I enjoy making some kinds of traditional foods. If they're easy. And if I think my family will eat them.
One of my most appreciated comments about our kids was our pastor last year- he complimented them on being "willing to try all the foods" at our Passover Seder. When I'm often concerned about the little things they did wrong, people do a great job of reminding me how much they do right!
Anyway, this year I chose this recipe: "Beer Braised Irish Stew and Colcannon," plus Irish Soda Bread. I was pretty sure that the stew would go over well, and mashed potatoes are normally pretty popular with everyone except me! I'm sad I didn't take pictures, but like normal, getting dinner ready for when Gabe gets home at 7:30 is much harder than trying to have it done earlier- mostly because the kids are pretty worn out and hungry, so I forgot :-)
But Gabe's comment was that "there is nothing about this meal that is light!" The stew was very thick and meaty, and the colcannon was REALLY thick (I think made a little too much potato!), plus the bread is a heavy bread. But the flavors were fantastic- everybody ate all of their helpings, and Melia had extra colcannon.
The things I changed: In the stew we had part venison, part beef. For the potatoes, I used Yukon Golds instead of Russets. And I followed one of the comments on allrecipes and stir-fried the cabbage instead of microwaving it.
Definitely a successful meal!
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I think going traditional on holidays would be fun, too bad never thought of it when you kids were growing up gma Debbie
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