Salmon roasted low and slow, 23 minutes at 290, with soy sauce, lots of lemon juice and some butter, along with broccoli from a nearby farm (cooked fully, no hot green Brillo pads). So good despite crappy pic.
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I must be one of the few people that prefer broccol with a bit of a bite. 
Your meal looks terrific!
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Thank you. I actually like broccoli almost any way (equal opportunity broccoli lover?) but as a side prefer it fully cooked. And farm-fresh broccoli is different from supermarket broccoli and the fact is, I love them all.
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This sounds delicious!
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interesting. i might try this.
Cabbage soup with homemade kielbasa. This recipe was tasty and makes for a lot of leftovers. I added 2 t. sherry vinegar.
Carrots, onion, bay, potatoes, and cabbage from the garden.
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Just a tiny splash of soy sauce. 
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Early Diwali dinner with friends last night, as I’ll be away for the actual holiday.
I made apps and dessert plus a cocktail syrup, my friend (who hosted) made the main and sides.
Cocktail: Festive Old Fashioneds (cardamom, ginger, caramel, pomegranate molasses)
Apps: Savory spiced mini cupcakes (handvo), Puff pastry and potato spirals.
Mains: Meatball biryani
Sides: Crunchy okra, boondi raita, kachumber (onion, tomato, chilli, cilantro).
Dessert: Yogurt Panna Cotta Tart
We had a lot of fun (especially after a couple of rounds of the cocktail, then remembering that a bottle of wine had been decanted with another one waiting…).
But… there were a few food misses. Rice for the biryani didn’t cook properly at first, then overcooked a bit and broke up, in which time the masala dried out more than it should have. Dessert (which turned out absolutely perfectly last week for another party) was over-gelled because I was afraid it wouldn’t set in a deeper tart and very slightly increased the gelatin.
Oh well. A very enjoyable evening overall, and my friend and I both got to experiment with new dishes which we’ll continue to work on, even though they didn’t turn out exactly as we had hoped this time.
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It all looks good! Happy Diwali, and safe travels.
Thank you!
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Happens! Happy holiday.
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Could have fooled me. Looks great.
Quick and relatively easy tonight - seared NY Strips, braised radishes, and homemade sweet potato fries. Fries were limp but tasty. Spanish Garnacha in our glasses.
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Leftover salmon (I always eat the thin/belly part the first night and save the thicker part which I reheat very gently), with more steamed farm broccoli and celery braised in salmon soy lemon leftover juices. Love braised celery!
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Sausage and roasted broccoli calzone sprinkled with Monterey Jack cheese, and with roasted garlic dabbed on top of the filling. Used a half ball of Wegmans’ pizza dough. Sauce was Dave’s Gourmet Roasted Garlic and Sweet Basil, augmented with dried oregano, basil, and Aleppo pepper for a slight bit of heat.
Wine alongside.
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That looks amazing!
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Really , really nice
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