I love Japanese pickled vegetables and I frequently get the urge to make them. The day before my Sunday dinner I started to make a bunch. Sometimes the side dishes lead you to the main dish, rather than the other way around.
Karl’s Japanese Coca-Cola Braised Pork
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork, Sauces and Spices
Japan has many Tsukemono, literally “pickled things.” When my father came back from Japan in the fifties, he introduced my family to Japanese cuisine. One dish that he learned to make was salt pickled cabbage (kyabetsu shio-zuke; キャベツ塩-漬け ).
Dad’s Salt Pickled Cabbage
Kyabetsu Shio-zuke Tsukemono
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I had the urge to make Japanese pickles this week. There are many types of Japanese pickles—Tsukemono—and I am on a quest to learn them all. This week it was misozuke, miso flavored pickles.
Karl’s Miso Pickled Cucumbers
Misozuke Tsukemono
Filed under Pickles, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
It’s my birthday and I get to make what I like. This means barbecued lamb. This year I decided I would go Moroccan.
Karl’s Moroccan Ras el Hanut Barbequed/Broiled Lamb
Filed under Barbeque, Broiling, Lamb, Main Dishes, Sauces and Spices
I wanted a vegetable dish to go with my Moroccan lamb. None of the recipes I found on-line were quite what I had in mind. I started taking ingredients from several of them and built my own.
Karl’s Vegetable Tajine
(Tagine)
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
I am making a Moroccan feast for my birthday dinner. A tajine is frequently served over a bed of couscous. I decided that my vegetable tajine needed a lemon couscous. I looked at several recipes, but they all seemed very shy with the lemon juice.
Karl’s Lemon Couscous
Filed under Pasta, Side Dishes, Starches, Vegan, Vegetarian
It is my birthday and I thought I would get creative and please myself. I was looking on-line for Moroccan dishes to add to my feast. I was scanning more for idea, rather than recipes. This combination for the salad just sort of clicked into place as I was reading.
Karl’s Moroccan Orange and Spinach Salad
with Ras el Hanout Shrimp
Filed under California Fusion, Green Vegetables, Salads, Seafood, Shrimp, Side Dishes
Harissa is a North African condiment of chili and spices. I had never tried it and I thought I would buy a jar of commercial harissa to get an idea of how it was different from other chili pastes. I am afraid it was not a good introductory experience.
Karl’s Harissa
Filed under Sauces and Spices
Jan and I did not have eggs for breakfast today, so I thought I would make deviled eggs for lunch. Jan is constantly worried about her cholesterol, so she keeps a strict limit on the number of egg she eats. Plain soft boiled eggs are the rule at this house, but I like to spice things up occasionally.
Karl’s Deviled Eggs
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegetarian
Jan’s friend is coming to join Jan in a visit to Santa Barbara—the yearly gathering of women who went through UCSB’s Anthropology Program in the late ‘70’s. I decided to make the sweet potato and peanut butter soup I made earlier this week for their lunch, but she is allergic to both tomatoes and milk.
Karl’s Maafe Minus
(West African Sweet Potato and Peanut Soup)
Filed under Main Dishes, Potatoes, Soups, Stews, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian MD
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