Easy Corned Beef Recipes

Easy Corned Beef Recipes, Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means the usual easy-peasy family meal just won’t do. It’s time for corned beef and cabbage, and something a more little frivolous and fun.

There are millions of Americans of Irish descent and nearly just as many variations on classic Irish dishes to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some favorite Irish recipes from CBS Detroit’s own Laura Bonnell. Let us know what you think in comments below. Think yours is better? Send your family’s favorite St. Patrick’s Day recipes to cmstrawser@cbs.com. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Irish Stew
Ingredients: 2 pounds of beef, cut in one inch cues, 3 Tablespoons of olive oil, 14 ounces of beef broth, canned, 1 cup water, 2 TBL spoons parsley (chopped), 1 ½ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp white pepper, 1 bay leaf, 6 medium carrots, 6 medium onions, cut in thirds, ½ cup frozen peas, thawed. Parmesan cheese. Potatoes -small red or your preference.

Brown beef in olive oil. Add beef broth, water, parsley, salt and bay leaf. Cover and simmer one hour. Stir occasionally. Add onions and carrots. Simmer 30 more minutes.

Now prepare potatoes. Place the stew in the oven (in oven proof dish). Spoon the small, sliced potatoes over the stew, sprinkle with peas and Parmesan (to taste). Run under broiler on low heat until potatoes are lightly browned. It’s delicious. Best yet? The house smells fabulous!

Corned Beef
Corned beef is so simple. Honestly, Costco has some great corned beef with a spice packet enclosed. I also jazz it up with spices we like (bay leaves, etc.) I put the corned beef on the stove in a pot of water with carrots, cabbage, onions and potatoes. I cook it on low all day. You can do the same in a Crockpot if you’re not home. You want to put potatoes in longer than the cabbage and carrots. If you don’t want mushy carrots wait until your last half hour. Put in the cabbage in the beginning. I have made extra cabbage using juices from the main batch. I have also cooked all this in the oven in a tray with about an inch of water in the bottom of the tray. Delicious!

St Patricks Day Food

St Patricks Day Food, St Patrick’s Day celebrations are a many splendored thing: the parades, pub crawls and municipal water dyeing stunts are enjoyed by everyone — not just those of Irish descent. And that extends to food choices like beer, doughnuts, milkshakes, and even ketchup, all of which are getting a heavy dose of what is most likely the synthetic food dye, FD&C Green No. 3 on Saturday, March 17.

But is the dye a health problem? According to the experts, probably not. “The likelihood of harm
from some green dye on one occasion a year is apt to be very remote,” says Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale University’s Prevention Research Center and a HuffPost blogger. “A lot of questions are asked about how to avoid health hazards associated with any given holiday. I think the best answer is to take care of yourself every day — and then you can relax and have fun when that special holiday rolls around!”

The worst that could happen is probably some gastrointestinal discomfort, according to Dr. Braden Kuo, an assistant physician at Harvard Medical School and at the GI Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital. Artificial food dyes and additives are often not meant to be absorbed by the body, he explains, and instead may weigh heavily on the bowel, which, in turn, can suck water into the bowels, resulting in diarrhea.

But even the dangers of long-term consumption are uncertain. While some research has suggested that certain food dyes can contribute to worsening hyperactivity among children, those are largely inconclusive. The FDA has ordered additional testing.