Last Sunday we visited out friends in Fresno, Pat and Jim, who own a farm. With a large kitchen garden, it is risky to stop by their house or have them visit you. Last year, Pat showed up on our doorstep with a twenty pound bag of tomatoes. This year we got pepper bombed and a butternut squash literally the size of a baby. What am I going to do with a big bag of mixed peppers?
Karl’s Sweet Pepper and Fennel Soup
with Italian Sausage Meatballs
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Soups
My sweet pepper and fennel soup was a bit shy on green vegetables. I did not want to add them to the soup, because it would muddle the flavors. I decided that I needed a small side salad. Some baby spinach, some sweet red onion that I happen to have on hand and maybe a sprinkle of parmesan with a balsamic/vinaigrette would be nice.
Karl’s Spinach Side Salad
Filed under Salads, Vegan, Vegetables
I have been craving salmon lately. So I went out to get some. The question is what to do with it.
Karl’s Broiled Salmon with Honey Lemon Glaze
Filed under Main Dishes, Seafood
Jan made sweet potato pie recently and she only used two of the three jewel yams she had bought. One small yam is not enough for three people, but I did not want to run out and buy more. What could I do to stretch it into a side dish?
Karl’s Jewel Yam Rice
Filed under Side Dishes, Starches
I am always experimenting with quick ways to spruce up plain steamed green beans. Even when I am using most of the same ingredients I will switch up cooking techniques. This technique uses one fewer pans. I made this side dish to go with my broiled salmon.
Karl’s Garlic Thyme Green Beans II
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
We had some overripe bananas in the bowl, so it is banana bread or throw them out. If you have been reading my blog, you know how I feel about wasting food. I decided that today I would make the high fat version of my banana bread, but I still have to add something I have never tried before.
Karl’s Banana Bread with Crystallized Ginger
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes, Vegan
I was wandering the farmer’s market this weekend and I decided that one day this week I would make a vegetarian meal for Jan and Eilene. I had made some pesto to preserve some of the basil that was burgeoning in our garden. I decided that pesto-something would be the main dish.
Karl’s Pesto Cauliflower
Filed under Main Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian MD
The farmer’s market last weekend had these huge Brussels sprouts. The small ones were an inch and a half and the largest were easily two inches. Normally I like to buy the smallest I can find, but these were like cabbages. I decided that I would cut them in half and cover them in onion and garlic so that the juices would flow down between the leaves as they roasted.
Karl’s Roasted Brussels Sprouts
with Onion and Garlic
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Jan likes caprese salad, which is tomatoes, mozzarella, onion, olives and basil in a light vinaigrette. Usually I go to La Villa, a very good Italian deli in Willow Glen and pay through the nose for a very small portion. While La Villa makes a good salad I could make it cheaper and fresher. Today I noticed that we had a lot of tomatoes in our garden that were just ripe, and I thought, “Gee, why don’t I make my own?”
Karl’s Caprese Salad
Jan wanted something light for dinner. She had picked some tomatoes and basil from the garden. She also wanted breakfast for dinner, so I made her a brochette omelette.
Karl’s Brochette Omelette
Filed under Breakfast
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