food Thegreenchilemonster Cooks For Three

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Do you have a job outside of cooking for your wife???
You could make a cookbook from this thread alone.

Yes I do.

40+ hours a week managing top sellers of a VERY well established tech and entertainment company

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Pan seared salmon, fettuccine tossed with clams in a garlic white wine sauce, steamed carrots, steamed artichoke, and a red cabbage and aji amarillo curtido.

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Boom 
 
     

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Linguine tossed in an organic beef rocoto Puttanesca sauce, steamed asparagus spears, and an aji charapita and red cabbage curtido.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Chicken fajitas topped with sour cream and rocoto spiked guac, french green beans, and organic wings tossed in a 50/50 french butter/Franks red hot sauce.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Knackwurst, three types of baby potatoes, and barrel aged sauerkraut dusted with gochu flakes. Steamed sugar snap peas.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Cous cous salad, thinly sliced corned beed with creamed horseradish, and slaw spiked with diced aji amarillo.

 

[t0mato]

You're consistently killing it as always.  Great job cooking for your family!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

You're consistently killing it as always.  Great job cooking for your family!

Thanks man! I've got to make sure everyone gets all of their nutrients, in a flavorful and spicy way.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Pupusas de queso drizzled with Frank's Red Hot, curitido dusted with gochu, prawns broiled with an aji limo/garlic aoli, and curried chickpeas.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

French dip style sammie made w/thinly sliced short rib, onions, cremini mushrooms, melted provologne, and a vienna roll smeared with creamed horseradish. Accompanied with au jus to dip the sammie in, baked au gratin, and steamed asparagus.

 

[m1hagen]

Looks incredible as always!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Looks incredible as always!

Thanks man!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Steamed dungeoness crab with an aji limo/butter dipping sauce, madras hummus w/cucumbers dusted with gochu, steamed green beans, and pan seared Australian lamb rib chops.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Now you're just showing off.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Now you're just showing off.

My wife and I were celebrating, and were considering going out to eat. I was like F that, I can make something better, not have to drive in traffic, and half the price of a restaurant. Plus, I gave her a box of assorted Godiva chocolates, that I had picked up earlier in the day. All in, was waaaaay cheaper and better than going to a restaurant, no traffic, plus I got to sip on a few good beers while cooking, and my wife was able to relax in the warm house.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

I haven't perfected the "cheaper to cook yourself" yet. Shit, making a salad costs $20 with the good blue cheese, box of lettuce, olives............... lol!

 

[The Hot Pepper]

That looks awesome, and I kid, but only somewhat. A taco night would cost about $40 in ingredients, and I can get them $2.50 each at the real deal taqueria lol!
 
NY living... expensive markets, cheap ethnic joints.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

I haven't perfected the "cheaper to cook yourself" yet. Shit, making a salad costs $20 with the good blue cheese, box of lettuce, olives............... lol!

2 giant dungeoness crabs at Costco=$25, a rack of Australian lamb rib chops at Costco=$17, 2 handfulls of fresh green beans at Fresh World=$1.50, 2 fresh cucumbers at Fresh World=$1, 1 can of Goya chickpeas=$1, various pinches of spices=$0.50, butter=$1, aji limo=home grown. All in, $47, plus leftovers for 2 meals for lunches today...and I used the leftover crab meat to make 4 crabcakes for dinner tonight. Not too shabby for a super special occasion, with 2 full meals as leftovers, and residual crabmeat to make dinner tonight. Compare that to a similar meal at a restaurant (assuming there was one with a lamb/crab surf and turf) for a dinner for 2, including tips, paying for parking, etc...

 

[The Hot Pepper]

What you are saying is Brooklyn needs a Costco