Irish Boiled Dinner

Day 150

We have this every year like clockwork. Of course we have the meatless version now (our 3rd year), but we used to have the corned beef version.

St. Patrick's Day irish Boiled Dinner

St. Patrick's Day Boiled Dinner

Ingredients

2 boxes vegetable broth
4 cups water
1 onion
6 or 7 potatoes
4 carrots
4 parsnips
1/2 cup barley
1 small head of cabbage
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt

Directions

I cooked the barley in a small pot in a mixture of 1 cup vegetable broth and 1 cup water for about 1/2 hour.

Barley in vegetable broth

Meanwhile, I did a healthy sauté with the chopped onion, then added the spices, then the rest of the broth and water, the carrots, parsnips and potatoes.

Veggies in broth on the stove

I covered it and brought it all to a boil which took about 15 minutes, then boiled about another 15 minutes before adding the cabbage.

Chopped cabbage

Once the cabbage and barley were added, I boiled it for about 15 more minutes. Done-sies.

St. Patrick's Day Boiled Dinner

Reviews/Comments

Leftover samosas last night, if you were wondering. Believe it or not, even better than the first night, and Laura and I both rated them a 12.

The Irish boiled dinner gets an 8 from both of us!