At four o’clock today, Eilene told me that her friends were coming over for dinner. She suggested florescent mac and cheese, trying to make it easy on me. I just could not do it. This meal was really almost as easy, and so much better for them.
Karl’s Mexican Rice with Beef
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes, Rice, Vegan, Vegetarian
Jan’s childhood friends are coming to town for the Quilt Festival this week end. I am planning to make a Japanese dinner on Friday night, so I decided to make pickles. I went to the Japanese store for supplies and thought why not have Japanese tonight.
Karl’s Japanese Cucumbers Pickles with Lemon and Ginger
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Note: Today, I am posting a new pickle recipe. I was planning to refer the discussion I had made in this post, but when I got there the cupboard was bare, I found that I had forgotten to post the recipe. While this recipe produced a satisfactory pickle, the lemon flavor simply did not come through.
Karl’s Lemon Japanese Cucumber Pickles
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am making an Italian “chicken under brick” this Sunday. I needed an Italian vegetable dish to go with it. I based the chicken on a Mario Batali recipe, that Richard May had posted, and this led me to Batali’s recipe for Ciambotta.
Karl’s Ciambotta (Italian Vegetable Stew)
Filed under Side Dishes, Stews, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am making “chicken under brick” and a ciambotta. The ciambotta usually contains potatoes, but I have one diner who is on a diet that excludes potatoes. When Eilene heard that there was going to be no potatoes in the meal she said, “No Potatoes!!” To try and please everyone, I decided to make a separate potato dish.
Karl’s Roasted Italian Potatoes
Filed under Potatoes, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan, Vegetarian
It is Tuesday and Eilene’s friends are coming over. Today’s theme is pumpkin. My original thought was to make pumpkin soup, but one of the friends is going to make that. I remembered my mother’s pumpkin bread and Eilene liked that idea.
Karl’s Pumpkin Bread
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I wanted a vegetable/starch side dish to go with my baked salmon. Lately, I have been making dishes with noodles in white sauce for Jan and Eilene. Today, I decided to make it a green sauce.
Karl’s Noodles Florentine
Filed under Casserole, Pasta, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I wanted a side dish to go with my Chinese steamed chicken. Jan suggested one of my cheesy cauliflower dishes. While those are popular in my house, they are not very Chinese.
Karl’s Sichuan Cauliflower and Green Beans
Filed under California Fusion, Chinese, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
As I was at the Mexican store, picking up some things for my fish tacos, I saw some jicama on sale. I usually do not make a side salad when we have fish tacos, but I thought why not? I was sure I would think of something to do with it.
Karl’s Chili Lime Jicama Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Adapted from a King Arthur Flour recipe
Jan wanted “plain hamburgers” for Labor Day. I decided that “plain hamburgers” called for fresh buns. Hamburger and hot dog buns should be soft and slightly sweet.
Karl’s Hamburger/Hotdog Buns
Filed under bread, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
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