Irish Colcannon ~ Potatoes with Bacon and Cabbage

Colcannon is an Irish and Scottish dish comprised of mashed potatoes with either cabbage or kale. We tried Colcannon for the first time a few years ago, alongside our Baked Honey Mustard Corned Beef. These potatoes were the biggest surprise hit that I made that year. Most of my family enjoys bacon, cabbage and mashed potatoes on their own, but I had no clue that each member of the family would declare this dish awesome and eat every single spoonful.

Even my boys, who were extremely leery of the "green stuff" in their potatoes requested seconds and kept talking about how delicious the "ko-cannon" and corned beef dinner was. All three of them requested this again the next day for lunch and they were very disappointed that there was not anything leftover.

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