Last week Jan asked for bouillabaisse for her birthday dinner. As I was looking up recipes, I realized that she was using this term in the sloppy American way we do as a generic word for fish stew. Bouillabaisse is a Provençal fish stew from Marseille that is made with specific fish, cooked in a specific order and served with a rouille, a mayonnaise sauce that Jan would not touch. What Jan was really asking for was cioppino.
Karl’s Cioppino
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Stews
I usually serve a simple green salad when I make cioppino. Today I decided to do something special for Jan’s birthday. I picked up some nice green beans at yesterday’s farmers market. She also likes roasted vegetables and Big Paws Mission Fig balsamic vinegar. I thought I would combine all of these things into a cold salad to go with the fish stew.
Karl’s Roasted Green Bean Salad
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Jan is still struggling with her cold, so she wants soup for the second day in a row. I did not want to make the same thing I did yesterday, so I was trolling through the WordPress reader for soups. I looked at several, before one finally caught my eye.
Karl’s Italian Sausage, Beans and Barley Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
Jan has come down with a cold. When Jan gets a cold she drinks endless hot honey lemons (3-4 slices of lemon, 1 tsp. honey, plus hot water). It soothes the throat and the steam clears the sinuses.
Karl’s Greek Cold Fighting Chicken Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups
My older sister and her husband will be stopping by this week end. I want to make a nice dinner for them. I decided that my sweet pepper and fennel soup would be a good start.
Karl’s Sweet Pepper and Fennel Soup
with Italian Sausage Meat Balls II
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
My sister, Karen, from the Northwest is coming for a visit so I am making a nice dinner for her. We Luecks really love two things when we get together, lamb and salmon. This time I decided to make salmon.
Karl’s Drunken Salmon
with Irish Honey Lemon Glaze
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood
I decided that I needed some greens to go with my salmon and soup that I am serving to my sister. A spinach salad seemed like a good idea, but plain leaves and dressing did not seem like enough. I have been doing a lot of cooking lately and I have several “left over ingredients” on hand.
Karl’s Orange and Pear Spinach Salad
with Lime Vinaigrette
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
This week end we are having a lot of company. Pat and Barbara, Jan’s high school friends (actually she has known Barbara since second grade) are coming to the quilt festival and staying two nights. The following day my sister Karen will be spending the night. This leaves me with lots of planning and cooking to do.
Karl’s Sage Chicken and Brandied Pears
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
I need a starch dish to go with my chicken and pears. Noodles did not seem right. Potatoes or rice did not fit the hole in my head either. Since my dish is sort of French influenced, I had considered couscous to make it a bit Algerian. I tried searching for chicken and pear recipes and found several for soups with barley. That was the one that sounded right.
Karl’s Herbed Barley
Filed under Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan
Pat and Barbara are visiting and I decided that I needed a green veg to go with the chicken and pears that I am making for dinner. Pat wanted Brussels sprouts and Barbara wanted broccoli. Since I have been making a lot of Brussels sprouts lately I sided with Barbara.
Karl’s Roasted Broccoli and Tomatoes
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
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