Jan had asked for chicken tacos for dinner, but I had a temporary crown put in today. I needed soft food with a small amount of chewing. I decided to turn the tacos into a soup.
Karl’s Chicken Taco Soup
Category Archives: California Fusion
Karl’s Chicken Taco Soup
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Soups, Uncategorized
Karl’s Meatloaf Hamburgers
Last week, in posting about my meatball chili, I mentioned that I had made meatloaf hamburgers the day before. I did not post it, because I had not taken a photo before I scarfed it down. It was so good that Jan wanted it again for the Fourth of July barbecue. I was not as hungry today, so I took time to take a picture.
Karl’s Meatloaf Hamburgers
Filed under Beef, California Fusion, Main Dishes
Karl’s Red, White and Blueberry Biscuits
It is the Fourth of July, so I decided to do something a little patriotic. Red jam, white flour and dried blueberries seemed just the ticket for a holiday breakfast.
Karl’s Red, White and Blueberry Biscuits
Filed under bread, Breakfast, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Treats, Vegetarian
Karl’s Weekend Beef Meatball Chili
I used canned beans for quick weekday chili. Cook’s Illustrated has identified Goya as the best brand of canned beans, because they are processed fresh in the fields, instead of laying around in storage for an unknown length of time. This is more of a weekend variation on the theme.
Karl’s Weekend Beef Meatball Chili
Filed under Beef, California Fusion, Main Dishes, Stews
Karl’s Fresh Salmon Patties
Jan and I are on our own this weekend as Eilene has gone to a CON in L.A. I did not feel like left over chili, but I am unused to cooking for only two. Jan has been complaining about red meat and starch heavy meals, so I finally settled on salad and salmon patties.
Many recipes for salmon patties call for using canned salmon—including my mother’s. For this meal, I decided I wanted to use fresh fish and my new favorite ingredient Japanese mayonnaise. Glancing at a few other recipes, I settled on my ingredients list and off I went.
Karl’s Fresh Salmon Patties
Filed under California Fusion, Fish, Main Dishes, Seafood
Karl’s Caper Sauce
I made salmon patties for dinner, but they can come out a bit dry. They cry out for a sauce. Daughter Eilene has introduced me to the joys of Japanese mayonnaise. A bit of this and a bit of that and I had a tartar-like sauce to go with my fish.
Karl’s Caper Sauce
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Vegetarian
Karl’s Blackberry Salsa
Adapted from a recipe in The Organic Kitchen Garden calendar (June)
While Jan and Eilene were in Hopi, I made a large pile of tamales for later meals. I served them for Father’s Day dinner and I decided to make two sauces to pour over the somewhat dry tamales. At Miriam’s request I made a mole. While I was deciding on the second sauce, Jan noticed a recipe on the kitchen calendar. As usual, I could not follow the recipe, but had to make “improvements.”
Karl’s Blackberry Salsa
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Simplified Mole Poblano
Several years ago, I tried to make an authentic mole. This is a Mexican sauce—like many others—with no set list of ingredients. Basic ingredients include chilies, fruit, some kind of seeds or nuts, one or more herbs and/or spices, and frequently chocolate. Just about every family, in Mexico and beyond, has their own variation—some with as many as 30 ingredients.
Karl’s Simplified Mole Poblano
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Avocado Toast
Several weeks ago, this dish was all the rage because Australian millionaire Tim Gurner suggested that it was the reason that young people couldn’t afford to buy a house. While I will admit that the price of avocados has gone up since I was that age, it is still not that expensive if you go to an ethnic store. You can sometimes find them for $1 apiece at Marina Grocery—as opposed to $2.50 at Safeway.
Karl’s Avocado Toast
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Colorful Potato Salad
Daughter Eilene has finally convinced me to try Japanese mayonnaise. Jan and I were wandering through a Farmer’s market and I saw a bin of differently colored marble potatoes—AKA new potatoes, these are simply potatoes that have been harvested while they are still only an inch in diameter. I thought they would make a good Japanese potato salad.
Karl’s Colorful Potato Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Potatoes, Salads, Vegetarian
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