I am making broiled salmon with dill tonight and I wanted a starch dish to go with it. I thought apples and rice. Then, I thought green onions and tarragon would fit in nicely.
Karl’s Green Onion and Apple Rice
Category Archives: Side Dishes
Karl’s Green Onion and Apple Rice
Filed under California Fusion, Rice, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Spanakorzo (Greek Spinach and Pasta)
I am making Greek barbecued lamb for Easter and I wanted a Greek starch side dish. Found a recipe for Spanakorizo (Greek Spinach and Rice). While I did not copy the recipe, it gave me the idea for a Greek-style pasta dish with orzo.
Karl’s Spanakorzo (Greek Spinach and Pasta)
Filed under California Fusion, Pasta, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegetarian
Karl’s Greek Salad Bar
I am making lamb for Easter and I wanted a salad to go with my lamb and pasta dishes. A Greek salad seemed to be the way to go. This is a rustic salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, olives, feta cheese dressed with salt and herbed olive oil. In America this is usually serves over a bed of lettuce. I decided to use a mixed herb salad.
Karl’s Greek Salad Bar
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s San Francisco Pulao
One of the recent Cook’s Illustrated had a recipe for the perfect rice and pasta pilaf (read Rice-A-Roni™). While this dish is famously San Francisco Italian, its origin is actually Armenia. While the dish made from the box is always passably edible, trying to make it from scratch is usually a disaster—either the rice is underdone or the pasta turns into mush.
Karl’s San Francisco Pulao
Filed under California Fusion, Pasta, Rice, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s New England Boiled Dinner (a.k.a. Corned Beef and Cabbage)
Chris requested New England Boiled Dinner for his birthday. According to Wikipedia: This is a “traditional New England meal, consisting of corned beef, or a smoked “picnic ham” shoulder, with cabbage and added vegetable items, often including potato, rutabaga, parsnip, carrot, white turnip and onion.” This is one of the original American “one pot meals.”
Karl’s New England Boiled Dinner
a.k.a. Corned Beef and Cabbage
Filed under Beef, Broiling, Main Dishes, Potatoes
Karl’s Ham and Navy Bean Soup
I have a ham bone cluttering up my freeze and I wanted to make a rich ham and bean soup. I have made something like it before, but I thought I would push this recipe a bit further and add some new ingredients. To go with my soup, I thought some beer bread and a cold green bean salad would be good.
Karl’s Ham and Navy Bean Soup
Filed under Beans, Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
Karl’s Ale Almond Bread
I am making bread to go with my ham and navy beans. I wanted something lighter and different than my usual Guinness beer bread. I decided to use a Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale.
Karl’s Ale Almond Bread
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Claudia’s French Toast
Fond memories of childhood. The occasional Saturday when my mother would make French toast. Soft, custardy bread dripping with butter and syrup.
Claudia’s French Toast
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Treats, Vegetarian
Karl’s Rustic Italian Bread II
This is not so much a new recipe as an experiment in bread making. I made my first foray into crusty breads a few weeks ago. In my experience in bread making, cooking the dough in a dry oven produced a soft crust. I had made a large batch of dough and I thought I would bake half of it in a dry oven and half in a moist oven. Small details make big differences.
Rustic Italian Bread Baked in a Moist Oven
Rustic Italian Bread Baked in a Dry Oven
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Karl’s Pot Roast and Smashed Potatoes
Jan wanted comfort food after her family’s visit and she requested pot roast. I have made more complex versions of this dish, but I wanted this to be a home-y version. A hearty “meat and potatoes,” closer to what my mother, Claudia, would have made.
Karl’s Pot Roast and Smashed Potatoes
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes, Potatoes
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