Christmas 2!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Quick post this evening as heading out to get doggie walked before bedtime.  Full work week ahead and back to school this week for kiddo.

Super busy the last few days, work, and all the other things that go along with running a household, doggie walks and throw in some Nordic skiing.

Today I prepped dinner so that it would assemble quickly after a trip this afternoon to Hawrelak Park for Nordic Skiing.

Earlier in the week I had not had time to do anything for Ukrainian Christmas.  Today I made a quasi Ukrainian Christmas Dinner.  Not the 12 dishes it should be, but.......

Freezer pyrohy, poached salmon with a sour cream dill sauce, green salad, sour cabbage cabbage rolls that I made when I got back from skiing, homemade dill pickles and an apple crisp!  

SOOOOOOOO full, but super yum!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all a BEST Day EVER Monday.  Stay safe out there😷

Kathy

Making Do!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I hope y'all had a fabulous Victoria Day Weekend.

Today was a stay at home kind of day.  I did walk the dog early this morning of course and took my bike out for a bit this afternoon but that is all.

My copy of the Butter Baked Goods cookbook was still out so I made a batch of Sugar Cookies.  I LOVE these sugar cookies; the recipe uses butter and oil and makes a perfectly crisp on the outside soft in the middle cookie.  Perfect for Tea Time:

Between Batches I knit on my XO socks that are from my January 2020 Biscotte Yarns Mystery Box.  Not sure what keeps holding me up on these socks.  Could be the circular needle that does not allow me to knit the left handed way that I want to!  Or....could be that the colour work requires attention:

I have now passed the gusset and so was able to try them on.  OMG are they comfortable!!!  Might spur me on to get this one finished so I can start on the other one☺

For dinner I used freezer food.  Since the 10th of March we have been eating what we have in the pantry and the freezer.  I have had milk and fresh fruits and veggies brought in.  Two trips to Costco since that time and both have been in the last two weeks.  I would like to say that we have made a dent in the freezer....but alas it is still full somehow.  Today I used some Bison sausages, perogies, and green peas from the freezer.   Sauteed onions and mushrooms from the fridge along with sour cream (will need to start a shopping list for this one):

I am not a fan or meat but on occasion for some red meat I will eat a wee bit of bison.  This is kiddos plate; I had a half sausage and might eat the other tomorrow with the leftovers we have.

Heading out to walk doggie now as tomorrow is work and I still have one more load of laundry to put through so that everything is clean!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there!

Kathy

Oh S"crap"! It's Monday...

If you follow my blog ramblings you will know that I am what my husband refers to as Saskatchewan Ukrainian cheap!  I prefer to think of it as being resourceful, and more of a waste not want not philosophy.

After making pyrohy yesterday there was some left over potato and cheese mixture.  What to do with it?

Make Perogy Casserole!

 I omitted the bacon, and the cottage cheese as the mashed potato was already full of cheddar cheese:

This is how it turned out.

It was quite delicious!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Pyrohy Sunday

Today my son decided that we should have pyrohy for dinner.  So, that is what we spent the remainder of this afternoon making:

For making the dough I used my grandmother's recipe:

5 cups flour

1/2 cup canola oil

1 1/2 cups warm water 

2 eggs slightly beaten

1 tsp salt

Mix ingredients together and let dough sit for about an hour in a warm place.

Roll out thin and cut into small squares, should be about 2.5", but some of mine were bigger

.  Fill with your filling of choice (some of these have sauerkraut, and others have potato/cheese).  Ours have a unique shape that you can only achieve when a nine year old helps assemble : )  These did however hold their filling in the boiling water so all is good!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy