I am making Vera Cruz Fish Tacos and I decided that I wanted to add a side salad. I could have just served my garlic BBQ corn as a side dish, but I had two navel oranges left over after making a batch of orange infused sugar. Combining the two seemed like a good way to use up the leftovers.
Karl’s Garlic Barbecued Corn and Orange Salad
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
This is a dish that I make every few months. When I make a chicken dish, I frequently buy whole chickens and cut them up myself. I cut out the back and freeze the necks, wing tips and any trimmings to make chicken stock.
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup III
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups, Vegetables
Last Sunday I made Santa Maria barbecued tri-tip. By Tuesday I had only a scant half a pound of meat left. By itself it was not enough to use as a main dish, so I decided to stretch it with grilled peppers. Fajitas are seared peppers and can be made with any meat, something like a Mexican stir-fry.
Karl’s Tri-tip Fajitas
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes
On the Fourth of July we went to a friend’s house for Santa Maria barbeque. Jan liked it so much that she asked me to make it this Sunday. A Santa Maria Barbecue is not complete without pinquito beans and Santa Maria style salsa.
Karl’s Santa Maria Barbecued Tri-tip
Filed under Barbeque, Beef, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
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
Santa Maria style salsa is a necessary accompaniment to Santa Maria barbecue. I, of course, could not make it exactly as they do in Santa Maria.
Karl’s Santa Maria Style Salsa
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Eilene is having friends over tonight and one of them is a picky eater. If it is not Vietnamese or sweet she will not like it. I would make pho, but it takes a long time to make the stock. Jan suggested that she would like chicken teriyaki.
Karl’s Barbecued Chicken Teriyaki II
Filed under Barbeque, California Fusion, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
When I was leaving home as a youth, this is one of the first recipes I copied out of my mother’s card file. When Dad returned from Japan in the early ‘50s, he brought back a love of all things Japanese and many Japanese recipes. Mother was making chicken teriyaki when it was still an exotic foreign food in California. When most American families were getting hamburgers and hotdogs, we were getting chicken teriyaki and rice once a week. This is one of the comfort foods of my youth.
Karl’s Chicken Teriyaki
Filed under Barbeque, Chicken, Main Dishes, Poultry
I am making chicken teriyaki, fresh tofu, and pickles for Sunday night. To make the fresh tofu look pretty I had trimmed the slumping sides off. This left me with five thin slabs of tofu. I decided that I wanted to make a Shiitake mushroom dish with them.
Karl’s Fried Tofu and Shiitake Mushrooms
Filed under Side Dishes, Stir-fry, Vegan, Vegetarian
This meal started in a very different place than it ended. In the morning, I suggested to Jan that I make fish that night. Lately, that has meant fish tacos, but I am getting board with that. Jan suggested lobster rolls, but that is too expensive in California. I suggested Langoustine, which are kind of Italian mini-lobsters. When I got to the store, I found no Langoustine and there was not even any lobster.
Karl’s Crab Cakes
with Aioli and Champaign Pickled Radishes
Filed under California Fusion, Main Dishes, Salads, Seafood
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