Irish or not, I hope you’ll be making yourself some corned beef & cabbage this week to pay homage to St. Patrick’s Day. And should you have any corned beef left over, do yourself a favor and make these Corned Beef & Cabbage Turnovers. I intended to serve them as an appetizer, but they were so filling that they turned out to be dinner instead 
Here’s the How-To:
Saute chopped corned beef with a little onion and some coleslaw mix (or just plain shredded cabbage).
Cut out 9 (2 3/4-inch) squares from two sheets of puff pastry. If you don’t have one of these fancy schmancy square cutters, just use a knife to cut them.
Bake them up for 20 minutes, until they’re golden brown. Serve with mustard sauce… either a simple mix of mayo & dijon, or try this good lookin’ mustard sauce from this wonderful appetizer website.
Our family loved ‘em! They were apparently kid-friendly too since my 8 year old gobbled them up, cabbage and all.
I’m not Irish myself, but since the husband is… I’ve gotta come up with some festive things to cook around St. Patrick’s Day every year. This was a good choice. Happy St. Patrick’s Day week!
This recipe can be found here: Corned Beef & Cabbage Turnovers
More recipes can be found here: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
March 13, 2010 – 10:55 PM
Well, it’s been ten weeks since the healthy challenge began. For some reason it feels like we’ve been at it a loooong time. I started the challenge with a bang- eating right and power workouts. I’ve since survived a week-long vacation, bouts of being sick, foot injuries and lots of food temptation. That’s not to say that I failed at this challenge. Having this challenge as a “mindset” for the last ten weeks has been very helpful. In the past, if I veered off track from a healthy eating plan, I had a tough time getting back into the swing of things. This time around, my commitment to the challenge was never far from my mind. If I had one cookie too many, or if I had several days of inactive behavior, I slipped back into healthy habits more easily. I expect that my commitments will continue to have a positive effect on how I live my life.
My successes:
*I’ve lost and kept off 8 pounds. Though I had hoped to lose 20, it’s not summer quite yet.
*I’m pretty committed to exercising at least 3 times a week.
*I’m more focused on having better sleep habits & drinking more water.
*I got my husband to lose quite a few pounds too.
The bummer:
One of my main goals was to be able to run a 5 or 10K at the end of 10 weeks. During the 10 week challenge, I’ve run the distance of 5K both on the treadmill & outdoors, but I won’t be able to sign up for the race due to a foot injury 
I hope to be able to achieve this goal one of these days.
I truly hope that the participants of this challenge were able to get something out of it. Thank you to everyone who posted about their experience & tweeted about it too. It was helpful & motivating to see who was active in the challenge. If you’ve written about your experience with the challenge & would like to include a link to your post, please add it here:
