I am making Easter dinner and I decided to make latkes to go with my ham and salmon main dishes. I have more people attending this meal, so I have increased some of the ingredients from the last time I made these popular pancakes. I have also decided to add a touch of mustard seeds.
Karl’s Tarragon Potato Latkes
with Irish Whiskey Pear Sauce
Filed under California Fusion, Potatoes, Side Dishes
I wanted something a bit different to go with my latkes for Easter Dinner. Last time I used Drambuie in the sauce. I thought it made for a very tasty sauce, but it is not my nature to make the same thing the same way twice. This time I decided to use Irish whiskey.
Karl’s Irish Whiskey Pear Sauce
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Adapted from a King Arthur Flour recipe
It is Easter and I am making severs dishes. I have been making dinner rolls lately and my family really like them. My mother, Claudia, made rolls for most celebration dinner.
Karl’s Pull-Apart Egg Dinner Rolls
Filed under bread, Side Dishes
I decided that I wanted biscuits and gravy for breakfast, but I did not have my usual sage pork sausage—which wife, Jan, does not really prefer. I did have some Trader Joe’s chicken sausage in the freezer, so I decided to go with that. I did not used to make this kind of thing—except on special weekends—but I just had a hankering.
Karl’s Biscuits and Chicken Sausage Gravy
Filed under Breakfast, California Fusion, Chicken
Years ago, I created an orange infused sugar that was so good that it became a staple on my counter top—a jar of this sugar now sits on my counter ready to add as needed to any recipe that would benefit from a sweet citrusy boost. My wife, Jan, asked me why I had never tried this with ginger.
Karl’s Ginger Infused Sugar
Filed under California Fusion, Sauces and Spices, Vegan, Vegetarian
I have made this dish before, but son-in-law Chris asked for this hot and sour dish as his birthday meal. Last time, I made this fairly close to the traditional recipe. This time, I decided to add more meat and use some tricks I have picked up to boost the flavor.
Karl’s Dàn Dàn Miàn II
Sichuan Peddler’s Noodles
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Sauces and Spices
My sister, Karen, came through town last week and for one of the meals I made chili. As I had not planned to make a third meal for her it was a bit of a spur of the moment thing. While everyone else went for a hike, I whipped up a quick chili.
Karl’s Quick Beef and Pork Chili
Filed under Beef, California Fusion, Main Dishes, Pork, Stews
Sometimes, I am at a loss for what to make for dinner. I go on-line and search for “dinner ideas.” While I am usually sure—when I see a picture of a dish—about what I do not want to make for dinner, but I sometimes struggle to find what I want. I keep looking, and eventually, I will spot something that just seems right—and off I go.
Karl’s Chicken and Biscuits
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes
A bierock—German stuffed bread—is not now, nor has it ever been haute cuisine, it is essentially a workingman’s lunch. When you are working, traveling, or having some kind of festival event, you do not always have time to sit down for meal. Having a meal in a neat, sealed package that you can slip into a pocket or pouch is a solution that many cultures have discovered.
Karl’s Volga German Bierocks
Filed under Beef, bread, German, Main Dishes, Pork
We were invited to a potluck this weekend and I decided—since it is close to St. Patrick’s Day—to do an Irish beef stew. I have posted this recipe before, but I am really incapable of doing the same dish the same way twice.
Karl’s Guinness Beef Stew II
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes, Stews
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Jabberwocky Stew 