My Recipe Box - Colcannon

I found this photo over at A good Appetite

This is an old Irish recipe(Irish: cál ceannan – white head) that has many variations on it. It is mainly mashed potatoes with raw onions and spinach (or kale or cabbage) mixed in with the potatoes.

Make your mashed potatoes as you usually do.
Have the vegetable of your choice cleaned and boiled just until done, it will vary depending on what you use.
Chop onions.
After potatoes are mashed, mix in the cooked vegetable with the raw onions.

Delicious with ham or pork chops or even with a fried egg on top!


I had some leftover colcannon and I used it on top of a shepherd's pie and it was delicious plus added an extra vegetable to our meal.

There are many other takes on this simple recipe.
The Healthy Irishman has a version on his blog.
Gavan Murphy The Healthy Irishman did a healthier version on Paula Deen's show. He used chicken broth to replace the milk and butter.
Gavan also did another recipe using swiss chard, kale and collards.

New Recipes to Try

Sticky apple and gingerbread pecan loaf

Spinach artichoke dip I've eaten this at some of those chain restaurants and might even try making this.

Pumpkin scones with ginger honey glaze

Crispy vegetable spring rolls will definitely give these a go. The ones we order are good but a little greasy.

Recipes To Try

Strawberry cream cheese croissants I would probably substitute another berry as I am not overly fond of strawberries cooked in anything.
Cinnamon roll cake is from the same blogger as above.

Zucchini and spinach gratin will be a great way to use up an over abundance of summer vegetables.

Homemade sweet sour sauce finally an alternative to store bought and much healthier also.

Blueberry french toast souffle from Grumpy's Honey bunch looks delicious.

Lemon pound cake with blueberry sauce yum two of my favourite flavours!!

Garlic breadsticks two-ways

A very interesting salad Wedge Salad w/ Buttermilk-Lemon Zest Dressing

Homemade hot buttery lobster roll on toasted hot dog buns, we bought hot dog buns at St. Lawrence Market so this would be good to do with them (I froze them when we got home).

Perhaps for the fall Rogan josh with either lamb or beef and naan bread.

Broccoli bites Stacey included "for kids" in her title but I know I would love these.

Recipes To Try

These are some recipes from a Canadian chef on the Food network Canada station. Ricardo is not one of my favourites to watch but caught an old episode today and was intrigued with a couple of his recipes.
Spinach polpetti

Beet cakes with mascarpone I love beets and think this might be a novel dessert to serve to guests.

Southern sausage cheese breakfast biscuits I love the idea that you can freeze these ahead of time for a brunch plus the fact that she used Bisquick.

Grilled maple chili salmon sounds like a great summertime meal.

Flank steak with bloody Mary tomato salad what's not to love about this dish, other than the olives (hate them!).

I'm always looking for new chicken recipes so I was excited when I found oven fried chicken tenders!

No bake Oreo cheesecake this just might get made this weekend!!

Tacos with homemade sauce I'm always trying to come up with a good mixture for tacos.

Recipes to Try

Orange ginger flank steak

From More than Burnt Toast lamb kofta appetizer with tzatziki.

Crockpot scalloped potatoes and ham

Spinach squares

Cracker barrel chocolate pecan pie anyone who knows me knows I am a HUGE Cracker Barrel fan.
If you like Olive Garden recipes then  The Copykat is for you.

Recipes to Try

Simple tortellini spinach soup

Blueberry-cheesecake-cupcakes

Mini-white-chocolate-raspberry cheesecake

Chocolate Ricotta Muffins

Clams-in-white-wine

Crusted tuna with ginger sauce


Spiced-lamb-burgers-with-caramelized onions and halloumi cheese


Five-spice-beef-with-bok-choy

Recipes to Try - Vegetarian

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Spinach Ricotta Pie

Potato and Zucchini Pancakes

Mushroom and caramelized onion tart from Kevin over at ClosetCooking. This uses puff pastry so is super easy. Will let you know when I try it.

Onion Pie from Katy!

Goats cheese and red pepper tart

Butternut squash sage and parmesan pasties

Cabbage Pasta from Allotment 2 Kitchen looks really good!