I am making the Dean’s Lunch and one of the dinners is a Vegan. Jan and I finally settled on a salad with crackers and a selection of schmears. To meet the needs of the one, the many must eat Vegan—to paraphrase.
Karl’s Roasted Carrot and Red Pepper Hummus
Filed under Beans, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am making the Dean’s Lunch and one of the dinners is a Vegan. Jan and I finally settled on a salad with crackers and a selection of schmears. To meet the needs of the one, the many must eat Vegan—to paraphrase. On the other hand, just because something has no animal products in it does not mean it can’t be delicious.
Karl’s Vegan Artichoke Spinach Schmear
Filed under Beans, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am making Cuban Picadillo, a mild Cuban chili. Chili calls for beans and rice. I have made Mexican black beans and rice before, but each country—village?—mother?—has their own take on this dish. This is my take on Cuban Moors and Christians.
Karl’s Cuban Moros y Cristianos
Cuban Black Beans and Rice
Filed under Beans, Rice, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
I wanted a side dish to go with my ham steak and roasted vegetables. I know that Jan does not like black eyed peas, but I do. She can just eat more of the vegetables and leave the black eyed peas for me.
Karl’s Southern Black Eyed Peas
Filed under Beans, Pork, Side Dishes
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
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
Eilene is at Disneyland and Myr is not feeling well, so it is just Jan and me tonight. Jan wanted something that we could reheat when Eilene gets home late tonight, but also be good for lunches during the week. She decided that she wants ham and beans.
Karl’s Corona Beans and Ham
Filed under Beans, Main Dishes, Pork, Soups, Stews
Dong quai steamed chicken is one of those dishes that I had in Chengdu and reconstructed from the memory of the taste. You steam the chicken for hours until the meat is falling off the bones. I remember that it had ginger and Chinese broad beans and was finished off with pea top. Pea tops are the tender leaves at the ends of the pea plant.
Karl’s Chinese Steamed Ginger Chicken
Before I left home for the first time, I sat down with my mother’s recipe box and wrote down my favorite dishes. As I was making my chili California I had thought about using my mother’s recipe. I took it out and looked it over. I was surprised to find that it did not actually include any “chile.” I remember loving my mother’s “chili” as a child, but I am not sure I can call it “chili” any more—it was more of a German beef and beans. Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Beef, California Fusion, Main Dishes
I am making Santa Maria barbecue this Sunday and this needs a special kind of beans. I finally found a source for heirloom Santa Maria pinquito beans. If you live in the South Bay (San Jose, CA area) it is just a short 30 minute drive down to just south of Gilroy to where the 101 briefly becomes a two lane highway. Garlic World is an overgrown roadside fruit stand that specializes in Gilroy’s primary crop—I love when the wind is out of the south in the morning, it smells of garlic. Garlic World also carries Suzie Q’s pinquito beans.
Karl’s Santa Maria-Style Beans II
Filed under Beans, Pork, Side Dishes, Starches
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