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]

I picked up a pack my favorite black forest smoked sausage and a box of pork riblets just for feijoada. I completely forgot to look for some shanks. I like the addition of the pork skin (collagen) you get with shanks or belly.

Yep, I agree 100% The collagen from the pork really brings the whole dish together...as well as the crunchiness from the farofa.

 

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Boneless chicken thighs marinated in scotch bonnets, lemon grass, lime juice, orange juice, garlic, and 5 spice.

I grilled the chicken with Kingsford and apple wood for smoke. Accompanied with fried okra, white rice, and toasted farofa(cassava flour).

 

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Grilled ribeye, grilled bratwurst, oven roasted turkey wing coated in Franks/butter, farofa, wilted spinach, and white rice.

 

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Grilled lamb rib chops marinated with garlic, cumin, olive oil, scotch bonnet, lime juice, cinnamon, and S&P. Spaghetti tossed in rocoto marinara, and fresh picked garden squash sauteed with sesame oil/merkén/S&P.

 

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Panko crusted veal cutlet fried milanesa, fried okra, fried potato wedges, and salad drizzled with an aji charapita spiked Nước Mắm Pha.

 

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Charcoal roasted Peruvian Chicken, cottage cheese dusted with merkén, dirty rice, and a salad topped with aji limo infused sesame oil and balsamic vinegar.

 

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Rocoto spiked veal ragu tossed in pappardelle, salad tossed in an aji chatapita spiked vinaigrette.

Dinner was the ( . Y . ) last night

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Baked ziti tonight

Rocoto spiked veal ragu tossed with ziti, layered with minced parsley & whipped ricotta/parmesan/pecorino romano/mozzarella, and smothered with mozzarella. Baked covered at 350, then uncovered to bubble up that mozz! Served with freshly picked garden eggplant and garden squash, tossed in soy sauce and merkén, and sauteed with minced garlic.

 

[dragonsfire]

Awesome!

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Spit roasted picanha, chorizo, farofa toasted with Kerrygold, and garden salad tossed with a black vinegar/sesame oil/aji charapita.

Perfect medium rare

 

[t0mato]

Your food always looks so great and well balanced. I'm glad you're still eating well.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Your food always looks so great and well balanced. I'm glad you're still eating well.

Thanks man! Good to see you back on THP.

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

Grilled chilean sea bass, fresh picked garden eggplant in a chinese style garlic sauce, and steamed green beans.

 

[Rajun Gardener]

OH Man, that looks awesome!!
 
I've been on the lookout for that cut, I might need to hit the butcher shop. 
PSA for everyone wondering about a picanha, check out this video.
 
 
 

 

[Thegreenchilemonster]

OH Man, that looks awesome!!
 
I've been on the lookout for that cut, I might need to hit the butcher shop. 
PSA for everyone wondering about a picanha, check out this video.
 
 
 

IDK how many South Americans you have in your area, but find the butcher that caters to them. They will have picanha for sure. I have 5 burchers from within a 3 mile radius of my house. None of them stock picanha. The reason is that the area where I live is predominantly Central American (Salvadorean, Honduran, etc.), and Asian(Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, etc.). There are only 2 butchers that I know of in my area of NOVA that readily stock picanha, and both carry almost exclusively South American cuts.

 

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Blackened kingfish, baked potato with butter & dusted with merkén, blistered garden shishitos, and garden squash sauteed with EVOO/maggi/garden onions.

 

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Buta kashira(grilled Japanese style pork jowl skewers), sobe noodles tossed in sesame oil & topped with black sesame seeds, and steamed beet slices.

 

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Grilled ribeye, steamed artichoke, and a tamal de elote smothered in crema Hondureña & dusted with merkén.

 

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Charcoal and apple wood spit roasted leg of lamb, garden squash in a garlic sauce, and white rice. I topped the sliced lamb with horseradish and garlic lamb au jus.

 

[SmokenFire]

such great looking plates as usual my friend!