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Karl’s Fish Tacos with Fruit Salsa

One of wife Jan’s Noom recipes was Marinated Red Snapper with Fruit Salsa and, of course, I took exception to their take on the recipe. I personally think that bananas do not belong in any salsa or that—in a recipe which is supposed to limit sugar as much as possible—it needs all that brown sugar. However, it did give me an idea for new take on my fish tacos.

Karl’s Fish Tacos with Fruit Salsa

Karl’s Fish Tacos with Fruit Salsa

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Karl’s Spicy Asian Steamed Cod Skewers with Vegetables

This meal came about when my wife asked for steamed fish for dinner. The Noom recipe she suggested was called “steamed fish and veggies.” In previous years, I have done this as a whole Chinese steamed fish—something that I would need to make a special trip to the Asian market to assemble. To make it easier, she suggested that I do fish skewers, and I took the idea and ran with it.

Karl’s Spicy Asian Steamed Cod Skewers with Vegetables

Karl’s Spicy Asian Steamed Cod Skewers with Vegetables

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Karl’s Lemon Teriyaki Broiled Salmon

I had made some Sichuan cold noodle salad for one of wife Jan’s potlucks. we had some leftover so I thought I would make something to go with it to make a dinner. Broiled salmon came to mind. I have found that my marmalades make a very good glaze for salmon. This time, I decided that I would mix in some soy sauce to make it a lemony teriyaki glaze.

Karl’s Lemon Teriyaki Broiled Salmon

Karl’s Lemon Teriyaki Broiled Salmon

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Karl’s Fish Stir-Fry

Wife Jan is just getting over the flu and she wanted “real” food, but was concerned about moving too fast off of a bland diet. Stir-fries are infinitely variable—What do you have? What do you need? What blend of sauces would go with these decisions. Today’s answers were cod, Shanghai bok choy, napa cabbage, and shiitake mushrooms, and a few green onion tops—flavorful, but easy to digest. For the sauce, I decided on a base of oyster sauce with soy sauce, and a bit of ginger —avoiding my usual addition of chili garlic sauce.

Karl’s Fish Stir-Fry

Karl’s Fish Stir-Fry

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Karl’s Honey Lemon and Tarragon Broiled Salmon

I have dozens of pictures on my desktop of dishes I have created and never gotten around to posting. This was a weekday meal and I had decided on broiled salmon, but how to make it special? That day, I chose to make a glaze of honey, lemon and tarragon, just to try something new.

Karl’s Honey Lemon and Tarragon Broiled Salmon

Karl’s Honey Lemon and Tarragon Broiled Salmon

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Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

I broiled some salmon for dinner the other night and I had some leftover salmon. While my wife loves tuna sandwiches, she cannot—for some reason—tolerate salmon salad. Since I was having lunch on my own, I decided to make this treat for a quick and easy lunch.

Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

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Karl’s Tekkamaki

I have been making sushi since I was 20 years old. My father was stationed in Japan during the Korean War and returned with a love of all things Japanese. My father brought back the recipes, my mother learned to cook them, and I learned them from her. I grew up eating Japanese food long before it became a fashionable cuisine in the U.S.

Karl’s Tekkamaki

Karl’s Tekkamaki

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Karl’s Hamachi-cado

I made a Japanese feast on Sunday and one of my dishes was hamachi shotsChef Jeffrey Stout’s signature recipe at The Sea by Alexander. Whenever, I make these taste treats I have a small piece of fish left over—in this case it was the dark fatty bits near the fishes center line. I usually eat this for lunch the next day.

Karl’s Hamachi-cado

Karl’s Hamachi-cado

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Hamachi Shots

Two weeks ago, I tried making hamachi shotsChef Jeffrey Stout’s signature recipe at The Sea by Alexander—for the first time. I was rushed and forgot to add all of the ingredients. I also took a short cut that did not work well. This time, I am trying to faithfully follow the recipe—not something that is really in my nature.

Hamachi Shots

Hamachi Shots

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Levi Root’s Jamaican Coconut-Baked Fish Parcels

Adapted from Grill it with Levi

The kids are feeling a bit toady after weeks of holiday eating and have decided to go on a keto/Atkins low-carb diet. These diets are vegetable/protein forward. Usually, I go with dishes where I can serve the starch on the side, for those who wish for more.

Levi Root’s Jamaican Coconut-Baked Fish Parcels

Levi Root’s Jamaican Coconut-Baked Fish Parcels

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