[Rajun Gardener]

DUDE, where are you getting all these awesome dishes from? Does it just pop in your head and you cook it or what? 
 
You are throwing down some "Good Eats" daily and I wanna know where the inspiration comes from.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

DUDE, where are you getting all these awesome dishes from? Does it just pop in your head and you cook it or what? 
 
You are throwing down some "Good Eats" daily and I wanna know where the inspiration comes from.

I just cook what the Mrs. craves! If she wants Manicotti, I whip up some manicotti! I just wrapped up a whole tray of manicotti for lunhes for the next few days.

It also helps to have a fantastic leftover base sauce from Sunday, when I made...Sunday gravy

 

[SmokenFire]

When my wife was pregnant she could not tolerate the smell/taste of:  garlic, chiles, cabbage, any kind of bbq and/or fish of any kind.  It got bad enough late term that I'd cook dinner at our friends houses (much to their delight) and then bring home some kind of bland whole foods type hot bar dishes for her.
 
That your wife is gung ho for all this stuff is an awesome thing.  Prepare yourself for late night cravings.   

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

When my wife was pregnant she could not tolerate the smell/taste of:  garlic, chiles, cabbage, any kind of bbq and/or fish of any kind.  It got bad enough late term that I'd cook dinner at our friends houses (much to their delight) and then bring home some kind of bland whole foods type hot bar dishes for her.
 
That your wife is gung ho for all this stuff is an awesome thing.  Prepare yourself for late night cravings.   

Thanks for the advice brother! My wife is Vietnamese, so she loves/craves the durian, fermented, and fishy stuff. My fridge has midnight snacks for days. She hits them up all of the time at night. That's why I have to cook daily.

The day after I fried that pampano the other day, my wife and I got home, and I could instantly tell that the house smelled hella fishy, but my wife was like "it smells so good in here!".

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Blackened salmon, sauteed cremini mushrooms with garlic & artichoke, steamed brussels sprouts, avocado salad(mashed avocado, aji limo, garlic, minced fresh parsley, lime juice, S&P), and salsa criolla.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Farfalle tossed in a lemon zest and peach ghost spiked cream sauce with diced andouille sausage, and steamed broccoli.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Fried calamari and fried okra, with a spicy chimichurri/ranch dipping sauce. Soba noodles tossed with sesame oil, and topped with black sesame seeds.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Smoked baby backs with a sweet rocoto glaze, smoked kielbasa, potato salad spiked with rocoto, and string beans.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

TGCM did you see the typo in the title of this thread?

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

TGCM did you see the typo in the title of this thread?

my wife, unborn baby, and I weren't the only ones that crushed these ribs. Tomorrow morning I'll post a pic of all of the cans drank tonight at my house. It's a good thing recycling day is tomorrow!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

What I meant was it should say:
 
Thegreenchilemonster Cooks For Four
 
Be right over!
 
Sincerely,
 
Cousin Pookie 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbS8uYH2bmI

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

What I meant was it should say:
 
Thegreenchilemonster Cooks For Four
 
Be right over!
 
Sincerely,
 
Cousin Pookie 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbS8uYH2bmI

I got you! You're always welcome to come by and eat some BBQ.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

It seems like the Mrs. is eating for more than two lately

The baby is due in two months

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

Fried calamari and fried okra, with a spicy chimichurri/ranch dipping sauce. Soba noodles tossed with sesame oil, and topped with black sesame seeds.

 after reconnecting with my dad and my new stepmom, i sat down to dinner and started making my plate and saw what i thought looked like stuffing and scooped some up and proceeded to eat. i said this stuff here is delicious what is it? she said fried okra and me being a yankee said WTF is fried okra? every year when i visited i looked forward to the okra.

 

[Walchit]

Your flooring is trippy AF, is that what it looks like or is there some kind of filter on that pic?

Congrats on the healthy baby and wife, I live in a house full of the most picky people I know