Jan’s friends are coming to town for the Quilt Festival, for me this means several special dinners and this year Jan has ordered a special breakfast. For the first meal on Friday I decided to do a fish stew. Most of the European stews were out, because Barbara doesn’t like tomatoes. Japanese Yosenabe seemed the obvious choice.
Karl’s Yosenabe II
Miriam was working in Rome this week and she was coming back through Chicago. Needless to say, it took her two days to get back and she is exhausted. As a result, the kids are not coming over this Sunday for dinner. Instead of my usual feast, I will be making a gumbo, a Louisiana signature dish.
Karl’s Filé Gumbo
(Andouille, Chicken & Shrimp)
I was shopping at Lucky supermarket and I noticed that they had whole salmon for $3 a pound. It may have been a weekday, but I could not pass that up. Personally I prefer to barbecue salmon, but it is a weekday and with all of the fires in California it has been constant “spare the air” days.
Karl’s Baked Salmon with Lemon and Thyme
Filed under Fish, Main Dishes, Seafood
I have a problem with casseroles. In the forty years that Jan and I have been together, I have made maybe three tuna casseroles. Last month, bowing to pressure from both Jan and Eilene, I made a seafood casserole. They both really liked this dish. They both had seconds and barely left enough for two more servings as their lunches.
Karl’s It’s Still Not a Tuna Casserole!
Filed under Fish, Main Dishes, Seafood, Shrimp, Vegetables
Fish tacos have become a weekday meal at our house. If I do not have a lot of time, they can be simply topped with some cilantro, guacamole, and diced onion. If I have more time, I will make pickled red cabbage and a salsa to go with the fish.
Karl’s Corn Salsa
Filed under California Fusion, Fish, Sauces and Spices, Seafood
Jan received some green beans and cherry tomatoes from the SJSU Environmental Studies garden [correction]. There were not enough green beans or tomatoes to make a separate dish. I started to think of ways I could add them to a main dish. I finally decided to use them in a seafood noodle casserole.
It’s Not a Tuna Casserole!
It’s not! It’s not! It’s not!
Filed under Casserole, Fish, Main Dishes, Pasta, Seafood
The kids are not coming over this Sunday and Jan wants to go to a movie. Instead of my usual feast I will be making a late Sunday lunch. I finally settled on gumbo, a Louisiana signature dish.
Karl’s Creole Gumbo
Filed under Fish, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Seafood, Shrimp
Adapted from a Leite’s Culinaria recipe
Happiness for Jan is a pot of steamed clams and/or mussels. Since I am doing a Portuguese feast with a salt cod dish and caldo verde, I thought clams would go very well. The first dish I looked at was roast pork smothered in steamed clams. Jan was quick to reject this. She does not mind a little pork in her clams as a flavoring, but in her mind it is all about the clams.
Karl’s Portuguese Steamed Clams
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Steaming, Stews
Adapted from a chef Manuel Azevedo recipe
Traditionally this dish is serves as a casserole. Chef Azevedo, born on the island of São Jorge in the Azores, turns this Portuguese dish upside down. This allows the exposed codfish to brown slightly and the layer of potatoes on the bottom to crisp.
Karl’s Portuguese Salt Cod and Potato Casserole
Filed under Casseroles, Fish, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Seafood
This dish has become a standard weekday meal at my house. Jan asks for it at least once or twice a month. This makes it a bit boring for me, so I am always tinkering with the recipe trying to make it even better.
Karl’s Barbecued Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
Filed under Barbeque, Fish, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Seafood
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