Steamed fish is something we had many times while we were in Chengdu, Sichuan, and in Hong Kong. It is actually a fairly simple recipe. I reconstructed it and I have continued to make it since we come back.
Karl’s Chinese Whole Steamed Fish
Category Archives: Main Dishes
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup II
I make chicken soup with whatever bits I have in the refrigerator, the backbones and wingtips of chickens, leftover bits of vegetables from other meals. This recipe is never the same twice, because what vegetables go into it depends entirely on what I have on hand. I do try to get a balance of colors, starch and flavors, but it is always different.
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup II
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups
Karl’s Sloppy Jodhs
To add to the dietary restrictions for this week, Myr was just put on a “soft food diet.” This week’s recipes must be: low(er) fat, low carb, and soft foods. She suggested something like Sloppy Joes.
Karl’s Sloppy Jodhs
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
Karl’s Vegetarian Lasagna
Adapted from a Cook’s Illustrated recipe
A friend of ours had a reoccurrence of her cancer, an all too familiar event in our lives. She is so sick that it is hard for her to cook, so I am making one of my mitzvah lasagnas. When a person is on chemo they tend not to be concerned with eating. I unfortunately know this from personal experience. This dish is designed to tempt you into eating at least a bite or two to keep body and soul together.
Karl’s Vegetarian Lasagna
Filed under Main Dishes, Vegetarian MD
Karl’s Weekday Miso Noodle Soup
I felt like soup today and Eilene always complains that when I make miso soup there is never enough for seconds (or thirds). Today I decided that I would make enough even for her.
Karl’s Weekday Miso Noodle Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Soups
Karl’s Tofu, Garlic Stem and Lettuce Stem Stir-fry with Pan-Fried Noodles
Yesterday was Daddy’s Day, so I made beef and beans. Today I am paying the price by making a vegetarian meal for Jan and Eilene. After work, Jan usually goes to the gym to work out and de-stress. Depending on which gym she goes to, the session she is attending, and the traffic she can come home anywhere from 6:45 to 7:15. With a stir-fry you can do all of the prep work and then put the dinner on hold, but ready to go, for easily an hour. A quick 10 minutes of stir-frying and a hot fresh dinner is on the table.
Karl’s Tofu, Garlic Stem, and Lettuce Stem Stir-fry
with Pan Fried Noodles
Filed under Main Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian MD
Karl’s Barbequed Tri-tip
Tri-tip was on sale at Safeway this week and I decided I wanted it for Daddy’s Day. While my favorite barbequed meat is lamb, a good tri-tip comes in a close second. That is, of course, the rub. A good tri-tip has a red-ish brown crust on the outside and is juicy and tender on the inside. However, what you usually end up with is a blackened, scorched crust and mostly tough, dry meat.
Karl’s Barbequed Tri-tip
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is a comfort food for Jan and she has had a busy week. Monday was high stress university budget meeting, where she was standing in for the dean. Tuesday, she was the “relevant parent” for Eilene’s registration into college. Wednesday and Thursday she was working at a conference up in Sausalito that our older daughter, Myr, was running. I knew that she would want something for dinner tonight that would help calm her down.
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups
Karl’s Asian Chicken or Pork Lettuce Cups
I am still trying to adapt to the combination of low fat and Ketogenic diets of my family. This Sunday I am posting two closely related recipes. This is the original recipe made with Hoisin sauce and sweet chili sauce, both of which have added sugar. I am going to adapt this recipe to be more in keeping with a Ketogenic diet in my second recipe.
Karl’s Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
Karl’s Keto Asian Pork or Chicken Lettuce Cups
Lettuce cups are very much in keeping with a Ketogenic diet, high protein and leafy greens. The problem with the original recipe is the Hoisin and sweet chili sauces, both of which have added sugar. Hoisin sauce is mostly bean paste with sugar and Chinese Five Spice added. I will make a keto hoisin sauce by leaving the sugar out. I will replace the sweetened chili sauce with a sugar free chili garlic sauce.
Karl’s Keto Asian Pork Lettuce Cups
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
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