I had defrosted one of my ham steaks for a meal that ended up not happening this Sunday. I do not want to re-freeze it, so I must think of a dish to make with it. Jan, who is just coming off a soft food diet, suggested ham and beans. Real food, but soft enough not to disturb her healing oral surgery.
Karl’s Three Course Ham and Beans
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Stews
Jan has had oral surgery, so she is still eating only cool blended foods at the moment. By now she is getting tired of smoothies, so I thought I would make her some vichyssoise. This is a fancy name for a potato and leek soup that can be served either hot or cold.
Karl’s Scallop Soup with Bacon
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Seafood
When Jan came back from Disneyland, she asked me to make the crackers she had refused before she had left. Normally, with something like fresh crackers I would serve a “deli-dinner,” a selection of cheeses, cold cuts, and deli-salads. Jan decided that that was not what she wanted, because she had been eating “deli-food” for three days.
Karl’s Hungarian Porkolt (pork stew)
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Stews
Adapted from a recipe on The Hobbit
Eilene and her friends are still watching the Tolkien Ring Trilogy. For lunch I served them sausage, raw carrots, and lembas bread. Eilene is tied of beef, so I am making a pork stew for dinner. They have also requested more lembas bread (yes, it was that good).
Karl’s Wise Sage Stew
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Eilene is having a bunch of friends over for a New Year’s marathon of Fellowship of the Rings. The first meal I made for them is a traveling lunch: sausage, lembas bread and raw heirloom carrot sticks. It is truly amazing how much teenage girls can put away.
Fellowship of the Ring Feast
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
My nephew, Braden, is staying at Myr’s place and is leaving today. For one last meal together we decided to have a Sunday lunch at her place before they ran him to the airport. Before Miriam and Chris went to his mother’s for Christmas, they gave us some Calabrese sausages. I thought it would be a good idea to uses these for this meal.
Karl’s Calabrese and Cabbage Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
My sister, Karen, and her husband are coming for Christmas and staying a few days. With my sister visiting I will be bringing back some of my best dishes of the year to see if I can make them even better.
Karl’s Ham and Six Beans
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
This weekend we are going to see the second installment of the Hobbit. This leaves me with a dilemma, what am I going to make if I am going to a three hour movie just before dinner? This is that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas when the left over hams are half price.
Karl’s Dijon Ham
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
Today is Eilene’s 18th birthday. Her mother is in Chicago. Her sister is in Peru. She had school and work all day. She will have her real party later next week. To celebrate the day, she is having some friends over and she requested mac & cheese.
Karl’s Mac & Cheese with Bacon & Cauliflower
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
Last Sunday I made a Georgian pork roast. This left a good bit of leftover meat. I used part of the meat to make pork tacos early in the week. When I make taco filling I add lots of chilies, onions, and celery. After we had eaten our fill I was left with a good bit of taco filling left over. I used this meat to make sixteen tamales. These were so good that Jan asked me to make more pork this weekend, so we will have leftovers for tamales next week.
Karl’s Bavarian Schweinsbraten
(Pork Shoulder Roast)
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
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Jabberwocky Stew 