Sunday was St. Patrick’s Day, and around here that means corned beef and colcannon. Daughter Miriam is off onions and garlic—although she has recently been OK with just a little green onion. For this meal, I made my regular colcannon for the rest of us and a smaller one adapted for my daughter.
Karl’s Colcannon without Garlic and Onions
Filed under Potatoes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I was making Hawaiian hamburgers and I did not think that a little green onion was enough vegetables for the meal. Pickled cucumbers seemed like a good side dish for these Asian-ish burgers. I had half an English cucumber and two hours before dinner—just enough time.
Karl’s Quick Pickled Cucumbers
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegetables
Wife Jan asked for Japanese teriyaki burger for dinner. In chatting with the teller in the market he asked if I was going to use pineapple in the dish. I responded that that would make it an Hawaiian burger. Jan said yes to the idea.
Karl’s Hawaiian Hamburger
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes, Rice
Wife Jan’s Ethno Breakfast has rolled around again. Usually, I will make deviled eggs for these events, but Jan said that someone else would be bringing bagels and she wanted a schmear to spread on them. She suggested that I make an egg salad. Since my curried eggs are always popular, I chopped it up to make my salad and added more of the vegetables.
Karl’s Curried Egg Salad
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Salads, Side Dishes
I’m making broiled salmon and steamed broccoli for a week night dinner. Looking for something different for a starch I thought about a wild rice pilaf. I happened to have a bruised apple on my counter—one that I was not going to put in someone’s lunch bag—that I needed to use up. Throwing it into the pot turned out to work very nicely.
Karl’s Apple Wild Rice Pilaf
Filed under California Fusion, Rice, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
I was making a very meat heavy meal with Coca-cola pork and I wanted to work in more vegetables. I added shredded cabbage to my potato salad, but I wanted one more dish. While I am not fond of cooked carrots, my family loves them. Glazing the carrots with the pork’s cola sauce seemed a reasonable next step.
Karl’s Coca-Cola glazed Roasted Carrots
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
I had decided to go with Coca-cola pork as my main dish. Daughter Miriam suggested that Coca-cola pork calls for rice. However, I was doing a more Southern version of Coca-cola pork and that calls for potato salad.
Karl’s Potato Slaw Salad
Filed under Potatoes, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Daughter Miriam asked for tomato soup and melted cheese sandwiches for Sunday’s dinner. I thought that a salad would go well with this meal. Some time ago, Miriam introduced me to balsamic vinegar strawberries and I had the notion that would these would pair well with spinach.
Karl’s Spinach Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Wife Jan is interviewing job applicants over the next two weeks. The university will only cater groups of 10 and there will only be five for breakfast during the interviews. Jan asked me to cater the sessions—deviled eggs, a baked good, and fruit salad.
Karl’s Cinnamon-Swirl Currant Bread
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes
Wife Jan is interviewing job applicants over the next two weeks. The university will only cater groups of 10 and there will only be five for breakfast during the interviews. Jan asked me to cater the sessions—deviled eggs, a baked good, and fruit salad. Today, I decided to go with American scones.
Karl’s Cinnamon Currant American Scones
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes
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