A month ago, I was seated on the couch flipping the pages of my favorite fashion magazine when hubby arrived. "I bought a kilo of red kidney beans", he told me.
"Oh that's great", I coldly replied and continued reading.
He left the room frustrated.
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One afternoon, hubby hinted that he's been craving for something spicy for lunch. I looked at him and replied, " Well I'm not sure that adding chili on your carbonara will do the thing."
He left the room disappointed.
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We were in the bookstore choosing some reading materials for our upcoming vacation. When I caught him with a book on eating healthy, "We should eat more healthy stuff like beans it's good for building muscle." he told me.
"Well we're too old to build muscle, aren't we" I jokingly replied.
He turned his back upset.
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Last night I dreamt that I was cut into pieces tossed up in a casserole of boiling red matter, tomato sauce I suppose. With lots and lots of chili. Playing dream analyst still catching up my breath, "I wonder what this gory dream meant" I thought when I woke up.
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Today I finally decided to cook some chili con carne. When hubby smelled what I was cooking, he looked at me and said "That sounds delicious darling." He then added with a sneering smile on his face, "By the way, in case you don't know just repaired your broken computer that's been broken for a month now you can start blogging again."
He then left the room whistling.
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That's what I call an, "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth."
"Oh that's great", I coldly replied and continued reading.
He left the room frustrated.
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One afternoon, hubby hinted that he's been craving for something spicy for lunch. I looked at him and replied, " Well I'm not sure that adding chili on your carbonara will do the thing."
He left the room disappointed.
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We were in the bookstore choosing some reading materials for our upcoming vacation. When I caught him with a book on eating healthy, "We should eat more healthy stuff like beans it's good for building muscle." he told me.
"Well we're too old to build muscle, aren't we" I jokingly replied.
He turned his back upset.
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Last night I dreamt that I was cut into pieces tossed up in a casserole of boiling red matter, tomato sauce I suppose. With lots and lots of chili. Playing dream analyst still catching up my breath, "I wonder what this gory dream meant" I thought when I woke up.
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Today I finally decided to cook some chili con carne. When hubby smelled what I was cooking, he looked at me and said "That sounds delicious darling." He then added with a sneering smile on his face, "By the way, in case you don't know just repaired your broken computer that's been broken for a month now you can start blogging again."
He then left the room whistling.
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That's what I call an, "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth."
This is of course my entry to Andrea's healthy monthly blogging event GYO, "Grow your own". Definitely not only for green thumbs but for all gourmet lovers outhere. This is recipe is great with your garden grown tomatoes and chilies. Go check out the round-up!
Chili Con Carne
half a kilo of ground beef
250 g of dry red beans (cook in pressure cooker until soft and mushy)
2 big onions chopped
2 red bell pepper
1 kilo of tomatoes
3 pieces of mild green chili peppers chopped
1 teaspoon of tomato paste
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon of cayenne powder (more or less depending on your taste)
3 tablespoons of olive oil
some salt and pepper
Start by putting your tomatoes, red bell peppers on an oven dish, put a tablespoon of olive oil and roast it in the oven for an hour at 200° celsius for forty minutes to sixty minutes. Once it's cold, peel off the skin and chopped them together. In a big casserole, put the rest of the olive oil and brown your onion. Add the ground beef then all the spices; cumin,cayenne, salt and pepper. Put the chopped chilis, roasted tomatoes and bell pepper. Stir. Add the tomato pasted and let it simmer over low fire.
As a rice topping it's perfect!Try my other spicy dishes:
Canneloni Diablo
Devil's Beef Stew
33 comments:
Your tough on the husband. Glad you made him happy at last.
January 29, 2009 3:21 PMDelicious! That's a great dish! Comforting and flavorful...
January 29, 2009 3:32 PMCheers,
Rosa
OH!! We love Chilli as we call it here. What a great looking dish, makes a wonderful dip with cheese on top and crisp Tortillas too for Super Bowl for us!:))
January 29, 2009 3:41 PMLOL... love your story and welcome back!!! your chili looks perfect... :) oh, and i'm glad you have one happy husband there enjoying the chili... happy chinese new year :)
January 29, 2009 3:44 PMsounds nice and spicy :)
January 29, 2009 3:45 PMHi hi were you afrai hubby would chop you up and put you in the pot, if you didn't make anything with the 1kg of beans.
January 29, 2009 3:54 PMI love chillie, this one looks yumm delicious.
this looks delish! i love chili con carne. perfect for cold nights, huh?....
January 29, 2009 3:59 PMWhat a comforting dish!! It looks great!
January 29, 2009 4:08 PMLong time no see so stopped by to say hi.
January 29, 2009 4:35 PMDhanggit its ur year....the year of the ox.
Looks delicious and I especially like that you served it over rice - yum!
January 29, 2009 7:55 PMWow, a month of waiting! Harsh.
January 29, 2009 10:32 PM;D
I like your quid pro quo ;)
January 29, 2009 11:19 PMIt's definitely chili season- your's looks wonderful!
xo
Ah, the price of sassiness, eh Dhanggit? :) Well, welcome back! I love love LOVE chili con carne-- maybe more than your husband loves it-- perfect on rice, and if I'm feeling naughty, with cheese grated on top :)
January 29, 2009 11:28 PMYou are a good wife. My father-in-law said "marriage is never 50/50...it's ALWAYS 80/20, with the 80 and 20 switching all the time"
January 29, 2009 11:53 PMWise.
I bet your husband was happy with his chilli! I would be happy as well!
January 30, 2009 12:37 AMThat looks bloody good Dhhangit & am I glad he bought the kilo of red beans. This chili is warming, & this chili is good! Welcome back!!
January 30, 2009 4:01 PMHello Dhanggit!! nice recipe I m happy you come backk dear Sis!!!!!huggs, Gloria
January 30, 2009 5:34 PMWelcome back!!
Hot and delicious! Yum.
January 30, 2009 11:38 PMlook hot. i am ready with my warm jasmine rice for this with two slices of tempeh hehehe
January 31, 2009 6:57 AMlol ...thats what happens when you dont get the subtle hints :p
January 31, 2009 11:09 AMWell i'm a big fan of red kidney beans too, n i like 'em spicy. Have you ever tried to make them the Indian way ...Rajma ?? I'll pass you the recipe if you're interested ...your hubby will fix everything else in the house i promise you that :P
wow! thanks for commenting on my post (as in, may naligaw, hehehe). Hmm... actually I'm thanking you for visiting 'coz now I found my way to a fantastic blog. Di kasi ako marunong magluto! :-) pero marunong naman magbasa ng recipee.
January 31, 2009 3:31 PMHaha ang kulit!
January 31, 2009 5:29 PMHow are you? I am here in settling in Finland, but so far walang papa, the only thing I see are snowmen! Hehe.
Hee hee. Now you've divulged the secret: most everything is good on top of rice! I eat chili with rice too. ;)
February 1, 2009 6:17 AMan eye for an eye, lol.
February 1, 2009 4:41 PMSounds just like my house. You crack me up and your gory nightmare!
February 2, 2009 3:10 AMA great chili con carne dish - hot and delicious!
February 2, 2009 4:14 PMRosie x
I love this! So comforting and spicy ;p
February 3, 2009 10:38 AMThis is one of my husband's all time favorite dishes too! :) I'm making it this thursday :)
February 3, 2009 1:11 PMYou're not the only one Dhanggit, I made this just last week when we were in the mountain with friends! I just loooovveeed Chili con Carne !!!
February 4, 2009 9:43 PMChili is one of our favorite comfort foods, and yours looks delicious. I'm sure your husband was so happy! :-)
February 6, 2009 1:47 PMYour husband must be really happy that you finally use the beans! Looks really delicious.
February 10, 2009 10:56 AMOne of my FAVORITE comfort foods. This looks amazing and so warm/delicious/hearty!
February 12, 2009 9:55 PMThanks for the Chili Con Carne recipe. Last summer I ate them at a party and has been looking for an authentic recipe ever since. Now I will be able to make them myself. Thanks again.
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