by | May 9, 2019 · 4:29 pm

Karl’s New Zealand Venison Hand-Pies

Note: Daughter Miriam is having trouble with onions and garlic. To please all of my diners, I eventually made one with garlic and onions and a second smaller batch without the offending ingredients. I am posting the recipes for both as if I had made a full batch of each.

Almost twenty years ago we visited New Zealand—wife Jan had a series of guest lectures. Since we were already there we scheduled in time to rent a car and drive all over the country looking for LOTR sites. This was our introduction to NZ hand-pies—a quick an easy lunch when you are on the road.

Karl’s New Zealand Venison Hand Pies

Karl’s New Zealand Venison Hand Pies

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by | April 26, 2019 · 10:36 pm

Karl’s Cumin Lamb

Easter is here and—for my family—this means lamb. The question is which flavor? Greek lamb—my usual choice—is out, because daughter Miriam is off garlic and onions. Thirty years ago, we visited Kashgar in the far west of China. Shashlik and Naan is a popular meal in that city. Meat and bread call for a salad and a traditional Xinjiang dish would be a tomato and cucumber salad.

Karl’s Cumin Lamb

Karl’s Cumin Lamb

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by | April 17, 2019 · 4:26 pm

Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

I broiled some salmon for dinner the other night and I had some leftover salmon. While my wife loves tuna sandwiches, she cannot—for some reason—tolerate salmon salad. Since I was having lunch on my own, I decided to make this treat for a quick and easy lunch.

Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

Karl’s Open-Faced Salmon Salad Sandwiches

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by | April 17, 2019 · 12:32 am

Karl’s Weekday Meatloaf

Wife Jan suggested that I haven’t made meatloaf recently, so I thought I would throw one together. I first learned to make meatloaf from my mother Claudia, but I have moved far awat from that beginning.  Jan has been pushing me to add more vegetables to my dishes, so I planned to make this one more “loaf” and less “meat.”

Karl’s Weekday Meatloaf

Karl’s Weekday Meatloaf

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by | April 15, 2019 · 11:54 pm

Karl’s Improved Parsley Potatoes

I make my parsley potatoes almost exactly like my mother—with the exception of almost everything. My mother would use White Rose potatoes that she would cut into small pieces. I use small Dutch yellow potatoes cut into larger chunks. My mother would use one clove of garlic, one green onion and one tablespoon of parsley. I triple all of these ingredients. Today, I had some leek left over from making my meatloaf and I decided to add that as well.

Karl’s Improved Parsley Potatoes

Karl’s Improved Parsley Potatoes

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by | April 5, 2019 · 11:03 pm

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

Note: The is a sinful, unhealthy breakfast, definitely not an every day breakfast—or even every week—but it is so tasty.

My wife will not eat bacon as being “too fatty”—although she will sometimes eat a slice of Canadian bacon. I have been making her  California benedicts lately, but this morning I only one English muffin and  I was out of Canadian bacon. I made her a fairly healthy breakfast avocado toast, for myself  I went a bit more old school.

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

Karl’s “Don’t Tell My Wife” Benedict

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by | April 5, 2019 · 4:44 pm

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

Recently, I have been making wife Jan California Benedicts—a toasted English muffin, a slice of Canadian bacon, and a soft poached egg topped with guacamole. Jan travels and eats out more than I do and frequently on these trips she will have avocado toast for breakfast. Apparently, the way the restaurants make breakfast avocado toast is to top the toast and guacamole with the egg. Since she did not want Canadian bacon this morning, I turned my recipe for California Benedict into an avocado toast.

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

Karl’s Breakfast Avocado Toast

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by | April 2, 2019 · 5:53 pm

Karl’s Spinach and Prosciutto Calzone

Last week, son-in-law Chris asked for calzone for his birthday meal, but he waited too long—the pizza dough takes at least 3 day to be properly cold-risen. When I make pizza dough it produces enough to make 3 pizzas—a calzone is really just a folded over pizza. I plan to use only tow thirds of this dough for this meal. This dough freezes really well and I will save the third portion for another day. A Caesar salad completes the meal.

Karl’s Spinach and Prosciutto Calzone

Karl’s Spinach and Prosciutto Calzone

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by | April 2, 2019 · 4:36 pm

Karl’s Artichoke and Basil Calzone

Last week, son-in-law Chris asked for calzone for his birthday meal, but he waited too long—the pizza dough takes at least 3 day to be properly cold-risen. When I make pizza dough it produces enough to make 3 pizzas—a calzone is really just a folded over pizza. I had planned to use only two thirds of this dough for this meal, but the fillings I made required me to use all of the dough—dinner for tomorrow. A Caesar salad completes the meal.

Karl’s Artichoke and Basil Calzone

Karl’s Artichoke and Basil Calzone

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by | April 2, 2019 · 12:38 am

Karl’s Caesar Salad without Garlic

Adapted from a Bon Appetit recipe

I’m making calzoni for son-in-law, Chris’s birthday. While I am putting vegetables in both kinds of calzone—1, 2—I still think the meal needs more vegetable matter. A Caesar salad seems culturally appropriate for an Italian meal.

Karl’s Caesar Salad without Garlic

Karl’s Caesar Salad without Garlic

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