Our garlic went bad, but this was alright without.
1/4 lbs harricot verts (fancy french green beans)
1 red pepper (sweet italian)
1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup white wine
4 tbs balsamic vinegar
4 tbs olive oil
Filed under Side Dishes, Weeknight
Eilene requested carrot salad and some kind of green thing as the vegetable to go with the chili dogs for her birthday meal. I had bought a bottle of Champaign vinegar for another meal a few weeks ago and that seemed like a likely place to start. Thinking about what herbs and spices would compliment this rather expensive ingredient, I started grabbing bottles out of my spice rack. This is what I came up with. Giving the carrots a bit of time to pickle a bit also seemed like an obvious idea.
Karl’s Lightly Pickled Carrots and Spinach Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes, Vegetables
The kids are not coming over this week end, so Jan requested baked beans and hot dogs. Most Americans would grab a can of Van Camps or Bush’s (Heintz, if you’re British) and be good to go. I decided that I wanted to make my own.
Karl’s Boston Baked Beans
Filed under Beans, California Fusion, Main Dishes, Pork
Jan and I were discussing what to have with the challah I was making. Jan wanted me to make super-mini challah in the mini-muffin pan. Jan piped up with you could put jalapeños in it and they would be challahpeños! How far will this family go for a good pun? Apparently quite far.
Jan’s Challahpeños
Filed under bread, California Fusion, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Adapted from a Leah Cooks Kosher recipe
Jan bought some salmon while she was in Seattle—a package of three different salmon for a tasting. She wanted it with fresh crackers for her birthday dinner. Miriam’s TMJ is so bad lately that she could not eat the crackers. I decided to make challah, a very soft Jewish bread, for her to eat with her fish.
Karl’s Challah Rolls
Filed under bread, Side Dishes
Jan wanted “roasties” for dinner. I had thought that Eilene was going to eat out with her friends. Two hours before dinner, she announced that she was bringing two friends over for dinner. Roasties for two had suddenly become dinner for five. Time to get creative.
Karl’s Honey Lemon & Herb Chicken and Roasties
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Poultry, Vegetables
Adapted from a Mel’s Kitchen Café recipe
Recently, Eilene asked me to make flat bread. My first attempt, with rosemary, came out thick and chewy. It was OK, but not spectacular. I decided to try again only this time rolling the dough thinly and adding chives and lemon time. This was more of what I had in mind.
Karl’s Herbed Flatbread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
I am finally getting around to posting the meal I served Jan’s childhood friends last Saturday. This is basically my noodles Florentine recipe with meat added. While this is a dish is a meal in a bowl, I served it with a side of steamed broccolini.
Karl’s Chicken Florentine
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Pasta, Poultry
When I left home I copied all of my favorite recipes from my mother’s recipe box. Strada is one of those easy to make and infinitely flexible dishes that can be adapted to breakfast, brunch, lunch, potluck, or dinner. One more of Jan’s friends from high school is joining us for breakfast, so I decided to make a breakfast strada.
Karl’s Chicken Sausage Breakfast Strada (Strata)
Filed under bread, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with my mother’s recipe box and wrote down my favorite dishes. I have referenced my mother’s strada before, but I did not post the original recipe. Today I am posting another variation, so I thought I would put up Claudia’s family recipe. My memory is she was making this in the Fifties, long before it became a fashionable dish in the Seventies. Continue reading
Filed under bread, Main Dishes, Vegetarian, Vegetarian MD
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