A touch of green~

In sweet form...

And in side dish form:)

I have a touch of green in me:)  My great  great grandfather was Irish apparently.....along the way..my grandfather married a French canadian girl.. and his son..my dad..also married a French canadian girl..truth be told by that time..they were both perfectly bilingual..my mother mastered both languages so well..
A translator..a whiz in politics..(not me..)..an artist..anyways..you have heard all those wonderful things about my mom..It's the Irish in me I am bringing out today..
First the cupcakes..I actually made them for my daughters' birthday..they are perfect for St Pats..you can find the recipe here...fabulous blog..author..a young beauty..loaded with talent:)

And then..the Colcannon Bundles..

I made some yrs ago.. and lost the recipe..  so this is really by memory because I thought I had found it again last week and can't..
I think it originally came from Gourmet magazine..
I love these..

How to~

Ings

Bacon..( I used one big slice)
1 finely chopped onion
1/4 slivered cabbage
several outer cabbage leaves ..blanched..
Your delicious mashed potatoes(I used 3potatoes)..well seasoned and creamy:)


You render some bacon..cut up in small pieces..a whole tinely diced onion.. and about 1/4 of a cabbage cut in slivers..then chopped a bit.. Season..Cook to desired taste and tenderness..1 slice of bacon was sufficient.
I first blanched a few outer leaves of the cabbage to make the little bundles..and placed them in a BIG 4 cavity muffin tin over some parchment paper..

To the bacon onion cabbage mixture  add your great flavorful beautifully mashed potatoes..(I used 3 )..
Scoop the mixture into the cabbage leaves and bake covered at 350 until  warmed through....you can remove the covering  (foil in my case)  a bit before but not too soon as the blanched cabbage can burn.
I could eat these anytime..
We had them with salmon and asparagus.
It made 4.. so we have 2 leftover..
You don't need St Patricks day to enjoy these:)

Saturday....yesterday..  we Sprang forward..  before Springing forward ..this same Sat..we had temps of 39 F  and sunshine.

A walk in the woods.. hit the spot..

even with a bear in our midst~ a ferocious bear and his 2 bigger brothers..

Rambo:)

and Lucas..who is NEVER cold..and can be in a tshirt..like his dad..in inclement cold weather..

I guess compared to the minuses:)  we live through..the 30's is a heat wave to them:)

The streets are turning puddle-like..the snowbanks slowly diminishing..

                        Small town..we live in..  tucked into the woods..in the middle of the woods..directional arrows..this one to...  Main:)nothing fancy..easy to understand:)
                                                                       I love it to bits...this small town..
                                                                           Et eux..  encore plus.

PS..not sure if the girl with the original idea for the boot/glove planter will see this..I had posted it shortly after I saw it at my friend Nancy's home..her friend had offered it to her..I was charmed and made a few as gifts..
The original artist is so talented at flower arranging:) I saw a few of her arrangements during the yrs our friend Nancy lived across the street:)
Waving hello Janice if you see:)