Jan has been sick for the last few weeks, so I have been making a lot of chick soup. Since it is November and turkey necks are available and cheep, I decided to switch it up and make turkey stew. Three necks make for a hearty stock, but I am tired of noodles. Cannellini beans led me to think of this one as Italian.
Karl’s Turkey Italian Stew
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Stews
Adapted from Gourmet magazine
I have been looking at the recipes on Georgia About with hungry eyes, I am talking about gee-OR-gee-a. If you search for Georgian recipes you will get three things: 1) Southern U.S. Georgian recipes, 2) late 18th century English Georgian cooking, 3) and a few recipes from the country of Georgia. With this as my inspiration I started to create a Georgian feast for this Sunday.
Karl’s Caucasus Style Braised Pork Shoulder
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
Adapted from Djurenko.com and 17recipes.com
Georgian Shilaplavi is a rice dish that is described as being like a risotto. I have some diners who prefer little or no starch. I have learned that cauliflower is a versatile and good substitute. It is filling and can be “manipulated” in a number of ways to imitate some starch ingredients.
Karl’s Mock Georgian Shilaplavi with Mushrooms
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegetables, Vegetarian MD
The recipe on my blog that has gotten the most views is my Moroccan oxtail tajine. While this dish was very tasty, it was way too fatty for Jan. Jan had her gall bladder removed while we were in China and she is in the 10% of the population that has difficulty digesting fats after that operation.
Karl’s Moroccan Chicken Tajine
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
Jan likes caprese salad, which is tomatoes, mozzarella, onion, olives and basil in a light vinaigrette. Usually I go to La Villa, a very good Italian deli in Willow Glen and pay through the nose for a very small portion. While La Villa makes a good salad, I decided that I could make it cheaper and fresher.
Karl’s Caprese Salad II
Filed under Salads, Vegetarian MD
I bought some fresh tofu last Saturday that I was planning to make into mapo doufu. Jan’s schedule interfered. She had work on Monday and Tuesday nights. When she came back she did not want anything as spicy as mapo doufu.
Karl’s Chinese Broccoli Chicken Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
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
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
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