This seems to be my week for trying to improve recipes I have made recently. Last week I made an Asian influenced salad to go with my salmon teriyaki. I am making salmon again and the salad was good enough that I wanted to try and make it better.
Karl’s Asian Apple Cabbage Salad II
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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 needed a salad for Christmas Eve dinner. Jan really loves carrot salad, but I wanted at least some green veg in the meal, so I added some baby spinach. I have made this salad before as a spinach salad, garnished with carrots. Here I reverse the proportions, a carrot salad garnished with some spinach.
Karl’s Lightly Pickled Carrots Salad with Spinach
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Eilene requested carrot salad and some kind of green thing as the vegetable to go with the chili dogs for her birthday meal. I had bought a bottle of Champaign vinegar for another meal a few weeks ago and that seemed like a likely place to start. Thinking about what herbs and spices would compliment this rather expensive ingredient, I started grabbing bottles out of my spice rack. This is what I came up with. Giving the carrots a bit of time to pickle a bit also seemed like an obvious idea.
Karl’s Lightly Pickled Carrots and Spinach Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Salads, Sauces and Spices, Side Dishes, Vegetables
Jan wanted “roasties” for dinner. I had thought that Eilene was going to eat out with her friends. Two hours before dinner, she announced that she was bringing two friends over for dinner. Roasties for two had suddenly become dinner for five. Time to get creative.
Karl’s Honey Lemon & Herb Chicken and Roasties
Filed under Chicken, Main Dishes, Potatoes, Poultry, Vegetables
Jan’s new job is very stressful. When she is stressed, she wants comfort food. For her this is soup, today it is turkey. The “wild” in this title is the wild rice, not the alcoholic beverage—although if you feel cheated, it would not hurt the dish to add it when you add the leeks and carrots.
Karl’s Wild Turkey Barley Soup
Filed under California Fusion, Main Dishes, Poultry, Turkey
I decided that I wanted a cool salad to go with my lasagna. Jan really likes carrot salad. Since she had forbidden me to be too creative with the lasagna I decided that would express myself on this dish.
Karl’s Heirloom Carrot
and Diakon Ribbon Salad
Filed under California Fusion, Root Vegetables, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian
Eilene is having her friends over again and she has requested lembas bread and Lord of the Rings stew. I did not want to make the same one that I made last time, but none of the ones on-line struck my fancy.
Karl’s Shire Hens in Apple Wine
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Stews
I made some shredded pickled carrots for Jan, while her mouth was healing. I did not think they were anything special, but she really liked them. Today, I was at the Japanese store and saw some nice carrots. I decided that I would make some more for my Japanese dinner tonight.
Karl’s Japanese Quick Pickled Carrots
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian MD
I am making orange glazed salmon and mashed yams tonight. While Jan is on her soft food diet this dish will be too hard for her to eat, however, Eilene wants something besides baby food for dinner.
Karl’s Carolina Coleslaw
Filed under Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
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