Category Archives: California Fusion

by | July 19, 2019 · 9:29 pm

Karl’s Weeknight Chicken Wonton Asian Fusion Soup

Sometimes, I want something quick and easy for a weekday dinner. Trader Joe’s has frozen chicken mini wantons that make for a good soup starter. Turning to a broth for this soup I was in a dilemma, do I make it Chinese—with chicken broth and ginger—or Japanese—with miso and dashi? My daughters’ philosophy is, “Why choose?”, so I went with both. For vegetables, I went with some of my family’s favorites—Shanghai bok choy, napa cabbage, and green onion.

Karl’s Weeknight Chicken Wonton Asian Fusion Soup

Karl’s Weeknight Chicken Wonton Asian Fusion Soup

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by | July 11, 2019 · 5:33 pm

Karl’s White Peach Teriyaki Chicken Wings

I have dozens of pictures on my desktop of dishes I that have created and never gotten around to posting. I made some white peach jam and I tried using it in many dishes—I actually made this meal months ago. For this meal it was as an addition to a teriyaki marinade for barbecued chicken wings. To go with the wings, I grilled some corn and I made sure that there was plenty of leftover sweet teriyaki sauce to pour over steamed rice.

Karl’s White Peach Teriyaki Chicken Wings


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by | July 8, 2019 · 12:25 am

Karl’s Native American Hand-Pies

This is not a “Native American” recipe, as in a recipe that any Native American tribe would make this dish. It is more in terms of the Native American ingredients—turkey, wild rice and cranberries—included in the recipe. As follower of my blog may realize I am very fond of hand-pies, so this is more in line with what the British colonists might come up with in the 1700’s.

Karl’s Native American Hand-Pies

Karl’s Native American Hand-Pies

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by | July 5, 2019 · 12:10 am

Karl’s Broiled Salmon with Ginger White Peach Glaze

Daughter Eilene has gone off to an archeological dig on Nevis, so it is just Jan and me for dinner for the next month. It is a weekday meal and I wanted something simple and quick. A while ago, I broiled some salmon using my lemon marmalade as a glaze. Recently, I made some white peach jam. I wondered how would this jam work as a glaze for salmon?

Karl’s Broiled Salmon with Ginger White Peach Glaze

Karl’s Broiled Salmon with Ginger White Peach Glaze

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by | July 1, 2019 · 9:52 pm

Karl’s Thai Curried Deviled Egg

I frequently make deviled eggs for my wife Jan’s Ethno Breakfast. I try to keep things interesting—for me—by creating a new recipe each time I do this. This is a risky business, as not all new creations are successful—some experiments are simply not something to put into someone else’s mouth.

Karl’s Thai Curried Deviled Egg

Karl’s Thai Curried Deviled Egg

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by | May 17, 2019 · 4:18 pm

Karl’s Breakfast Pan Quiche

I made mini quiches for wife Jan’s Ethnobreakfast. Since I had never done this before, I was unsure how much of the egg mixture I would need to fill the mini muffin cups. I whipped up a dozen eggs, but found out that I only need to use ten. This left me with two eggs worth of my egg mixture. I decided to use it for my own breakfast.

Karl’s Breakfast Pan Quiche

Karl’s Breakfast Pan Quiche

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by | May 13, 2019 · 10:51 pm

Karl’s Corn and Mango Salsa

I am making Indian tacos this weekend and daughter Miriam cannot eat most of the salsas I am planning to make to top these Native American treats. Miriam is currently “off” garlic, onions, and chilies—which means I need a salsa that does not include any of these. Corn and mango came to mind and I went to work with that idea.

Karl’s Corn and Mango Salsa

Karl’s Corn and Mango Salsa

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by | May 11, 2019 · 8:26 pm

Karl’s a Bierock and a NZ Pie Walk into a Bar

Sunday, I made New Zealand venison hand-pies, they were very popular. One of the recipes wife Jan really likes is Volga German bierock—savory beef, onions and cabbage in a raised dough bun. She asked me to make them using the shortcrust pastry I learned to use for the NZ pies.

Karl’s a Bierock and a NZ Pie Walk into a Bar

Karl’s a Bierock and a NZ Pie Walk into a Bar

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by | April 5, 2019 · 11:03 pm

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

Note: The is a sinful, unhealthy breakfast, definitely not an every day breakfast—or even every week—but it is so tasty.

My wife will not eat bacon as being “too fatty”—although she will sometimes eat a slice of Canadian bacon. I have been making her  California benedicts lately, but this morning I only one English muffin and  I was out of Canadian bacon. I made her a fairly healthy breakfast avocado toast, for myself  I went a bit more old school.

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

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by | April 5, 2019 · 4:44 pm

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

Recently, I have been making wife Jan California Benedicts—a toasted English muffin, a slice of Canadian bacon, and a soft poached egg topped with guacamole. Jan travels and eats out more than I do and frequently on these trips she will have avocado toast for breakfast. Apparently, the way the restaurants make breakfast avocado toast is to top the toast and guacamole with the egg. Since she did not want Canadian bacon this morning, I turned my recipe for California Benedict into an avocado toast.

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

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