Tri-tip was on sale at Safeway this week and I decided I wanted it for Daddy’s Day. While my favorite barbequed meat is lamb, a good tri-tip comes in a close second. That is, of course, the rub. A good tri-tip has a red-ish brown crust on the outside and is juicy and tender on the inside. However, what you usually end up with is a blackened, scorched crust and mostly tough, dry meat.
Karl’s Barbequed Tri-tip
Filed under Beef, Main Dishes
Not being able to get heirloom Santa Maria pinquito beans for this Sunday I have had to substitute little pink beans. What make beans “Santa Maria beans” (besides the unique beans) is in using two kinds of pork and chili sauce in the mix. Some recipes call for using a bottled chili sauce and others make it themselves and then add it to the pot.
Karl’s Santa Maria-Style Beans
Filed under Side Dishes, Starches
It’s Daddy’s Day this Sunday, so I have decided on beef and beans. Chris, however, is still on his ketogenic diet so he will not want to eat much of the beans. I need a filling vegetable dish to ensure that he gets enough to eat. I saw some nice globe artichokes at Trader Joe’s and I thought I might want to stuff and roast them.
Karl’s Roasted Artichokes Stuffed with Spinach and Mushrooms
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Several months ago Cook’s Illustrated had a oat muffin recipe. I made it very closely to the recipe and my household was very disappointed in it. While it was a tasty oat cupcake, it was not a “muffin!” Cook’s illustrated did, however, have some good techniques for enhancing the oat flavor by toasting the raw oats and then grinding them into flour.
Karl’s Banana Oat Muffins
with Pecans and Blueberries
Filed under bread, Breakfast, Side Dishes
Chicken soup is a comfort food for Jan and she has had a busy week. Monday was high stress university budget meeting, where she was standing in for the dean. Tuesday, she was the “relevant parent” for Eilene’s registration into college. Wednesday and Thursday she was working at a conference up in Sausalito that our older daughter, Myr, was running. I knew that she would want something for dinner tonight that would help calm her down.
Karl’s Refrigerator Chicken Soup
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Soups
I am still trying to adapt to the combination of low fat and Ketogenic diets of my family. This Sunday I am posting two closely related recipes. This is the original recipe made with Hoisin sauce and sweet chili sauce, both of which have added sugar. I am going to adapt this recipe to be more in keeping with a Ketogenic diet in my second recipe.
Karl’s Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry
I decided that I should make a Ketogenic Hoisin sauce to go with my pork lettuce cups. I looked online for a recipe to tweak and was very disappointed in what I found. In my opinion, there are three things which really do not belong in Hoisin sauce: peanut butter, honey, and ketchup.
Filed under Sauces and Spices
Lettuce cups are very much in keeping with a Ketogenic diet, high protein and leafy greens. The problem with the original recipe is the Hoisin and sweet chili sauces, both of which have added sugar. Hoisin sauce is mostly bean paste with sugar and Chinese Five Spice added. I will make a keto hoisin sauce by leaving the sugar out. I will replace the sweetened chili sauce with a sugar free chili garlic sauce.
Karl’s Keto Asian Pork Lettuce Cups
Filed under Main Dishes, Pork
My original thought was not to have a separate vegetable dish this weekend. However while I was in Lion Market I saw garlic stem! I had to have it.
Karl’s Spicy Garlic Stem, Chinese Celery
and Bamboo Stir-fry
Filed under Side Dishes, Vegan, Vegetables
Chinese/Asian Chicken Salad is a popular dinner salad at my house. Of course, like chop suey, this is a truly American dish and you would never find anything like it in China. The flavorful chicken, crisp vegetables and crunchy noodles of this salad take me back to my childhood and the many church potlucks and American Chinese/Japanese festival food stand offerings.
Karl’s Chinese Chicken Salad
Filed under Main Dishes, Poultry, Salads
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