Recipe: Colcannon

Here are two colcannon recipes.  One is reasonably healthy (and vegetarian) and one is waaay unhealthy.  Both of these serve a crowd - perfect for family St. Patrick's Day celebrations!

Bloggy McBloggerstein's Reasonably Healthy Colcannon
1 brown onion
1 head of green cabbage (traditionally it calls for kale, but I prefer cabbage this time of year)
1/2 pound carrots (not a traditional ingredient, I just like the orange flecks of color)
8 cups mashed potatoes (I make them with fat free milk and without butter)

1.  In food processor, pulse onion, cabbage, and carrots until they are the texture of coleslaw. Depending on the size of your food processor, you may have to work in batches.
2.  Pour a little oil in a big skillet and add onion, cabbage, & carrots. Depending on the size of your skillet, you may have to work in batches. If you find that you need a bit more oil, you can add a bit of water and cover to steam the veggies a little bit instead. Cook until veggies are soft.
3.  Add to mashed potatoes and mix well.

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Bloggy McBloggerstein's Very Unhealthy Colcannon
1 package uncooked bacon
1 brown onion
1/2 head of green cabbage
1/2 pound carrots
8 cups mashed potatoes

1.  Cook all bacon, save grease.
2.  In food processor, pulse onion, cabbage, and carrots until they are the texture of coleslaw. Depending on the size of your food processor, you may have to work in batches.
3.  Pour bacon grease in a big skillet and add onion, cabbage, & carrots. Depending on size of your skillet, you may have to work in batches. You can also add a bit of water and cover to steam the veggies a little bit, but why bother when you're adding a package of bacon to the final product? Cook until veggies are soft.
4.  Chop bacon.
5.  Add veggies & bacon to mashed potatoes and mix well.

I'm pretty sure that a big pot o' colcannon will be found at the end of a rainbow

Colcannon and salmon patties to celebrate St. Patty's Day!

I'm hungry just looking at these pictures - yum!