Getting your kids to eat what you cook!
Big day around here!
Birthday boy is 6 years old today.
Can’t believe it!
How did we get from here.
To here?
And what a ride it’s been!
So to the funniest…
sweetest…
most unique individual I’ve ever come across
I hope you have the most amazing birthday yet.
Love you baby boy!
Happy birthday, Brady!!!
It’s St. Patty’s Day!
What’s better than Corned Beef and Cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day?
When it’s waiting for you after the parades…
This Crock Pot version is easy and delicious!
Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
Serves: 6 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 8 hours
WHAT YOU NEED:
1 3-4 pound corned beef brisket (with seasoning packet)
1 lb potato cut into bite sized pieces
1 bag baby carrots
2 onions quartered
1 bulb fennel, sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 can beef broth
3 T apple cider vinegar
2 T brown sugar
2 T soy sauce
2 garlic cloves minced
S&P
1 head cabbage cut into 6 wedges
WHAT TO DO:
Toss potatoes, carrots, onions, fennel and 2 whole garlic cloves into the bottom of a slow cooker.
In a large measuring cup combine beef broth, spice packet from the corned beef brisket, cider vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, S&P and stir to combine.
Place the brisket, fat side up) on top of vegetables in slow cooker. Lay wedges of cabbage around brisket. Pour beef broth mixture over corned beef and cabbage.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Remove corned beef from slow cooker and slice thin on an angle.
Serve on a platter along with veggies and potatoes.
Irish Soda Bread
Did you know that Irish Soda Bread is apparently not even Irish?
It’s true…
But soda bread is historic!
Historic in the fact that you didn’t need yeast or an oven to make it.
That meant that everyone could now have this delicious delight and bake it right over their own fire!
Try it!
It’s simple and comes together fast and great for the kids to get involved with.
WHAT YOU NEED:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
WHAT TO DO:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk together, and add all at once to the flour mixture. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Being Fitzpatricks and all…
You know I had to come up with a good potato dish to celebrate the big day…
This one is it!
It’s got everything you need for the perfect St. Patty’s day meal.
If for some strange reason you have leftovers…
Reheat them in a pan the next morning with some corned beef and some eggs…
Sure to make you feel better…
If you had a wee bit too much Guinness!
WHAT YOU NEED:
2 T butter, divided
1 T olive oil
1 onion, sliced
S&P
1/2 head of cabbage, sliced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 T apple cider vinegar
WHAT TO DO:
In a large skillet heat olive oil and butter over medium high heat.
Add in onions, season with S&P and allow to cook until soft, about 5-6 minutes.
Toss in your cabbage and garlic and cook until cabbage wilts down, another 6-7 minutes. Remove from pan.
Toss in another tablespoon of butter and lay in your potatoes in an even layer along the bottom of pan, don’t touch them, let them crisp up a bit.
Once they’ve browned add the cabbage and onion back in and stir to combine.
Let the mixture brown a bit more then deglaze with cider vinegar and season with S&P to taste.
Delish!!!
This ain’t your nana’s cabbage!
Um….
If I haven’t already mentioned it….
THE PATS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!
And here’s a News Flash….
I have 3 boys.
Ok, well 4 if you count the hubs…
And let’s be honest, you have to count the hubs don’t ya?
So game days are big around here.
We’re a sports family.
Hockey.
Football.
Baseball.
Basketball.
Even soccer, or football as my mom calls it. Go Manchester United.
Anyway, we love the Superbowl.
Especially when the Pats are getting ready to beat down the Giants.
And Keegan has asked that I post his absolute favorite again…
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
We’re ready for some of Keegan’s favorite, and the hubs, Kielbasa
Serves: 8 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes
2 links polska kielbasa smoked sausage, sliced
1 cup maple syrup
1 T soy sauce
1/4 cup brown mustard
1 t liquid smoke (optional)
In a large skillet over medium high heat, warm sausage until the sides just begin to crisp, about 5 minutes. Pour in your syrup and soy sauce and stir well. Add in mustard and liquid smoke and mix well. Bring to a boil then knock back the heat and let simmer until sauce is thick and rich and bubbly.
Pour onto serving platter and serve with toothpicks.
Score!
7 years ago today…
My life changed.
They put that little bundle into my arms
And life would never be the same.
You light up our lives.
And you’ll light up the world.
To my sweet
smart
funny
rock star
I love you to the moon and back.
Have a wonderful birthday!
My big 7 year old boy!
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