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.
We usually try to do a festive meal but this year we skipped it – Jordan was just getting home from his band trip and we went a much easier route tonight.
Your dinner looks tasty!!
It was tasty and easy! I love the crock pot
Huh, I never knew you could sub kale for the cabbage. Doesn’t matter, I don’t like either of them cooked. 🙂
I’m all over that bread though 🙂
Kale actually is pretty traditional in this dish. I don’t like kale cooked or raw, so the cabbage is good for me.
That does look tasty! I might have to try it sometime. Second cousin to cauliflower mash : ))
No – no cauliflower!
HUH
Ive never ever even even heard the word COLCANNON!
No mashed potatoes for me. John’s bread looks fabulous though. I definitely would have eaten 2 pieces of that! No traditional meal this year either. We like it but for some reason just hardly ever cook it. I made a grilled flank steak lol.
The bread is so good!
Like Carla – never heard that word either but it all looks amazing especially the bread! 🙂
I’ve actually never heard of that potato mixture, but I loves me some bread!
I love it that you celebrated your roots with some Irish food.
Usually we get green carnations, too, but missed out on that this year.
YUM!!!!!! Please send any leftovers you may have up north! 🙂