Tag: Irish

  • Simple Cooked Cabbage

    Simple Cooked Cabbage

    I do like cabbage but I am not particularly fond of cabbage that has been cooked to death.  I find the simple steam/saute method works great with cabbage (and many other vegetables!).  Basically, you simmer the vegetable in a mix of butter (or other fat) and water (or broth) until the liquid has evaporated and…

  • Soda Bread

    Soda Bread

    I used to make this now and then and somehow got out of the habit. On St. Patrick’s Day I like to honor the small bit of Irish ancestry I have and made this Irish Coddle. I also made some Soda Bread to go with it and my eldest loved the bread. It’s probably a…

  • Irish Coddle Recipe

    Irish Coddle Recipe

    Last year a friend shared her recipe for Irish Coddle, which I’d never heard of but was a favorite of my friend and her husband. It’s basically a stew of sausage and potatoes and onions.  Her version had sweet potatoes in it. Last year I made it with plain Russet potatoes and it came out…