Woman In Transition: Festivities of St. Patricks Day

We had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day at the Beckman household. I cooked corn beef and cabbage with red potatoes and homemade soda bread. SO GOOD!!! I cooked the corn beef in the crock pot all day and then added the cabbage and cooked the red potatoes on the stove. When it was getting closer to dinner, we switched the corn beef and cabbage into the pot on the stove to cook faster and then added the red potatoes into the crock pot (see pics). We had Zack and Sonja and Mitzi over for dinner and played some games.

Here is the recipes:

Buy corn beef from local grocery store:

-wash and rinse meat (will be slimy)

-put in crock pot, cover with water, so no meat is showing

-add packet of spices (located with meat when you buy it)

-low heat for 8 hours

cut up potatoes very small

-add potatoes into crock pot after 8 hrs, turn crock pot on high

One hour before add cabbage (cut cabbage into 1/8 portions)

Make soda bread:

You will need:

2 cups flour

1 1/2 t. baking powder

3/4 t. salt

1/4 t. baking soda

1 cup buttermilk or 1 tbsp lemon juice with 1 cup milk.

mix four ingredients and add buttermilk to make dough soft. Kneed 1 minuted with flour on surface (I used a cutting board). Shape into a circle and make an X with a knife over the top. Put on a greased sheet at 350* for 40 minutes.