Christmas

We celebrated Christmas in the usual way: went out for sushi and then a movie. Chipped away at all the cheese in the fridge. Normally, I make pierogi for Christmas Eve dinner, but we had a long afternoon/evening with a church gig, so we skipped the pierogi this year. Maybe I'll make them next week sometime. They're one of my favorite foods, but so messy, and my recipe is weird. It's one of those hand-me-downs that don't make sense in cookbook terms--instead of a cup of this and a tablespoon of that, it's a "package" of this or that, with no indication of how big the package should be. A handful of something, and something "to taste," whatever that means to YOU on any given day.

The annoying thing in this case is that the recipes for the two fillings (1. sauerkraut, 2. potato-cheese) make a HUGE amount of filling, while the dough recipe makes maybe 9-12 pierogi. I usually make 5 or 6 batches of dough, and still have at least half of each bowl of filling left over. For some reason, I never make half the amount of filling. I always think I'm going to make more pierogi "later this week" and then I just eat the fillings little by little with a spoon until I throw them out.

Haven't been sleeping right lately. I've always had trouble falling asleep, but the last few days have been rough. Wouldn't it be awesome if cutting the dairy for a month made my sleep better? I'm not getting my hopes up.