I have pretty much found my preferred way of making my Thanksgiving turkey. I use Thanksgiving dinner to create new and interesting sides to go with the bird. Today, I was inspired to make a new twist on sweet potato casserole using the mandarin marmalade I made a few weeks ago.
Karl’s Mandarin Sweet Potatoes
Filed under California Fusion, Potatoes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
We have had company for the last several days, so I wanted a Sunday dinner that was not hours of preparation. An American standard meal of meatloaf, potatoes, and green beans seemed like a good idea. Of course, I could not make it that simple I had to get spontaneously creative.
Karl’s Marjoram and Parsley Potatoes
Filed under Potatoes, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Daughter Miriam has been sick and cannot eat anything with onions or peppers. As a result, I have adapted my Japanese potato salad to meet her needs for our Sunday dinner. Removing these ingredients left the salad a bit vegetable deprived, so I boosted the amounts of celery and grated carrot.
Karl’s Japanese Style Potato Salad without Onions
Filed under Potatoes, Salads, Side Dishes
I love Japanese potato salad, I cannot stop trying to gild the lily. The last time I made this dish it was still lacking something, I tossed out some ingredients and added others. Being a Californian, there is one addition that I knew would make this creamy salad better, avocado!
Karl’s Japanese Potato Salad with Avocado
Filed under California Fusion, Potatoes, Salads, Side Dishes
I am making Easter dinner and I decided to make latkes to go with my ham and salmon main dishes. I have more people attending this meal, so I have increased some of the ingredients from the last time I made these popular pancakes. I have also decided to add a touch of mustard seeds.
Karl’s Tarragon Potato Latkes
with Irish Whiskey Pear Sauce
Filed under California Fusion, Potatoes, Side Dishes
I am making a “festival meal” for one of Jan’s Chinese students with a roasted chicken. Mashed potatoes and gravy is a “must” side dish. For Thanksgiving I made these potatoes with turkey gravy, here I am making it with chicken gravy.
Karl’s Mashed Potatoes with Chives
and Chicken Gravy
Filed under Potatoes, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes
I had originally planned on making scalloped Russet potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes for this year’s Thanksgiving meal. My wife said, “It is not Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes! A quick shuffle and I did it the other way.
Karl’s Scalloped Sweet Potatoes
Filed under California Fusion, Holidays, Potatoes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I had originally planned on making scalloped Russet potatoes and mashed sweet potatoes for this year’s Thanksgiving meal. My wife said, “It is not Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes! A quick shuffle and I did it the other way.
Karl’s Mashed Potatoes with Chives
Filed under Holidays, Potatoes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
In the continued effort to make meals for Jan that she doesn’t have to do any biting—she has two front tooth temporary caps—I suggested salmon for dinner. She thought yams were a good soft starch to go with the fish. She then suggested that this was an Orange Dinner.
Karl’s Orange Dinner
Filed under California Fusion, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Salads, Side Dishes
Last week, Jan really liked the za’atar corn I made and as I was thinking about a weekday meal I suggested that I could add that spice blend to my seafood chowder. She said that if I did, I should also used yogurt—instead if cream—in the dish. So I did.
Karl’s Middle Eastern Seafood Chowder
Filed under California Fusion, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Seafood, Shrimp
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