Purslane started showing up at the farmer’s market recently. As you may know by now, I am always up for trying something I have never tried before. This week I am going to the Cal-Mex border and making chili beans and oxtails rojo. As a side dish, I decided to sauté purslane with Anaheim chilies and Mexican green onions (cebollines).
Karl’s Purslane with
Chilies and Mexican Green Onions
Filed under California Fusion, Green Vegetables, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Jan is hosting the Dean’s lunch today. Her staff ordered enchiladas, but there are Vegan and lactose-intolerant deans who will not eat those. She asked me to come up with an alternative.
Karl’s Cal-Mex Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Chicken, Poultry, Salads, Vegan, Vegetarian
Jan and Chris both asked me to do another barbecued tri-tip. The last time I did a tri-tip I used a Californian-Mexican seasoning. This time I thought I would jump to another continent and do North African.
Karl’s Barbecued Moroccan Tri-tip
Filed under Barbeque, Beef, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
Chermoula is one of those North African spice blends/sauces/marinades where each country has their own variation on a theme. Most of the blends start with garlic and coriander. I am using the chermoula as both a marinade for tri-tip and as a sauce, so I made a double batch. Here I am providing the single batch recipe.
Karl’s Moroccan Chermoula
Filed under Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
This Sunday I am making a Moroccan barbecued tri-tip. Miriam requested a stone fruit and corn salad to go with it. Son-in-law Chris is still on his ketogenic diet, so large amounts of both corn and fruit are forbidden to him. I don’t want him to starve or to live only on meat, so I had to think of a third dish that would fit into his diet.
Karl’s Keto Moroccan Artichoke Tajine (Tagine)
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am doing Morocco this week and Miriam said she had seen a recipe for Moroccan corn and stone fruit salad. She really liked my last corn salad and wanted something similar. I was not able to find the recipe she had read, so I did what seemed right to me.
Karl’s Moroccan Barbecued Corn and Peach Salad
Filed under Barbeque, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian
Adapted from a Leite’s Culinaria recipe
Happiness for Jan is a pot of steamed clams and/or mussels. Since I am doing a Portuguese feast with a salt cod dish and caldo verde, I thought clams would go very well. The first dish I looked at was roast pork smothered in steamed clams. Jan was quick to reject this. She does not mind a little pork in her clams as a flavoring, but in her mind it is all about the clams.
Karl’s Portuguese Steamed Clams
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood, Steaming, Stews
Adapted from a chef Manuel Azevedo recipe
Traditionally this dish is serves as a casserole. Chef Azevedo, born on the island of São Jorge in the Azores, turns this Portuguese dish upside down. This allows the exposed codfish to brown slightly and the layer of potatoes on the bottom to crisp.
Karl’s Portuguese Salt Cod and Potato Casserole
Filed under Casseroles, Fish, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Seafood
Adapted from a Leite’s Culinaria recipe
Most of the people of Portuguese ancestry in San Jose actually come from the Azores. Although many families have been here for more than one hundred years, they still maintain a strong sense of cultural identity and family ties to the home islands. If they have room in their yard for a garden, you may be sure that kale is growing in there. Caldo Verde, green broth, a kale and potato soup is a staple of Portuguese cuisine.
Karl’s Caldo Verde
Portuguese Kale Soup
Filed under Green Vegetables, Pork, Soups
This dish has become a standard weekday meal at my house. Jan asks for it at least once or twice a month. This makes it a bit boring for me, so I am always tinkering with the recipe trying to make it even better.
Karl’s Barbecued Veracruz-style Fish Tacos
Filed under Barbeque, Fish, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices, Seafood
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