I wanted something quick and easy for a weekday dinner. I have been experimenting with dry frying skin-on salmon fillets. A simple salad and a quick couscous dish completed the meal.
Karl’s Dry Fried Salmon
Category Archives: California Fusion
Karl’s Couscous Florentine
I wanted a starch dish to go with my fried salmon. I wanted something that was quick and easy. Couscous cooks in just minutes and can be a very versatile starch. A bit of this and a bit of that and viola, dinner is served.
Karl’s Couscous Florentine
Filed under California Fusion, Green Vegetables, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Carrot and Spinach Salad with Orange Tarragon Dressing
This week I wanted a fast weekday meal. Fried salmon, a quick starch dish, and a simple salad. This does not mean that I could not be creative. In a burst of inspiration, I came up with a new way of making salad dressing.
Karl’s Carrot and Spinach Salad
with Orange Tarragon Dressing
Filed under California Fusion, Green Vegetables, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s Lox Schmear
I’m trying to catch up on my postings. While I did not stop cooking while Jan was working on her book, I did not have time to write them up. We were going to a party and as my contributions I thought I would bring crackers and schmear. My thought was to make a schmear that would be reminiscent of a classic lox bagel—lox, cream cheese, onions and capers.
Karl’s Lox Schmear
Filed under California Fusion
Karl’s Cellophane Noodle Salad with Shrimp
The NYTimes sends me emails with recipes several time a week. A recent email was all about cold noodle dishes. As I read through them I got a hankering for cold noodles, but none of their dishes really suited me. I borrowed a few ideas from their cellophane noodle salad, but mine is based more on my Vietnamese summer rolls.
Karl’s Cellophane Noodle Salad with Shrimp
Filed under California Fusion, Main Dishes, Salads, Seafood, Shrimp, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s White Peach Jam
A few weeks ago I had some peaches sitting on the counter in danger of over ripening. Jam was the obvious solution. Jan thought it was “too sweet.” This flaw did not stop her from eating the entire jar in two weeks.
Karl’s White Peach Jam
Filed under California Fusion, Treats, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Apple Wood Smoked Irish Whiskey Chicken Wings and Legs
Jan asked me last week why I never make chicken wings. As is usually the case, at some point in the past she told me that she did not like them. As is also the case, she completely denies ever having said that or that she did not want them that day. Eilene prefers legs to wings, so I threw in some of those as well.
Karl’s Apple Wood Smoked
Irish Whiskey Chicken Wings and Legs
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Sauces and Spices
Karl’s Garlic Lemon Barbecued Corn
I am barbecuing chicken wings for this Sunday’s Dinner and I needed a vegetable side dish. While Jan like corn on the cob, much of what you find in the stores has already gone moldy—pull back the top leaves and take a sniff. My wife will not touch it when it is that state. Fortunately, there is an Summer vegetable stand near us that has really fresh corn.
Karl’s Garlic Lemon Barbecued Corn
Filed under California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s Sautéed Red Radishes and Greens
Usually when you buy radishes from the supermarket—and even from the farmer’s market—the leaves are almost always wilted and sorry looking—good only for compost or the trash bin. Yesterday, a new farmer had shown up at my local market and he had really fresh radishes.
Karl’s Sautéed Red Radishes and Greens
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s Chinese Poached Chicken Salad
Since I have been writing this blog, I have felt pushed to constantly upgrade my skills and recipes—new, different, better. I read Cook’s Illustrated and I get e-newsletters from NYTimes and Serious Eats—to the point that my inbox is full of posts that I do not have the time to read. I mine these posts—not so much for recipes—but as a source of new ideas and techniques.
Karl’s Chinese Poached Chicken Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Salads, Sauces and Spices, Vegetables
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