*What are you cooking? Share a recipe for St Patty's Day*

WildFlower7

I will be making this along with a Corn Beef and Cabbage stew. What are you fixing?

WHOLE MEAL IRISH SODA BREAD

1/2 cup whole wheat white flour
1-1/2 cups regular whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar (or Bakewell Cream)
1 tablespoon sugar or honey
3/4 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup raisins, Craisins or currants (optional)

In a large bowl, combine both kinds of flour, salt, baking soda, cream of tartar; stir to mix well.
Make a hole in the center and pour in the buttermilk or yogurt and sweetener and melted butter; mix to make a dough.

If the dough is crumbly, the flour was stored in dry conditions and you may need to add a little extra liquid to make the dough a correct consistency - mix in a little more buttermilk or milk, a little at a time, until the dough is soft and pliable.

Turn out of the bowl onto a clean surface which has been lightly dusted with flour. Knead (fold over onto itself) the dough about 10 times and press together to form a round loaf. Place on a buttered cookie sheet or upside-down pizza pan (any flat baking surface without shallow or no sides will do). Using a sharp knife or razor, slash a cross or X shape into the top (to let the devil out!). This tradition allows steam and bubbles to escape during the baking.

Bake for 50-60 minutes in a 400°F degree oven or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped lightly on bottom and bottom has browned.

Serve thinly sliced with butter and jam. This bread doesn't keep well but may be used for toast the following day.


Note: Do not substitute plain milk for buttermilk in this recipe as the bread will not be able to rise! Buttermilk is a cultured dairy product made much like yogurt and sour milk; it doesn't actually contain any butter. Make sure that the baking powder used is fresh for best results.

1 loaf, 12 servings per loaf.
Nutrition (per serving): 124 calories, 20 calories from fat, 2.3g total fat, 5.7mg cholesterol, 252mg sodium, 118.2mg potassium, 23.3g carbohydrates, less than 1G fiber, 5.9g sugar, 2.9g protein.

Sara1978

Corned beef and cabbage in the slow-cooker.

1 corned beef brisket (the smallest brisket I could find was 2.3lbs. We're gonna have a TON of leftovers-- I'm planning to drive around and share it with relatives tomorrow, hah.)
That seasoning packet that comes with the beef-- you know, that thing.
1 32oz box of low sodium beef broth.
1 chopped up large yellow onion.
5 diced red potatoes
about 3/4 of a head of cabbage (was running out of space in the slow-cooker due to huge beef size!)
a whole mess of carrots (I like the carrots best, mmm)

Put it all in the slow-cooker.

Cook on low for 8-9 hours. Prepare for house to smell amazing for the last 6-7 of those hours.

No clue on nutrition values, especially since I wasn't very big on the measuring thing when I was assembling it. It was more of a "sure, that looks like enough carrots" kind of thing. It's a holiday, after all.

WildFlower7

That seasoning packet that comes with the beef-- you know, that thing

HA, Yeeeeaaaah that thing, there suppose to be cloves right? Cause mine looked a little funky!

Cook on low for 8-9 hours. Prepare for house to smell amazing for the last 6-7 of those hours.

anndddd oh how it does...I'm pretty sure if you could sniff a rainbow, it would smell the way my house does right now

No clue on nutrition values, especially since I wasn't very big on the measuring thing when I was assembling it. It was more of a "sure, that looks like enough carrots" kind of thing. It's a holiday, after all.

This had me laughing, lol I did the same EXACT thing. Happy St. Patty's Day!:flowerforyou: