An Irish classic- colcannon. Mashed potatoes with a twist.
Traditional colcannon is an Irish potato recipe thick with cream and sticks of butter. If served for the Celtic New Year, a bowl of colcannon might include a lucky coin hidden in its pillowy depths; the charmed recipient- if she didn't break a tooth on it- kept the buried treasure for a New Year's worth of kind fortune.
My version of colcannon is anything but traditional. I'm a half Ashkenazi-Jewish-Scot-Irish shiksa zen Jungian humanist, after all. So you know I had to change it up a bit. It had to be vegan. And it had to be spiked with the flavors I crave. Flavors that love snuggling up to potatoes.
Because when it comes to this turning-back-the-clock dark and spooky time of year nothing beats a good potato recipe.
Because when it comes to this turning-back-the-clock dark and spooky time of year nothing beats a good potato recipe.