Our 20+ Favorite Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day

Here are some of our favorite recipes for St. Patty’s Day from Corned Beef and Cabbage to Desserts and Cocktails…We’ve Got You Covered! Shepherd’s Pie with Creamy Mashed Potatoes and Tender Vegetables.   Slow-Cooked Corned Beef & Cabbage   Smooth and Creamy Irish Rarebit with Tomatoes   Inside-Out Corned Beef & Cabbage Rolls  Good Ole’ […]

Slow-Cooked Corned Beef & Cabbage

Throw everything in your crock pot, let it cook for about 5 hours and the corned beef comes out so tender. See all of Our Favorite Recipes for St. Pat’s Day 3 large carrots cut to 2″ pieces 2 stalks celery cut to 2″ pieces 1/2 lb. of red skin potatoes quartered 1 medium yellow onion, roughly cut […]

Good Ole’ Fashioned Corned Beef & Cabbage

Everybody's Irish on St. Patrick's Day!  Corned beef is similar to that of a roast turkey dinner... it comes around but once a year.  Succulent, tender and tasty this recipe makes plenty for a night of leftovers.

Corned Beef and Cabbage Egg Rolls

Not that long ago I was at a restaurant and had the most delicious Corned Beef and Cabbage Egg Rolls ever. I was determined to copy them but simply never had enough time – until today. I searched for egg roll wrappers but only found Phyllo Dough. Having never worked with this incredibly delicate dough, I was not […]

A Traditional Irish Side: Colcannon

Here’s a traditional Irish side recipe for Colcannon from Tyler Florence of the Food Network. It’s made with mashed potatoes and cabbage and will taste killer with a plate of corned beef. Ingredients 3 pounds potatoes, scrubbed 2 sticks butter 1 1/4 cups hot milk Freshly ground black pepper 1 head cabbage, cored and finely shredded 1 (1-pound) piece ham […]

6 Lucky Foods to Eat on New Year’s Day

Every year, my mom makes pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day because it’s supposed to bring us luck in the year to come. I love sauerkraut now, as I kid I hated it but ate it anyway; I didn’t want to risk having a year filled with misfortune. Here are 6 other foods thought to bring good fortune to […]

Irish Bangers & Colcannon w/Guinness Onion Gravy

A sweet and savory dish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your family. Another selection found worthy of sharing from Closet Cooking… Colcannon is is traditionally made from mashed potatoes and kale (or cabbage),...

Nana’s Stuffed Cabbages (Toltott Kaposzta)

Stuffed Cabbage (Toltott Kaposzta) This is my favorite comfort food that mom my mom makes, Hungarian Stuffed Cabbages. She makes it the way her Grandma Rose and her mom made it, but there are many variations. It never feels too heavy–unless you eat it like my mom does: over mashed potatoes.  1 large cabbage head 1 1/2 […]

George’s Mother’s Slaw

This is the cole slaw I grew up with.  My parent’s version of my father’s mother’s slaw.  Or more simply put… my grandmother’s coleslaw recipe.  It was never formally written down, so my mother and father simply winged it and came up...

Oktoberfest Lager and Sausage Stew

Fall = Oktoberfest. Feeling in need of some festive German-inspired food I surfed the web and found this recipe on The Cozy Apron website. Relatively simple to make yet serving up complex flavor.