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Red🌶️Chingona
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GARLIC (lots!), grape tomatoes, a shallot, spices+salt+pepper, lemon zest+juice, fresh parm, spaghetti=PERFECTION.

(And chile pequin, of course!!)
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#pasta
#🍝
#🍜
#🌶️
Bowl of pasta: GARLIC (lots!), grape tomatoes, a shallot, spices+salt+pepper, lemon zest+juice, fresh parm, spaghetti, chile pequin
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Lunch, part one. Gotta find a protein.
#food
#foodsky
#ensalada
#comida
#buylocal
#fresh
#🍜
#🥗
#joy
Plated: greens and shallot from co-op, with tomatoes and grapes, dressed in lemon olive oil+capers+brine, y sal+ pimienta
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
redchingona.bsky.social
Repurposing yesterday’s batch of bruschetta. Does it work as a salsita for this morning’s papitas? (I may have overdone it with the chile pequin. I wonder what they do w/leftover bruschetta in Italy…) Food is universal; and probably my love language.
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#bruschetta
#salsa
Plated: fried zebra(?) potatoes, fried onions, bruschetta.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Batch two of bruschetta (going to mix / refrigerate to let flavors meld).

Realizing I can’t eat bread like a normal human.🥺

Only Dave’s Killer bread from now on, I guess. 🤨

#food
#foodsky
#comida
#bruschetta
#freshfood
#fresh
#buylocal
#🍜
#🍅
#🧄
#🌶️
Bowl: diced grape tomatoes, capers+brine, spices, chile pequin, sal y pimienta, blend of olive oils, balsamic, garlic
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Blueberry coconut mug cake for breakfast this morning, coupled with a mug of strong Irish Breakfast tea with a generous heaping of frozen blueberries for a touch of sweetness (not pictured). The only time adulting is fun. It’s a mug-cake-life.
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#mugcake
#🍜
Pictured: coconut blueberry mug cake topped with dollop of honey Greek yogurt, drizzle of honey, and blueberries.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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My take on bruschetta with day old sourdough. I even rubbed it with garlic.
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#bruschetta
#🍜
Plated: toasted sourdough rubbed with smashed garlic w/side of bruschetta (fresh chopped grape tomatoes, capers+ brine, smashed/diced garlic, spices, blend of basil + lemon olive oils, balsamic, sal y pimienta, chile Pequín)
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Ginger beef & onions w/snap peas (and a hint of bok choy and scallions) with help from Bachan’s (took the “scary” out). Not traditional, don’t @ me. I still suck at making rice so I doubled up on veggies. (Maybe one day I’ll buy a rice cooker.)
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#bachans
#🍜
Plated: ginger beef and onions with snap peas, bok choy, and scallions finished w/chile pequin and drizzle of toasted hot chile sesame oil.
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Blueberry (lemon) mug cake! No milk? No problem. Adapted a recipe. Pleased to have figured it out on first try! (Found another use for that lemon olive oil too. Best damn gift ever!!!)
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#mugcake
#🫐
Bowl: blueberry mug cake topped w/frozen blueberries
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Tis the season! Realizing I love soup. Who knew! More 15 bean wham shank.
#food
#foodsky
#caldo
#sopa
#soup
#🍜
#🍲
Bowl: 15 bean soup w/ham shank.
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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More soup! Sirloin tip con papas w/dollop of caramelized onion goat cheese.
#food
#foodsky
#caldo
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Bowl: sirloin tips with red potatoes, onion, garlic, celery, spices, beef bullion, finished w/splash of cream, dollop of goat cheese w/caramelized onions. Dutch oven: onions, smashed garlic, celery, bay leaves, kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper. In dish: browned sirloin tips (seasoned w/kosher salt / fresh cracked pepper and flour). Waiting to be added to pot.
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Cena aka dinner (well, actually, supper). It was time for an old favorite. Spaghetti, y lemony garlicky green beans (with a bit of shallot for good measure).
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#pasta
#IYKYK
#🍜

What did you have? 😄
In bowl: lemony, garlicky spaghetti with freshly shaved Parmesan and chile pequin. In pan: olive oil+lemon zest+garlic+shallot+chile pequin+blk pepper base, blanched green beans, lemon segments.
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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My riff on Carrabba’s lentil Italian sausage soup in stages. First try…wish you could try it, maybe not. It is that time of year! 🍂🍁🎃
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#sopa
#caldo
#🍜
#🍲
Bowl of soup: spicy Italian sausage, red onions, fennel, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, tomatoes, ditalini, brown lentils, bullion, spices, fresh dill, shaved parm. Hope I remember everything…made it up as I went along. In pot: spicy Italian sausage, red onions, fennel, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, tomatoes, ditalini, brown lentils, bullion, spices, fresh dill. Oh. I threw in a lemon wedge just for grins. In pot: spicy Italian sausage, red onions, fennel, garlic, carrots, celery, potatoes, tomatoes two ways (can of diced and can of San marzano), spices. In pot: spicy Italian sausage+spices, red onions+fennel, smashed garlic. I build flavors slowly so add things in layers.
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Tonight’s snack. I love cheese, crackers, & salad.
#food
#foodsky
#ensalada
#comida
#🍜
Plated: cheese, crackers, salad. Tonight it’s cilantro, grape tomatoes, cubed sugar bee apples, spring onions, and a bit of left over shallot with lemon olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, fresh cracked pepper, y sal.
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Day two. Bkfst and prepping cilantro for this week’s use. Isn’t it lovely!?!
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#breakfast
#ensalada
#🍜
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!
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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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! 🖤
#food
#foodsky
#comida
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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).
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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
#food
#comida
#foodsky
#🍜
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.
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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!
#food
#🍜
#foodsky
#comida
#cocina
#tofu
#tofutales
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).
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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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?
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#cooking
#chicken
#pollo
#🍜
#lacocina
#kitchen
Last chicken thigh w/red onion, bell pepper, jalapeño in Old Bay lime pan sauce w/side of white rice
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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.
#food
#foodsky
#cooking
#comida
#chicken
#kitchen
#🍜
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!
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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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!! 🖤
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#🍜
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.
October 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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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!
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#🍜
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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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.
#food
#foodsky
#caldo
#sopa
#🍜
#🍲
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).
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Why do I make so much soup?!?
I confess to being especially obsessed with brown rice millet noodles.
#food
#foodsky
#caldo
#sopa
#🍜
#🍲
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.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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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).
#food
#foodsky
#comida
#caldo
#sopa
#🍜
#🍲
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.
September 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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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#comida
#🍜
#foodsky
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).
September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM