Finding Radiance –

Happy St. Patty’s Day!  We have an Irish family and this is always a fun day for us.  No green beer, but we do like to make some special dishes.

John made some Irish soda bread:

I had put some corned beef in the crockpot to simmer all day and we tried to make colcannon for the first time.  This is a traditional potato/cabbage dish. Kale is often used in place of cabbage, but I am not a fan of the kale.

Colcannon

• 2 to 2 1/2 pounds potatoes, peeled (if desired) and cut into large chunks
• Salt for boiling water
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 3 lightly packed cups of chopped cabbage or kale (I used coleslaw mix)
• 1/2 small onion minced
• 1 cup milk
• salt and pepper to taste

Boil the potatoes in a large pot with salted water (a couple good pinches of salt) until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain into a colander and set aside.

Place the pan back on medium heat and add the butter.  Lightly sautee the cabbage and onions together for 3 or 4 minutes until wilted.  Add the potatoes and milk, then mash with a potato masher until the desired consistency of mashed potatoes – lumpy or smooth!  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Then serve.  Most traditional recipes call for you to make a well in the center and add melted butter, but I left this step off for calorie sake.

Good, no?  It was very tasty. An interesting way to get in some veggies Ours looks more colorful because the coleslaw mix has carrots and purple cabbage.

(c) Finding Radiance – Read entire story here.