Crab season just started and wife Jan asked for a crab dinner. Growing up, her family would cover the table with newspapers and feast on several crabs. Coleslaw is the obvious salad to go with a dinner like this.
Karl’s Colorful Coleslaw with Pecans and Crystallized Ginger
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
I am making Thanksgiving dinner and I had decided to have green beans as a side dish. However, I wanted something I could prep ahead and just pop under the broiler, when the turkey came out. Harcourt Verts are a thin French green beans that would be perfect for this purpose. Since I was using French green beans I thought that using fancy red d’Anjou pears would be a go together.
Note: I had a bit of a disaster. I was transferring my photos from my phone to my computer and I did not notice that not all of the pictures made it—they did however, delete from my phone when I cleaned it up. Continue reading
Filed under Beans, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
While wife Jan usually makes the cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, this year she was really busy with work. She and daughter Eilene went for a walking tour of the Devon coast and came back with a love for the taste of elderflower. I decided to adapt her recipe from last year to include her new favorite liqueur.
Karl’s Elderflower Cranberry Sauce
Filed under Side Dishes
Adapted from Joy of Cooking
Every year we make several Christmas giveaways—food treats to bring joy to our friends. It really started to get serious almost 30 years ago when we moved a house with orange, lemon and grapefruit trees. Since then, we moved across the street to a house without fruit trees, but I found that I could still beg yard fruit from my neighbors.
Karl’s Spiced Almond Biscotti
Filed under Desserts & Treats
Since I started making fresh cream crackers, I have made many variations on the basic cream cracker. I have made them with sesame seeds, rosemary and parmesan, raspberries, za’atar, and even French onion soup. This week, I decided to seasoned them with black pepper and thyme.
Karl’s Salt and Pepper Sesame Crackers
Filed under bread, Side Dishes
Every Christmas we make cookies to give away and just about every year we think up a new variation of old favorites. I usually make almond biscotti. Jan suggest doing a ginger biscotti this year.
Karl’s Triple Ginger Biscotti
Filed under Desserts & Treats, Holidays
I have posted weekday chili before (1 & 2), but my followers will know that I can rarely make the same dish the same way twice. This time I did not want to make a huge pot of beans, just enough for 4-5 person/meals. I have stripped down the ingredients list, but recently I have discovered that adding some Better than Bouillon greatly enhances the flavor of soups and stews.
Karl’s Weekday Beef Chili III
Filed under Beans, Beef, Main Dishes, Stews
Eilene’s friends are coming over again. Fortunately, she gave me a two hour notice this time. What do I have on hand to feed them—some leftover Italian sausage, pasta sauce and rotini.
Karl’s Weeknight Pasta
I forgot to take a picture and this is all that was left
Filed under Main Dishes, Pasta, Pork
Daughter Miriam asked for a vegetable forward soup fir this Sunday’s dinner. I decided on an Italian Wedding Soup. What defines an Italian Wedding Soup—according to Wikipedia—are green vegetables, meat (usually meatballs), chicken broth, and usually some kind of small pasta. I can see that for a large wedding feast you would want to keep it simple, but this was for a family dinner—I decided to bump up the vegetables.
Karl’s Italian Wedding Soup
without Garlic and Onions
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
My Spicy Chicken with Pan Fried Noodles is one of my daughters favorite dishes. Unfortunately, daughter Miriam is “off” onions and garlic at the moment. However, this is a dish that is dominated by onions and garlic—a whole large yellow onion, 8-10 cloves of garlic, and tablespoons of chili garlic sauce. Making it taste even close to the original is going to be quite the challenge.
Karl’s Spicy Chicken with Pan Fried Noodles
without Garlic and Onions
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
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