cold food, warm night

The temps were up in the low 60s today, the last bit of Indian Summer (or perhaps Indian fall) before our plunge into January and February. On a trip to Costco, we picked up a rare treat -- a pound of smoked roasted salmon, half plain, half peppered.

Tonight we used the latter half in a salad, which included lettuce, raw turnip, radish, boiled portato, carrot, capers, half an avocado, non-marinated artichoke hearts, feta cheese, and scallions.

And it was good. We need to use the other half soon and NYE will interrupt our usual pattern of cooking at home. So we may attempt a warmed salmon dish on Tuesday night. For tomorrow, Monday, we will probably use most of the humongous bin'o'mushrooms also procured today, perhaps by making a mushroom stroganoff. It all sounds very yummy.