I planned to have a variation of lamb Rogan Josh for this Sunday’s dinner with the kids. A saucy meat dish calls for bread to sop it up. In an Indian feast this means naan.
Karl’s Indian Naan
Category Archives: Side Dishes
Karl’s Lightly Pickled Carrots Salad with Spinach
I needed a salad for Christmas Eve dinner. Jan really loves carrot salad, but I wanted at least some green veg in the meal, so I added some baby spinach. I have made this salad before as a spinach salad, garnished with carrots. Here I reverse the proportions, a carrot salad garnished with some spinach.
Karl’s Lightly Pickled Carrots Salad with Spinach
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Karl’s Scones with Dried Apples
Jan was using one of her few opportunities to sleep in this morning. I—of course—woke up at 6, like I usually do. I decided to surprise her with scones this morning.
Karl’s Scones with Dried Apples
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Mushroom Parmesan Casserole
I have a problem with casseroles—as a result of having too many as a child. However, Jan really likes them and she has been asking me to make some recently. Jan is hosting this year’s Ladies Christmas Get-together and some of her friends are vegetarian and noodle lovers. I thought that a mushroom and noodle dish would fit the bill.
Karl’s Mushroom Parmesan Casserole
Filed under California Fusion, Casserole, Pasta, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Two Tapenade & Mini-Fry Bread
I have been into breads lately, trying my had at hallah and (American) Indian fry bread. Jan has friends over for a holiday meal this weekend and as an hors d’oeuvre I thought I would do tapenade and mini-fry breads.
Karl’s Two Tapenade & Mini-Fry Bread
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegetables
Cherokee Fry Bread
Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with my mother’s recipe box and wrote down my favorite dishes. One of the dishes I copied was Cherokee Fry Bread. The name she called it is not politically correct, but those were the times.
Cherokee Fry Bread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Karl’s Thanksgiving Stuffing II
My Thanksgiving stuffing is based on my mother’ s dressing. I may play around with the other sides and how I cook the turkey, but this is something that I always make very close to the same way each year. I have made many improvements on my mother’s recipe over the years, but this—more than the turkey—says, “Thanksgiving” to me.
Karl’s Thanksgiving Stuffing II
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes
Claudia’s Poultry Dressing
When I left home I copied out my favorite recipes from my mother’s card file. These recipes were limited to what she could fit onto a 3×5 card. They were meant more to remind her how to make a dish, rather than to instruct someone else on how to make them. They were sometimes quite cryptic to the uninitiated. The Thanksgiving stuffing I make today is a direct descendant of Claudia’s dressing. Continue reading
Filed under Side Dishes, Starches, Vegetarian
Karl’s Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole
Our Sunday paper has a supplement, the USA Weekend, which usually includes one of those recipes for people who do not really cook—you know the add “can A” to “can B” kind. This week they actually had a recipe for Thanksgiving that Jan thought looked pretty good. Not being one to follow any recipe, I had to make some changes.
Karl’s Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole
Filed under Potatoes, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan, Vegetarian
Jan’s Cherry Cranberry Sauce
Jan usually makes a cranberry Cumberland sauce for Thanksgiving. This year she thought she would mix it up. She had bought some frozen tart cherry juice for smoothies and she thought it would go well with the tart cranberries.
Jan’s Cherry Cranberry Sauce
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
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Jabberwocky Stew 