St. Patrick's Day is Colcannon Dish Day!

This recipe is a variation of the famous Colcannon dish. Originally the Irish Colcannon is made with mashed potatoes, kale and scallions.

It is a great dish you can make yourself with vegetables you like.

I made my Colcannon with pieces of potatoes, garlic, leek, baby bok choy, milk, butter, shredded cheddar cheese and smoked salmon.

What is bok choy?

Bok choy or bak choi is a Chinese version of cabbage. You can get them as one big one or smaller versions as baby bok choy. You can eat them raw or cooked. For this Colcannon dish I used the baby bok choy.

For cleaning: cut off the end part and take off each stalk and leave. Rinse them thoroughly. Dry before cutting.

Health benefits of bok choy:

• helps #treat #cancer

• prevents cancer

• provides #antioxidants

• #anti-#inflammatory

• promotes #eye health

• strengthens #bones

• lowers blood pressure

• promotes #heart health

• benefits healthy #skin and #hair

• boosts #immune system

• helps with healthy #pregnancy

How to make this Colcannon Dish?

Ingredients:

• 1 kg #potato pieces, cooked

• 5 #garlic gloves, minced

• 1 medium size leek

• 6 or 8 baby #bok #choy or pak choi

• 1/2 cup milk, heated

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

• 200 gram smoked #salmon, pieces

• salt and pepper to taste

• olive or canola oil for frying

Preparations:

• rinse, scrub and cut the potatoes into small pieces and cooked the potato pieces for 20 minutes

In the meantime:

• wash thoroughly, dry and cut the leek into small pieces

• heat olive oil in frying pan until medium hot

• add leek to frying pan

• fry for about 5 minutes

• add minced garlic and fry for another minute

• add the washed, rinsed, dried and cut bok choy

• fry for around 5 minutes until all the bok choy is heated

Then:

• combine all ingredients: potato pieces, butter, heated milk, shredded cheese, fried vegetables and smoked salmon pieces in a serving dish

• mix gently

• add salt and pepper to taste

Ready!

Enjoy, Eat and Live!!

Tip:

It is best to use a salad spinner to dry the, rinsed with cold water, leek and bok choy before cutting. This is to prevent the Colcannon dish to become soggy and wet.

Prep time: 10 min

Serves: 4

Cooking time: 20 min