Hey Hey Sarah! We LOVE that hopey-changey thing. It’s working out pretty well. We have averted a complete depression, stimulus money is helping our communities and there is humor and optimism in the White House!

I’m proposing we all write HOPE and CHANGE on our hands to show our support of the USA!

Tonight I made a warm & comforting simple Polish American dish called “Lazy Pierogi”. It is called lazy because it’s sort of a skillet-casserole meal.

If you acre from a Polish family you will know that it takes all day to make the real thing- pierogi. The dough needs to be mixed and rolled out. The various fillings prepared- potato, sauerkraut, cheese, etc…
and then you have to boil your pierogi and wrap it up to be frozen.

This dish captures the flavors of pierogi, (at least a little bit), and yet you can make it in less than an hour with little preparation.

Here go the instructions:

Ingredients:
1 pound cooked egg noodles
1 pound bacon
1 onion, diced
1 can (14 oz) sauerkraut drained & rinsed
1 can (8 oz) mushrooms, drained
1 lg. can cream of mushroom soup condensed

Fry bacon, set aside. Discard all but a little bacon grease. In same pan, fry sauerkraut, diced onion, and mushrooms. Break bacon into pieces and stir into frying pan. Add the most important ingredient to any meal, love. In separate casserole dish, mix cooked noodles, cream of mushroom soup (condensed), and fried sauerkraut mixture (once onions are tender). Cover and place in oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Serves a big Polish family.

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You will basically make 10 postcards, “any style (do collage, mixed media, print your own photos, print digital collages, create flat fabric art, alter an existing postcard in your paper stash (!), paint with watercolors, draw mandalas, make postcards with a scrapbook style, embellished, painted, embroidered, etc)!”

…and then you will get 10 in the mail back from other folks!