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ramen bowl with shiitake mushrooms and soft boiled duck egg

In the article it was paired with a standing rib roast. That's what I usually make for the Christmas meat. I don't eat red meat so I spend a lot of time trying out various side dishes in advance, since that's my holiday meal. Last night we had roasted chanterelle mushrooms on a garlic rubbed baguette with gruyere cheese

Last night I tested a parsnip mash and roasted brussel sprout recipe in the latest Food and Wine magazine, thinking it might be a nice addition to Christmas dinner. It was tasty and might make the cut. Topped with U10 scallops.

Wild Florida shrimp in a garlic butter lemon sauce on pasta

prosciutto and burrata salad antipasto board

Serious Eats' Pineapple Teriyaki salmon burgers with avocado. Not my favorite salmon burger recipe, and the recipe made enough glaze to coat about 50 burgers. I have over half of it left.

We did group dinner on Saturday instead of Sunday this week. Roasted pear salad roasted artichoke salad cheesy garlic bread chicken parmesean

Wednesday night, chicken stew with dumplings Last night, flatbread/pizza with roasted golden beets, lemony kale, radishes, and goat cheese

I started the broccoli first, and added the salmon to the baking sheet after 10 minutes. Total baking time was 20 minutes at 400 degrees. The salmon was medium rare which is my preference.

roasted salmon and broccoli with a chili-garlic-soy glaze. Served with rice. Next time I will roast the salmon and the broccoli on separate pans as too much of the glaze ran off the salmon and onto the broccoli for my liking.

fish and chips

Spicy cheese bread from Cook's Country magazine Tuna bolognese Seared tuna with rice and broccoli for the pasta-hating niece

Last night I made the "broccoli classic" from A Super Upsetting Book About Sandwiches. Roasted broccoli, spicy pickled lychees, toasted pine nuts, ricotta salata, fried shallots and mayo on a sub roll. It was probably the strangest sandwich I have ever eaten, but the flavors worked together. I won't be rushing to make it again anytime soon, but I am glad I tried it. Husband liked it enough to take the leftover sandwich with him to work today.

arugula salad a prosciutto and burrata salad for my niece who dislikes pasta and everyone else had pasta puttanesca

caesar salad, garlic bread and a chicken sausage, pepper and onion pan roast

Have you cooked anything from it? It's a funny book, but so many of the recipes have multiple sub-recipes in them. I think I am going to make some of the lychee muchim this weekend in anticipation of one of the broccoli sandwiches later next week. Last night was burger night. Beef burger and hot dog Veggie burger

Charred broccoli reubens. The recipe was in my local paper on Wednesday and I figured "why not?" We really liked them and I would make them again. I have a cookbook with some broccoli sandwich recipes in it that I have been meaning to try (A Super Upsetting Book About Sandwiches) and now I am going to cook those too.

Roasted lemon-garlic-rosemary shrimp with toasted bread to soak up the sauce. Arugula salad on the side.

Husband has a cold, so last night I made chicken soup with cavatelli. Comfort food

@Norm Matthews those are beautiful biscuits. I cannot make biscuits to save my life--they come out flat as a pancake every time. Last night, penne with chicken, baby kale and grape tomatoes in a lemon cream sauce

Sorry about the delay on the final installment. We had a power outage that led to some connectivity issues until my husband had time to restore our network. Oysterfest day one was a bit of a bust. It rained really hard, and it was also incredibly crowded. We could not even get near some of the food tents. We did manage a few things. Clam cakes Baked oysters Raw oysters From this booth The kids had chocolate mousse from a local chocolate company And then went here For this Then we gave up and walked back to the house. We ventured out later that night for dinner at Mac's Shack. Oysters Salad Steamers Drinks Linguini with clams Fish and chips Ritz cracker bluefish Sushi Oysterfest day two. Better weather, less crowded Sea dog (deep fried lobster tail) Lobster roll At this point I was done with seafood, and went for a roasted beet and kale pizza End of Oysterfest That's it until next year.

Monday, hake steamed on kale wth rice pilaf Last night, rare roasted pistachio crusted salmon on an arugula salad with goat cheese and polenta croutons

Thin spaghetti and zucchini noodles with bay scallops in a lemon sauce

It was very tasty, Cod is such a mild fish. I don't normally enjoy cheese with fish, but in this case, it was acceptable. I have not looked at my Oysterfest photos yet, but here are some from a takeout dinner on Friday night. Marconi Station BBQ in Wellfleet. My brother has been trying to get us to go here for years, but we always want fish. He took advantage of the fact that my husband and I were the last people out to Wellfleet and got takeout for dinner. It was late and I was appreciative. Brisket Fried chicken Ribs Smoked chicken There were sides of mac and cheese, slaw, cornbread, and baked beans. I only had a piece of fried chicken. It was very different than the fried chicken I am used to, with a thicker coating. It actually reminded me of this broasted chicken that a local to me grocery sells (Roche Brothers). I prefer my family's recipe, which is marinated in buttermilk and hot sauce and then lightly coated with seasoned flour before frying.