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Red🌶️Chingona

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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 4h

Day two. Bkfst and prepping cilantro for this week’s use. Isn’t it lovely!?!
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Plated: toasted everything bagel w/generous schmear of whipped cream cheese con sal y pimienta w/side salad (English cucumbers, grape tomatoes, cilantro, shallots, drizzle lemon olive oil, lemon zest/juice, fresh cracked pepper/kosher salt).

Freshly rinsed farm fresh cilantro laid out on a towel to dry. Will later bag/store for use. Nothing better than fresh cilantro!

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 1d

Have you done something good for yourself today? I try to practice self-care by making healthier food choices. This includes giving myself flexibility to have occasional fun indulgences (like a week of everything bagels). Have a blessed day! 🖤
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Plated: halved berries, toasted everything bagel with big fat schmear cream cheese, side salad (local farm fresh greens, cubed sugar bee apple, halved grape tomatoes, sliced shallot, capers, dressed with drizzle lemon olive oil and caper brine /sal y pimienta).

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 3d

My newest love: thawed whole cherries, Greek yogurt, drizzle of maple syrup (or raw local honey), whole flax seeds & chia seeds, granola. Enjoy fresh or mix/store in fridge. Turns into cold bread pudding of sorts if you have enough liquid from frozen fruit.
#happyaccidents
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Unmixed: thawed whole frozen cherries, Greek yogurt, drizzle maple syrup, whole flax and chia seeds, granola w/almond slivers. Important to have higher fruit to Greek yogurt ratio if you hope for pudding consistency next day.

Mixed: thawed whole frozen cherries, Greek yogurt, drizzle maple syrup, whole flax and chia seeds, granola w/almond slivers. Important to have higher fruit to Greek yogurt ratio if you hope for pudding consistency next day.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 9d

Tofu! 🤯⚡️🫨 In an effort to eat healthier, I finally decided to set aside my 🏔️ HUGE 🏔️ prejudices and try tofu. First batch was fail. Second batch: added to soup.

Shocker: I lived to tell the tale!
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Asian-inspired soup (brown rice millet noodles, tofu, fresh chopped flat leaf parsley + chives + shallot, and drizzles of lemon, toasted seasame, and chile+sesame oils in knorr’s chicken bouillon base).

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 10d

I hear that! I’ve experimented with farro as breakfast grain with dried fruit, spices, and cream. I’ve been wanting to explore bulgar and rye berries as a substitute for white rice but I’m not there yet! Wish me luck!! Does your rice cooker work with those? 😄

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 12d

Last chicken thigh w/red onion, jalapeño, & bell pepper in Old Bay lime pan sauce w/side of white rice (which I rarely make bc I suck at it). Not sure if I’ll buy thighs again; fun while it lasted?
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#pollo
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Last chicken thigh w/red onion, bell pepper, jalapeño in Old Bay lime pan sauce w/side of white rice

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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 13d

Experimenting with flavors this morning. I’m adopting a don’t ask, don’t tell policy. I might tell you more after the first bite. Hint: chicken thighs, harissa, egg plant. The rest is up to your imagination.
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Experimenting in kitchen this morning. The only thing I’m admitting to is chicken thighs, eggplant, & harissa. The rest is up to your imagination. Oh, lavash bread. Garnished with fresh cilantro and dollop of Greek yogurt. Y sal, of course!

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 13d

Rigatoni for dinner with sautéd broccoli and leeks in base of fresh garlic, chile pequin, and olive oil with fresh chopped parsley, y sal.

Nothing better than fresh food!! 🖤
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Pictured: bowl of rigatoni with sauted broccoli and leeks in base of fresh garlic + chile pequin + olive oil with fresh chopped parsley and fresh cracked pepper.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 15d

Lunch. In stages: pancetta, broccoli, green beans, garlic, red chiles, olive oil, spaghetti. Basic but necessary. What I wouldn’t give for (real!) pancetta from a butcher!
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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 16d

Did someone say insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results? These little chiles are cute, but no heat. Added chile Pequín this morning.
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#caldo
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Pictured: bowl of brown rice millet noodles, slice shallots, fresh cilantro / chives (chopped), sliced red chiles, chile Pequín in chicken bullion base with drizzles of lemon olive oil and toasted sesame oil + squirt lime juice (no fresh).

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 16d

Why do I make so much soup?!?
I confess to being especially obsessed with brown rice millet noodles.
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Pictured: bowl of brown rice millet noodles in chicken-base bullion broth, brown rice millet noodles, sliced shallots, fresh chilantro and chives, sliced red chile, with drizzles of lemon olive oil and toasted sesame oil, and generous squirt of bottled lime juice.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 16d

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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 18d

Vegetable-ish soup w/fresh ingredients (Swiss chard, red onion, smashed garlic, zucchini, Roma tomatoes, fresh basil) and pantry staples (canned red kidney beans, canned chick peas, star-shaped pasta, chicken + tomato bullion, spices).
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Pictured: white bowl of soup with Swiss chard, red onion, smashed garlic, zucchini, Roma tomatoes, fresh basil, canned red kidney beans, canned chick peas, star-shaped pasta, chicken + tomato bullion, spices.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 25d

How it started and ended. Still working on skin on chicken thighs. Oil helped this morning. I think I’m starting to understand them.
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Stainless steel pan with seasoned skin on bone in chicken thigh; skin down. Tad bit of oil to start, pan preheated on low to med low.

Prep. Sliced spring onion, carrots, cilantro, limes, red onion, lemon on cutting board. Misc ingredients incl pepper grinder, kosher salt container, lemon olive oil, sesame oil, brown rice millet noodles, chicken bouillon, chile pequin.

Stainless steel pan with seared chicken breast skin side up. Sliced red onions. Later added lemon segments and scraped up brown bits to make sauce (which I added to soup).

Plated: bowl of soup (all ingredients incl shredded chicken and brown bit sauce of lemon segments and onions, and pictured ingredients).

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · 25d

Night of firsts…
chicken thighs in sauce (lemon, onion, garlic, oregano, spicy-honey) w/salad Skin on thigh didn’t fully release as anticipated. 🤔 Luckily, I have a few more to experiment with!
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Plated: salad greens w/sliced carrots, cubed apples, diced red onions, capers, lemon zest, dressed in lemon olive oil + caper brine. Served with skin on chicken thigh and sauce (onion, garlic, lemon juice, hot honey) garnished w/lemon zest.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 14

Lemon broccoli pasta for lunch today. (Two batches…one with zest/juice; today’s with segments/juice.)
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Pan with broccoli florets, lemon segments/juice, minced garlic, fresh cracked pepper, olive oil, chile pequin. Wooden spoon.

Bowl of rigatoni with broccoli in lemon olive oil, chile pequin base. Garnished w/shaved Parmesan.

Olive oil, fresh minced garlic, parsley stems, chile pequin in stainless steel pan. Thinly sliced broccoli florets, lemon juice/zest added later.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 7

Getting back to my roots…sort of.
Papas 🥔 y Swiss chard. Fried last night’s baked potato w/onion slivers + Swiss chard. Garnished w/cilantro, dollop of Greek yogurt, chile pequin. (And hint of lemon olive oil.)
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Plated: previously baked potato fried w/onion slivers + Swiss chard. Garnished w/cilantro, dollop of Greek yogurt, chile pequin. (And hint of lemon olive oil.)

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 7

I love veggies. And, I love this tahini sauce. Pairs well with roasted cauliflower. Sauce has lemon, fresh garlic, sumac, tahini. I started sub’ing Greek yogurt for sour cream. Haven’t noticed much difference.

Plated: roasted cauliflower w/lemon, garlic, tahini sauce and baked potato w/butter + Greek yogurt ( instead of sour cream ). Garnished with fresh cilantro.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 6

Life is good.

(Not pictured: 15 bean soup w/ham shanks.)
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Plated: salad greens, cubed sugar bee apple, roasted piñon, sliced shallot, capers. Olive oil drizzle and caper brine. Fresh cracked pepper
/kosher salt.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Sep 5

Lost my damn mind…fried everything today: shredded rotisserie chicken, white onions, lime slivers, + torn Swiss chard in chile lime seasoning w/side of fried sliced red potatoes. Flavors worked but too much fry goin’ on. Where’s a 🌽 tortilla when a girl needs one?!? 😜
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Plated: crispy fried shredded rotisserie chicken, white onions, lime slivers, + torn Swiss chard in Trader Jose’s chile lime seasoning. Side of fried red potato slices garnished w/lime slice and red salsita.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Aug 31

Quick dinner: (thick) spaghetti in sauce (sautéed shallots, lemon juice, pasta water, lemon zest, chile Pequín, butter, lemon olive oil) topped with roasted piñon, fresh shaved parm, & chile Pequín, fresh chopped parsley. (Riff on Ina Garten lemon pasta.)
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Plated: thick spaghetti in sauce (sautéed shallots, lemon zest/juice, butter + lemon olive oil, pasta water) topped with piñon, fresh shaved parm, & fresh chopped parsley.

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Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Aug 30

Stumbled across a post from G.L.O.B.A.L MIND (from a lesser platform).
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Once you heal, you stop bleeding on those who didn’t cut you.

Once you grow, you stop trying to shrink yourself into the places you’ve outgrown.

Once you know your worth, you stop offering discounts.
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It hit. 🪨 Hard. 🪨

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Aug 30

First meal of the day. Trying microwaved egg (purported to be Chef Andres’) w/side of leftover pancetta + toast (keto, NOT my favorite; had to try it tho).
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Plated: one egg omelet topped w/chives, chile Pequín, shaved parm, parsley sprig; diced cubed pancetta, buttered toast.

Red🌶️Chingona @redchingona.bsky.social · Aug 30

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