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Appetizers

St. Pat’s Appetizer

Photo - cheeseballs

This is a quick to mix recipe for a tasty appetizer cheese ball. PK pulled it out of her mother’s recipe book that we put together about two decades ago. It goes well with carrot or celery sticks, cauliflower and broccoli flowerets, or oven crisped low carb tortillas broken into chips.

However you serve it, this ball of goodness makes a great way to start your St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.

Grandma Tony’s Guinness Golf Balls

1 package Cream Cheese
1 tablespoon Onion Flakes
1 tablespoon garlic juice
1 tablespoon Seasoned Salt
1 cup chopped Pecans
2 tablespoons Guinness Gold

Combine all ingredients. Pinch out pieces of mixture. Carefully cover each pecan with enough mixture to form a ball. Use the rounded back of a spoon to press dimples into balls to create golf balls.

Chill for about 1 hour before serving.

Variation: Grind pecan pieces and add to all ingredients. Form into a large cheese ball

Makes 14 walnut-sized cheese balls.

To toast low carb tortillas, heat the oven to 350 degrees, put tortilla on a foil-covered pan and bake for three to four minutes until browned and crispy. Break into pieces to use as dipper.

Cheese spread on chips

Nutrition Information

Here’s some other delicious Irish recipes to try. For more, type in Irish in the search box.

LC Irish Soda Bread

Photo Broccoli Cheese Soup

Warming Broccoli with Irish Cheddar Soup

A Bit of Luck with an Irish Benedict Brunch

Not-Quite-Traditional Corned Beef Hash

One more Irish cake recipe

West of Ireland shrimp picture.

Enjoy Buttery Shrimp for St. Patrick’s Day

 

Beef, Soups and Stews

Guinness Pot Roast is Grand

Photo: Pot Roast in Guinness broth

When you think of St. Patrick’s Day, your first thought probably isn’t a pot roast.  In many ways, it is similar to an Irish stew though. Beef, broth, vegetables, and Guinness Stout. So, I thought, why not? The stout not only brings flavor, but it is great to tenderize the beef. Add turnips and kohlrabi instead of potatoes, then throw in some baby carrots and onions, and you have a delicious low-carb meal in one pot.

Guinness Stout Pot Roast

3-1/2 to 4 lb. Pot Roast
1 16 oz.-can Guinness Draught Stout
2 cups Turnips, peeled and cubed
20-24 Baby Carrots
3 stalks Celery, medium-sized
1 Onion, peeled and quartered
2 cups Kohlrabi, peeled and cubed
1 packet LIPTON RECIPE SECRETS ONION Mix or other Onion Soup mix
1 tablespoon Garlic and Herb Seasoning
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil

Heat oven to 325 degrees (F.)

Peel the turnips and kohlrabi and cut each into eighths. Remove the strings from the celery and cut into one-inch pieces. Cut the carrots in half or leave whole. Peel the onion and cut it into quarters.

In a Dutch oven or ovenproof deep pot, add the olive oil and heat over medium heat. Prepare the roast by rubbing it with seasoning on both sides. Sear the pot roast in the hot oil to get a brown char on one side, then flip over and repeat.

Remove the roast, add in the onions and sauté for about five minutes. Return the roast to the pan, then add the Guinness beer and 1/4 cup water along with the Onion Soup mix. Bring mixture to a simmer, then turn off heat. Cover with a lid or with a double layer of aluminum foil. Place in the oven and cook for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Add the vegetables to the pot and cook for another 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours until the vegetables are fork tender.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

To help sop up that flavorful sauce, serve slices of low carb Irish Soda Bread. Get the recipe here.