*I didn’t take this picture.

Happy belated Thanksgiving! My second favourite holiday is nonexistent where I live, so the new tradition is to roll up some sliced turkey, down a bottle of prosecco and call my folks demanding they tell me, that out of all their children, they love me best.  Everyone knows it is my brother because he can pee standing up, but I’ve been practising, so he will have some solid competition soon.

Breaking with my new tradition, my brother  and I decided to travel to Krakow.  I’ve been before, but was happy to go again.  I love the beautiful city, the stern middle aged ladies, the castle, and the way Polish cakes look delicious, but aren’t.  The policemen wear bulky black snowsuits, and there are hot young priests wandering around in traditional vestments.  It’s everything I ever wanted, but didn’t know existed.

I was hoping for a relaxed holiday of meandering along the cobbled streets  and stuffing my face with smoked cheese, but John had different ideas.  He was a cruel taskmaster demanding salt mines and former Nazi death camps.  I obliged and drank heartily in the evenings, but we still managed to get along great.

There were a few hiccups.  At times it wasn’t clear if he was quoting a line from a movie or having a stroke.  He, in return, was disappointed that I hadn’t seen any movies outside of Taken 2 in the last ten years.  So, we tried to find a common ground.  John explained the plot of Fifty Shades of Gray to me, and I offered to read a chapter of the Twilight series to his voicemail every evening.  We were united our disgust of one another.  It was perfection.

Inside-Out Sauerkraut and Mushroom Pierogi for the Lonely Lady

*makes a single, lonely gal serving

• 3 Tbs raw sauerkraut rinsed and drained
• 1 Tbs butter
• 4-5 white mushrooms chopped
• 2-3 spring onions thinly sliced
• 30 grams/2 TBS cream cheese
• 150 grams cooked rice pasta
• a pinch of caraway seeds
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Heat the butter until melted and lightly bubbling.
2. Add the mushrooms and spring onion until cooked and softened.  Add a couple pinches of salt and some pepper and toss in the caraway.
3. Once the mushrooms and onions are done cooking, stir in the cream cheese and sauerkraut.  Taste and season.
4. Reheat the pasta.
5. Toss the sauce with the pasta and enjoy…you lonely lady, you.