I really need Spring to arrive fast.......as fast as last night's dinner was

I caught another cold. I am someone who rarely ever gets colds or the flu. I had one about a month ago, started the same way.

Nose annoyingly dripping down the back of your throat, causing a tickling sensation and then you cough and your diaphragm hurts?

That is today. I was up all last night with a dry cough.

Between my teeth and this cold, The Nudge bugging me to make a ton of phone calls and appointments for him, I really just want to take a NyQuil and crawl up under the covers for the rest of the day.

We are supposed to go buy a washing machine tonight but I don't think I am going to make it. I know he will try to bribe me by offering to take me out for dinner (the man just won't buy anything on his own) and I think we should do this tomorrow night when we are out getting hair cuts.

Dinner then???

I bought a Spicy Turkey Kielbasa last week (big enough for 3 dinners) and I have a package of pirogi in the freezer, a head of broccoli and an onion. Can you guess where I am going with this?

Roasted onions, broccoli, kielbasa and pirogi, of course.

No recipe needed......everything but the cooking of the pirogi is done in a baking dish.

I would say that this is the Polish equivalent of an Italian Roasted Sausage, Peppers and Potato dish.
I love dumplings of any kind and no matter which ethnic slant you pair them with, it is all a GOOD THING.

YUM!!!

This was really good. The Nudge went back for 2nd's and 3rd's, he liked it that much.
I have to say I liked the turkey kielbasa better than the regular one. I am sorry I didn't add more of it to this dish. You should, they will gobble it up (get it? gobble, gobble, turkey sausage?.....OK I'm sorry).

Slice the kielbasa into 1/2" coins.
Cut the broccoli into trees and add to the boiling pierogi during the last minute.
Chop the onion into 1" slices and nuke for 1 minute to separate the slices.
Boil the pirogi in salted water (1 tablespoon per gallon, thank you) a few minutes from done (about 5 minutes if frozen, 2 minutes if fresh).

In a large bowl, throw everything in.
Add enough olive oil and bacon fat (optional) to coat everything.
Salt & pepper.
Three to four whole garlic cloves, peeled and slightly mashed on the side of your knife.
If you have a red pepper or carrot, dice and throw that in.


Pour contents of bowl into a large sheet pan or baking dish. Pour some water or stock over them, cover with foil and bake, in a hot oven (say around 375-400 degrees) for 10 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake until the edges get browned, stirring every 10 minutes.

Should take about 30 minutes.


A little lite sour cream or creme fraiche and a nice bowl of cold applesauce and good hearty mustard................

Dinner is served!!