Saint Patricks Day is on its Way!

I prepared a delectable meal in half an hour!  Give it a whirl this Saint Patrick's Day (Saturday, 3/17) and enjoy!

1 small Corned beef (2.28 lbs)
Cabbage
Potatoes
Garlic
Onions
2 cans of sweet peas (optional)
7 small apples


I placed the Corned Beef in the center of a baking dish.  I placed the seasoning that comes with it, spread it over the Corned Beef then I sliced the meat down the center and stuffed with garlic, and fresh parsley.


Cubed *5 potatoes, *4 small onions, and *3 small apples and placed them around the corned beef.


Hint--If you choose NOT to use the apples you could substitute them with small sweet peas; a recipe my mother always made was peas, potatoes, and onions baked in the oven!  Never add the peas until the dish is fully cooked.  Canned Peas only need to be heated.


Seasoning--I added garlic salt, dry parsley, oregano, black pepper, and onion powder to the potatoes.  Then I drizzled Extra Virgin olive oil (canola is very good too) over the potatoes and trimmings; approximately 4 tbsps = 1/4 cup (to me less oil is better, just be sure to stir the potatoes every 15-20 minutes or so).


Place in the oven at 350 degrees for one hour.


Take 4 apples place in a small baking dish and place in the oven at the same time as your corned beef.  Baked apples should be fully cooked by the time your corned beef is ready!


Next cut up your cabbage and place in a medium size pot.  Seasonings I recommend are Salt, Pepper, red crushed pepper (I had to substitute with paprika), then drizzle fresh garlic and olive or canola oil (quarter cup = 4 tablespoons) over the cabbage, also add one 8 oz. cup of water into the pot.


Place the heat on medium to high... Lower the heat once the cabbage is steamed.  Be sure to stir it several times.  Once I feel the cabbage is predominantly cooked I turn OFF THE HEAT all together, keep the lid on, and let it continue to cook.  I do this with many of my dishes because it allows for an easy (I don't have to keep an eye on it and more!) without the long process of a crock pot!


Once your meat is done, your baked apples and your cabbage are sure to be done too!  I took the meat, placed it into a separate dish and sliced half of the meat nice and thin....  Then I smothered it with the cabbage!  Yummmmmm!..............  


Your baked apples could be eaten as a side dish or as a dessert...... As a side, sprinkle powdered cinnamon on them..  As a dessert, serve with vanilla ice cream!   Think 'Luck of the Irish'    Enjoy!  









 Quotes from Oscar Wilde:



"Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it."
(You say man I say woman)    lol....
"You give the criminal calendar of Europe to your children under the name of history."
"Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever do they forgive them."
"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
"Come home with me, I want to introduce you to my mother. We have founded a society for the 
suppression of Virtue."
"I should imagine that most mothers don't quite understand their sons."

Psalm 119:11 - Your Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 

Psalm 4:4 In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah

1 Corinthians 7:7 

I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from 


God, one of one kind and one of another.