Recipes

 

Lazy Perogies

From the kitchen of Gisele Neil

 

Ingredients

9 lasagne noodles

2 cups of cottage cheese

1 egg 

¼ tsp of onion salt

3 to 4 cups of mashed potatoes 

shredded old cheddar cheese 

¼ tsp of salt and pepper

½ cup of butter

1 cup of chopped onions

 

Directions

Cook 9 lasagne noodles

Mix 2 cups of cottage cheese, 1 egg and ¼ tsp of onion salt

Cook 3 to 4 cups of mashed potatoes

Combine potatoes with 2 cups of shredded old cheddar cheese and ¼ tsp of salt and pepper

Place 3 noodles in the bottom of a greased 9 X 13 casserole dish

Layer with cottage cheese mixture

Place 3 noodles over the cheese mixture

Layer with potato cheese mixture

Place 3 remaining noodles on top

Sauté 1 cup of chopped onions in ½ cup of melted butter and add to the top layer

Bake covered for 20 minutes at 350F

Remove cover and bake for another 10 to 15 minutes

Serve with sour cream

 

ENJOY

 Reading List 2025-2026

 

Date	Host	Book	Author
10-Sep	Linda	Finding Flora	Elinor Florence
08-Oct	Diane	The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition	Hampton Sides
12-Nov	Doris	My Friends	Frederik Backman
10-Dec	Marie-Thérese	The God of the Woods	Liz Moore
14-Jan	Marie H.	This is How it Always Is	Laurie Frankel
11-Feb	Ginette	The Berry Pickers	Amanda Peters
11-Mar	Sandy	Enough is Enuf	Gabe Henry
08-Apr	Carolyn S. M.	The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife	Anna Johnston
13-May	Shirley	The Frozen River	Ariel Lawton
10-Jun	Melinda	The Secret of the Blue Trunk	Lise Dion

Suggested books on the selection ballot

 

#	Book	Author
1	My Friends	Fredrik Backman
2	Stoner	John Williams
3	A Box of Frogs	Josh Hellyer
4	The Daughter	Michelle Frances
5	The Berry Pickers	Amanda Peters
6	The Year That Changed Everything	Cathy Kelly
7	Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books	Kirsten Miller
8	This Is How It Always Is	Laurie Frankel
9	Miss Benson’s Beetle	Rachel Joyce
10	The God of the Woods	Liz Moore
11	The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife	Anna Johnston
12	The Book Thief	Markus Zusak
13	Finding Flora	Elinor Florence
14	The Frozen River	Ariel Lawton
15	The Night Watchman	Louise Erdrich
16	Isola	Allegra Goodman
17	The Boxcar Librarian	Brianna Labuskes
18	Behind the Pickle Jar	Wendy McQuaig
19	Looking for Jane	Heather Marshall
20	I’m Glad My Mom Died	Jeannette McCurdy
21	Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted	Suleika Jaouard
22	Stalking Shakespeare	Lee Durkee
23	Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir	Craig Mod
24	Infidel: My Life	Ayaan Hirsi Ali
25	The Secret of the Blue Trunk	Lise Dion
26	Crosses in the Sky	Mark Bourrie
27	The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition … James Cook	Hampton Sides
28	Out of Darkness: Ramona Monzur’s Journey …	Denise Chong
29	Enough is Enuf	Gabe Henry

Reading List 2024 - 2025

 

Date	Host	Book	Author
11-Sep	Donna	The Women	Kristin Hannah
09-Oct	Diane	James	Percival Everett
13-Nov	Doris	Heaven & Earth Grocery Store	James McBride
11-Dec	Marie-Thérèse	Tom Lake	Ann Patchett
08-Jan	Marie	Still Life	Sarah Wingman
12-Feb	Jane	Birnham Wood	Eleanor Cattan
12-Mar	Sandy	Guncle #1	Steven Rowley
09-Apr	TBD	Unearthing	Kyo Mclear
14-May	Carolyn B	The War We Won Apart	Nahlah Ayed
11-Jun	Giselle	Tea Girls of Hummingbird Lane	Lisa See

 

Complete list of suggested books on the selection ballot:

#	Book	Author
1	The Dictionary of Lost Words	Pip Williams
2	The Bastard of Istanbul	Elif Shafak
3	The Long Petal of the Sea	Isabel Allende
4	James	Percival Everett
5	Still Life	Sarah Wingman
6	Family Furnishings Selected Stories 1995-2014	Alice Munro
7	Tom Lake	Ann Patchett
8	The Berry Pickers	Amanda Peters
9	Guncle #1	Steven Rowley
10	The Bear	Claire Cameron
11	The Improbability of Love	Hannah Rothschild
12	The Reader	Bernhard Schlink
13	Birnham Wood	Eleanor Cattan
14	Her Hidden Genius	Marie Benedict
15	The Women	Kristin Hannah
16	The Tea Girls of Hummingbird Lane	Lisa See
17	The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store	James McBride
18	Finding Freedom	Erin French
19	Looking for Jane	Heather Marshall
20	… Transformation of the American First Lady from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden	Katie Rogers
21	The Personal Librarian	Marie Benedict
22	Crosses in the Sky – Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia	Marc Bourrie
23	Out of Darkness: Rumana Manzur’s Journey Through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse	Denise Chong
24	River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey	Candice Millard
25	The War We Won Apart	Nahlah Ayed
27	Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much	Natalie Maclean
29	Merle’s Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog	Ted Kerasote
30	Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid	Samantha Nutt
31	An Invisible Thread	Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski
32	Unearthing	Kyo Mclear

Reading List 2023 - 2024

 

Month	Host	Book	Author
October	Carolyn Mc	The Covenant of Water	Andrew Verhaghe
November	Jane	Remarkable Bright Creatures	Shelby Van Pelt
December	Linda & Dave	The Patron Saint of Lairs	Ann Patchett
January	Marie	Horse	Geraldine Brooks
February	Ginette	Lost in Beirut	Ashe and Magda Stevens
March	Sandy	Women Talking	Miriam Toews
April	Doris	Demon Copperfield	Barbara Kingsolver
May	Carolyn and Paul	Covid 19 a History	Jacalyn Duffin
June	Malinda	The Island of Missing Trees	Elif Shabaka

Our Reading List for 2022-2023

Here is the list of books we plan to read this year:

Date Host Book Author September 13 Shirley The Diamond Eye Kate Quinn October 11 Doris We Were Dreamers Simu Lui November 8 Diane The Good Women of Safe Harbour Bobbie French December 13 Carolyn and Paul Talking to Canadians Rick Mercer January 10 Marie Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus February 14 Marie Therese The Tuscan Secret Angela Petch March 14 Melinda My Remarkable Journey Katherine Johnson April 11 Bob and Donna Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood Cheryl Diamond May 9 Sandy The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes June 13 Gisele The Reading List Sarah Nisha Adams

We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM. Because of the ongoing pandemic, last year some of the meetings were held online. We may be able to hold the first few meetings outdoors, Once the cold weather arrives, we will have to assess the pandemic conditions and whether continuing meeting in person is prudent.

Our Reading List for 2021-2022

Here is the list of books we plan to read this year:

Month	Title	Author	Suggested by	Host
September	The Dutch House	Anne Patchet	Carolyn Scott-McIntyre	Linda Miller
October	The Four Winds	Kristin Hannah	Shirley Curtis	Shirley Curtis
November	The Paris Library	Janet Skeslien Charles	Carolyn Scott-McIntyre	??
December	Hamnet	Maggie O'Farrell	Diane McKinnon	Diane??
January	Dear Edward	Ann Napolitano	Bob and Donna	??
February	The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules	Catherina Ingelman-Sundberg	Marie Harris	??
March	Shuggie Bain	Douglas Stuart	Bob and Donna	??
April	A Quantum Life	Hakim Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz	Anne Hamor	??
May	The Rose Code	Kate Quinn	Shirley Curtis	??
June	Nomadland	Jessica Bruder	Gisele Neil	Gisele Neil

We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM. Because of the ongoing pandemic, last year we met online. The first few meetings this year have been held in person outside as the weather has been mild. Once the cold weather makes outside meetings unpleasant we will have to decide whether we will continue meeting online or restart in-person meetings indoors. For reference, here is the complete list of book suggestions we voted on this year:

Author	Title
Kate Quinn	The Rose Code
Kristin Hannah	The Four Winds
Janet Skeslien Charles	The Paris Library
Anne Patchet	The Dutch House
William Ken Krueger	This Tender Land
Isabelle Allende	A Long Petal of the Sea
Kim Edwards	The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Jessica Bruder	Nomadland
Maggie O'Farrell	Hamnet
Peter Frankopan	The Silk Roads
Carol Anderson	White Rage
Paulette Jiles	News of the World
Thomas King	The Inconvenient Indian
Ann Napolitano	Dear Edward
Douglas Stuart	Shuggie Bain
Michelle Good	Five Little Indians
Daniel Kalla	Lost Immunity
Hakim Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz	A Quantum Life
Natalie Jenner	The Jane Austen Society
Catherina Ingelman	The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules

Our Reading List for 2020-2021

Here is the list of books we plan to read this year:

Month	Book	Author	Host
September	American Dirt	Jeanine Cummins	Online
October	The Prison Book Club	Ann Walmsley	Online
November	The Color of Water	James McBride	Online
December	The Boat Runner	Devin Murphy	Online
January	Two Pints	Roddy Doyle	Online?
February	From the Ashes	Jesse Thistle	Online?
March	The Splendid and the Vile	Erik Larson	Online?
April	Sold on a Monday	Kristina McMorris	Online?
May	The North-West is Our Mother	Jean Teillet	Online?
June	Greenwood	Michael Christie	Online?

We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM. Since we are currently in a pandemic, we are meeting online. Perhaps sometime in the new year we will be able to get back to our regular meeting format. For reference, here is the complete list of book suggestions we considered:

	Author	Title
1	Rachel Kadish	The Weight of Ink
2	Esi Edugyan	Washington Black
3	James McBride	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
4	Ian Williams	Reproduction
5	Erik Larson	The Splendid and The Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz
6	Glendy Vanderah	Where the Forest Meets the Stars
7	Devin Murphy	The Boat Runner
8	Chris Cleave	Little Bee
9	Michael Christie	Greenwood
10	Kristina McMorris	Sold on a Monday
11	Jesse Thistle	From the Ashes
12	Curtis Sittenfeld	American Wife
13	Curtis Sittenfeld	Sisterland
14	Jeanine Cummins	American Dirt
15	Lisa Wingate	The Book of Lost Friends
16	Ann Napolitano	Dear Edward
17	Sama Habib	We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
18	Angie Thomas	The Hate U Give
19	Nic Pissolatto	Galveston
20	Margaret Atwood	The Testaments
21	Anand Giridharadas	Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
22	Ann Walmsley	The Prison Book Club
23	Jean Teillet	The North-West is Our Mother - The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Metis Nation
24	Peter Diamandis & Stephen Kotler	Abundance : The Future is Better Than You Think
25	Roddy Doyle	Two Pints
26	Stephen Leacock	Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
27	Isseldin Abuelaish	I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
28	Kristen Hannah	The Nightingale